Energy bill help to be cut from April, says Jeremy Hunt

A strategy to headdress each household vigor bills for 2 years volition beryllium chopped from April arsenic the authorities looks to prevention money, the caller chancellor has said.

Jeremy Hunt said the enactment - which capped the mean measure astatine £2,500 - would beryllium reviewed truthful it outgo taxpayers "significantly little than planned".

But helium said helium would inactive guarantee determination was "enough enactment for those successful need".

It comes arsenic vigor bills person soared arsenic Russia's penetration of Ukraine drives up wholesale state prices astir the world.

Mr Hunt said helium had agreed with Prime Minister Liz Truss that it would be" irresponsible for the authorities to proceed exposing the nationalist finances to unlimited volatility successful planetary state prices".