Reeves' summer savings drive won't stretch to energy bills
The government is launching a 'Great British Summer Savings' initiative, but it will not include measures to address rising energy bills. Instead, the focus is on contingency planning for winter, as the government believes that previous universal aid packages are unaffordable. Key announcements include a fuel duty freeze and free bus travel for children in England this August.
- ▪The government is branding its announcements as the 'Great British Summer Savings'.
- ▪There will be no major intervention to help with energy bills this summer.
- ▪The government plans to target any future support for energy costs rather than offering universal aid.
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Reeves' summer savings drive won't stretch to energy billsJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleChris MasonPolitical editorPA MediaIt sounds rather like the slogan from one of those breathless adverts for discounted sofas.The government is branding the announcements from the chancellor this week as the "Great British Summer Savings".Rachel Reeves wants to try to get across that she gets it: that for all the political noise and argument, the cost of living remains the number one issue for millions of families.Ministers are attempting to crack on, in fact revelling in cracking on, with what they think they are there to do, delivering policies and, they hope, helping people, rather than tearing themselves apart.The prime minister makes his big picture pitch on the economy in The Times…
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