Green levies should be funded through taxes, campaigners say as they return to household bills

Fuel poverty campaigners are calling for green levies designed to fund schemes such as home insulation to be funded through taxation rather than being fed back into energy bills deankirby_ reports

However, research by the Money Advice Trust suggests that around 5.5 million UK adults are now in energy bills debt – a rise of 2.1 million on the previous year.

Mr Francis said: “The dangerous combination of inflation, high energy prices and reduced savings means that people will be even less able to keep themselves warm this winter. We’re already seeing record levels of energy bills debt being racked up. People just won’t be able to cope. A Government spokesperson said: “Thanks to falling wholesale prices and Ofgem’s new price cap – energy bills come down by around £430 on average and customers will not be affected by a price increase from green levies.

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