Healey gives households £100 to help navigate ‘global economic storms’
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Payments to 20m homes part of package to cut energy bills and ease cost of living crisis, paid for by bank windfall tax
  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I mean I’m not going to turn down free money but it’s not exactly a stimulus check. I spend more on that on food in a month.

    • Buckshot@programming.devEnglish
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      12 days ago

      It’s the amount the average energy bill is going to increase by between January and April. It’s not supposed to solve problems now, it’s for that specific problem coming in January.

      They’re hoping energy prices will drop by April.