Energy price cap: Government must cancel rise and take up plan to halve bills

Embargo: Immediate Release

Responding to Ofgem announcing that the energy price cap will rise by 2%, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:

“The last thing struggling families and pensioners need is higher energy bills this winter. The Government should cancel this rise and take up our plan to halve energy bills instead.

“Ministers should be cutting bills by making sure energy firms pass on the benefits of cheap renewables, not putting up bills yet again.

“Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage would only make things even worse by shackling us to expensive, dirty fossil fuels, pushing us into the arms of Vladimir Putin.”

ENDS

Notes To Editors:

The Liberal Democrats' plan to halve energy bills can be found here. www.libdems.org.uk/press/release/ed-davey-sets-out-plan-to-halve-energy-bills-in-a-decade-and-takes-on-farages-fossil-fuel-myths