Liz Truss' energy bill plan isn't enough help, public says

A majority of voters think Liz's plan Truss to cap energy bills don't go far enough to help households, new poll finds.

The Prime Minister has promised to control prices so the typical household will not pay more than £2,500 a year with the government paying energy companies to keep tariffs low.

But a YouGov survey published after the Prime Minister's announcement on Thursday found that only 24% of people believe that politics provides the right amount of help.

3% of people think politics provides too much help - but the majority, 56% say it's too little.

< p>According to plans, bills would increase again in oc up from the current cap of £1,971 – having already fallen from their level of £1,277 at the start of the year.

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Government policy means households will pay around double that they were paying in March.

The £2,500 rate would be guaranteed for two years until October 2024, and the plan is expected to cost tens of billions of pounds.

Following the announcement, charities warned that the policy would not be enough to prevent 2.2 million families from being forced into fuel poverty this winter.

The increase would deal a "blow grace" to many households, said the anti-poverty charity Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).

The view that politics is insufficient is shared by all political persuasions, with more Tory voters, Labor voters and Liberal Democrats all saying the plan is not going well

74% of Labor voters said the plan was too small, 44% of Tories and 54% of Liberal Democrats. Others said the plan was not enough by 65% ​​to 21%, and left-leaning voters by 49% to 30%.

While they don't think the plan is enough, 80% of the public say they support the policy, with 10% saying they oppose it and 10% saying they don't know.

Under alternative plans put forward by Labor and the Lib Dems, bills would be frozen at their current rate of £1,971 for a typical household.

The Greens have meanwhile said the cap should be rolled back to previous levels because people are already unable to pay their bills as energy companies have become publicly owned.

The government has also resisted Opposition calls for a windfall tax to fund politics.

Ms Truss told the Commons on Thursday that her plan would “d 'save a typical household £1000 a year' and would come on top of an already announced £400 energy bill support scheme.

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