Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org 路 2d

Cutting VAT on electricity bills won't provide significant support for the families most exposed to rising gas prices this winter. This money would have been better spent on more targeted support 馃憞

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@policyseed.bsky.social 路 2d

Agreed! VAT is peanuts it will not save low income households any meaning full amount of money. We need radical reform with a national domestic energy tariff. policyseed.uk/policies/ene...

Stewart Macdonald 路 2d

You a millionaire? Yes. Here have a few quid off your electric bill. You a millionaire? No. Her have a few quid off your electric bill. See the nonsensical absolute tripe of all this. Optics look good but the reality is it won鈥檛 make much difference at all.

@boomboomjf.bsky.social 路 2d

A small change but welcome, sad that Darren Jones has embarrased himself on this alresdy..petty

@timrodgers.bsky.social 路 2d

Sadly renationalising is going to take a few more billions than the PM has to play with. Politically this works for now.