Rachel Reeves has announced plans to expand energy support to help the poorest households save on their energy bills.
She has announced an expansion to her Warm Homes Plan in her Spending Review.
She vowed to get bills down for winters to come with the expansion of the Warm Homes Plan. The move is aimed at helping thousands of households cut their energy bills and improve energy efficiency.
She said: "To get bills down, not just this winter, but for winters to come, we have expanded the Warm Homes Plan to support thousands more of the UKs poorest household.
"Today I can announce that I will deliver in full our manifesto commitment to upgrade millions of homes, saving families and pensioners across the country up to £600 each and every single year off their bills.
"I am determined to put more money in people's pockets and give them security in their lives and to make working people better off."
Rachel Reeves announces EXPANSION to energy support
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The upgrade will now include £7 million to homes in Bradford, £11 million to homes in Rugby and £30 million to homes in Blackpool.
The Warm Homes Plan, part of a wider £13.2 billion investment in energy efficiency, is designed to fund retrofits for millions of homes across the UK, particularly targeting those in lower income brackets and energy-inefficient housing.
The scheme includes support for better insulation, solar panel installation, and the rollout of heat pumps, measures that not only cut household costs but also support the UK’s climate commitments.
Simon Francis, coordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition said: "Today's £13.2bn warm homes boost to insulation and energy efficiency funding is a huge step forward for households suffering in cold damp homes.
Rachel Reeves delivers her Government's spending review to MPs in the House of CommonsPA"It comes on top of recent announcements that every new home will benefit from inbuilt renewable energy generation via the Future Homes Standard and millions of pensioners will have their Winter Fuel Payments restored.
"But this is not the end of the crisis as energy bills are still too high - hundreds of pounds a year more than in 2020.
"The Government must now act to support all homes in fuel poverty through a 'social tariff' and to bring down the cost of electricity in a fair way for everybody.
"That means implementing a proper plan for electricity pricing reform, including scrapping marginal pricing so that the expensive cost of gas no longer sets the electricity price for the whole market.
Rachel Reeves announces EXPANSION to energy scheme
PA"We also need real reform of Standing Charges - a measure backed by all main parties ahead of the last election - so that vulnerable high energy users such as older and disabled people are not unfairly penalised by the system."
The expansion follows her announcement this week that more than three-quarters of pensioners will receive the winter fuel payment.
Reeves confirmed a major U-turn on the Government's policy, introducing a means testing system.
The Chancellor says pensioners in England and Wales with an annual income £35,000 or below will now be eligible.
That's around nine million people in total.
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