The soaring wholesale prices has led to energy firms passing those costs onto customers – pushing up household energy bills by unprecedented amounts. AdvertisementFormer prime minister Gordon Brown has proposed a temporary re-nationalisation of energy companies failing to cut bills for hard-pressed families. AdvertisementRe-nationalise energy companiesGordon Brown has proposed a temporary re-nationalisation of energy companies failing to cut bills for hard-pressed families. Slashing taxes on energy billsA quick and perhaps easy remedy would be for VAT to be cut on household energy bills. In simple terms it would mean that the most vulnerable households would pay less than everyone else for their energy bills.

Source: Huffington Post August 11, 2022 20:02 UTC