The Chancellor said his plan was 'fair, targeted and proportionate'.
After weeks of silence, Rishi Sunak finally returned to the political centre stage to set out his plans for dealing with the cost of living crisis facing the country.
And so he re-emerged this morning with a three-pronged £9bn support package which, he said, will help 28 million households make ends meet by cutting their council tax and energy bill.Every household in England, Scotland and Wales is set to benefit from a £200 cut in their energy bills from October, the Chancellor announced, just minutes after Ofgem revealed that the energy price cap is rising by £693 to £1,971. But there’s a catch.
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