Jeremy Hunt tells SNP MP that energy price support 'will not end from next April'

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt clarified that “the energy price support that we give to families will not end from next April”.

He was responding in the Commons to SNP shadow Treasury spokesperson Alison Thewliss, who said many of her constituents have already seen their bills “double”.

She said: “Come March, when the energy support ends, Cornwall Insight have estimated that the price cap will rise to £3,700.

“There has been talk of targeting support after this, but National Energy Action are pointing out the risk of excluding many people who are already suffering in fuel poverty.”

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the chief secretary to the Treasury, John Glen, spoke to the Scottish finance minister on Monday.

He added: “We are thinking very carefully about all those issues. But just to correct any misunderstanding, the energy price support that we give to families will not end from next April, and I will be announcing on Thursday what that support will be.”

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