Plan To Beat Winter Chill: It Is Time To Help Families Heat Homes
Daily Record|November 15, 2023
Energy minister urges Sunak to bring in social energy tariff for struggling Scots
CHRIS McCALL
Plan To Beat Winter Chill: It Is Time To Help Families Heat Homes

RISHI Sunak has been urged to throw a lifeline to people in Scotland struggling to pay soaring energy bills before temperatures plummet this winter.

The Scottish Government has called for a "social energy tariff" to cut fuel poverty and ensure all families can afford to heat their homes.

Households in greatest need would be automatically placed on a tariff that includes a significant discount on the unit price of energy as well as covering standing charges.

The scheme would be open to those in receipt of means-tested benefits such as universal credit, pension credit and personal independence payments.

But it could also include households that are narrowly ineligible for benefits or on low incomes.

This story is from the November 15, 2023 edition of Daily Record.

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