‘Look after our elderly!’ – John Penrose joins calls to SCRAP loophole depriving OAPs of energy discount

Labour, Tory and SNP MPs have joined forces to call on No 10 to axe a loophole which allows energy suppliers with fewer than 250,000 customers to escape paying the ‘Warm Home Discount’. THERESA May has been urged by five powerful Commons Committee chairs to scrap rules depriving pensioners of…

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‘Now we’ve got 50+ energy firms rather than just 6, it’s right to look at which ones protect vulnerable customers properly’

Originally published by Utility Week, this article discusses whether changing support scheme thresholds would provide access to cheap energy tariffs lack for vulnerable customers… The majority of the cheapest energy tariffs do not include provision to support schemes aimed at vulnerable customers, research from First Utility has revealed. It found…

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Daily Mail: John Penrose & Ken Clarke concerned that UK’s debts are WORSE than official figures suggest

Tory grandees warn tax hikes WILL be needed to fill massive black hole in the government’s finances as they claim the UK’s debts are WORSE than official figures suggest Ken Clarke and John Penrose have raised fears about scale of Britain’s debts Former ministers said ministers were ‘kidding themselves’ about…

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