'Incredibly expensive': Is the government's energy price freeze plan fit for purpose?

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng | Credit: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng | Credit: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street

Period of national mourning has overshadowed government’s sweeping new energy support package, but experts remain convinced more targeted long-term plan is needed

Even as she stood up in the Commons last Thursday to announce the government's hugely anticipated energy price freeze package, Prime Minister Liz Truss knew the historic £150bn package would struggle to...

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