Farage pledges to slash UK energy bills
Farage's deputy called energy prices a "national crisis.”
Birmingham, England — Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has pledged to slash energy bills by £250 per year during its first 100 days in government, Deputy Leader Richard Tice announced at the party's annual conference in Birmingham on Friday. The cost of energy is described as a national crisis by Tice, with Ofgem's average household bill set to rise by 4% next month.
Reform aims to remove levies already applied to household bills, reduce costs for gas generators, and scrap other policies added to energy costs. These measures include eliminating charges levied on gas generators, including through the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), scrapping Carbon Price Support (CPS), a tax on power generators introduced by former PM David Cameron, and removing the remainder of the Renewables Obligation scheme, Feed-in Tariff, and Warm Home Discount.
The party also plans to make permanent the removal of VAT on household electricity bills and gas. Reform claims these changes will save voters £90 per year from energy bills.
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