🏛️ Politics 11h ago · Nils Pratley

The UK energy secretary is flirting with a bad idea for bills – the ‘rising block tariff’

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The UK energy secretary is flirting with a bad idea for bills – the ‘rising block tariff’
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There are many reasons to reject this affordability ‘solution’, not least it being complex and fiddly. Just keep things simple‘My mark of failure or success is whether I can get bills down or not. That’s the only thing I’m in this job to do.” So said Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, recently, bracing for the hike in energy bills that looks inevitable in January. Industry projections suggest £400-ish on an annual basis is on the way, with “stubbornly high” levels for the rest of decade ev

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