Ministers have ‘broken promise’ over social tariff

The government has been accused of “breaking promises to the most vulnerable in society” after not delivering proposals for an energy social tariff first outlined a year ago. Jeremy Hunt first acknowledged the need to examine targeted bill support in last year’s autumn statement with a consultation planned for this summer. But both Conservative and opposition MPs have now lamented the lack of action.

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