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Labour and Conservatives blame each other for rise in energy bills

August 23, 2024
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The Scottish government has confirmed it will follow the UK government in no longer providing winter fuel payments to all pensioners.

There is discontent within Labour, with MP Rachael Maskell urging her party to “think again” over scrapping winter fuel payments from mid-September, particularly for those just above the pension credit cut-off.

Ms Maskell told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme said she was “deeply concerned” about the decision, which she said was not in Labour’s manifesto.

Mr Miliband acknowledged the increase to £1,717 a year for “typical households” would be “deeply worrying”, but insisted lower energy bills would come with “clean, homegrown power”.

He said: “The rise in the price cap is a direct result of the failed energy policy we inherited, which has left our country at the mercy of international gas markets controlled by dictators.

“The only solution to get bills down and greater energy independence is the government’s mission for clean, homegrown power.

“That’s why we have hit the ground running, lifting the onshore wind ban, consenting unprecedented amounts of solar power and setting the largest ever budget for our renewables auction.”

However, Ms Coutinho accused Labour of running in the wrong direction.

“Instead of prioritising cheap energy, the new Labour Government are pursuing Ed Miliband’s reckless net zero targets with no thoughts to the costs,” she said.

“And far from their promise of saving families £300 off their energy bills, one of their first acts in office is to remove the Winter Fuel Payment from 10 million pensioners this winter.

“Because they weren’t honest about their plans that means millions of pensioners will have made no plans to deal with higher energy bills this winter.”

Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) said the number of people living in fuel poverty would rise to six million this winter, and called for automatic payments to be made to the 880,000 pensioners eligible for winter fuel payments but not claiming them.

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