Rural Scottish households that rely on kerosene instead of gas or electricity on the grid will benefit from Labor's plan to freeze energy price caps. said Rachel Reeves.
An estimated 2.7 million off-grid homes across the UK will be included in Labor's costly proposal to preventelectricity prices from rising in the winter. Blocking, Prime Minister Shadow confirmed.
The Labor Party claimed the Conservative government controversially excluded off-grid houses from the £400 energy rebate over the winter.
Mr Reeves said off-grid householders were also included in the Labor proposal.
She said:
``Labour's fully funded plan to freeze price caps will save households £1,000 by not paying a cent more this winter. Our mission to insulate single-family homes keeps our bills low in the long run.”
On Monday, union leader Kiel Sturmer said oil and gas companies' profits It laid out a "robust and costly plan" to deal with rising energy bills partially paid for by the extended windfall tax.
He said a £29 billion plan to address a "national emergency" would freeze the energy price cap at its current level of £1,971 for six months from his October, Said it would save the average household £1,000.
A government spokesperson said:
"On 29 July we confirmed that funds were available to provide £400 worth of support for energy bills of 1% of households not reachable through the scheme.
