{"id":195476,"date":"2025-06-18T22:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T22:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/195476\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T22:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T22:05:09","slug":"270000-west-midlands-households-will-receive-150-off-their-energy-bills-says-ed-miliband-ahead-of-visit-to-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/195476\/","title":{"rendered":"270,000 West Midlands households will receive \u00a3150 off their energy bills, says Ed Miliband ahead of visit to the region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking ahead of a visit to the West Midlands tomorrow, Energy Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ed_Miliband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Miliband<\/a>, said every billpayer on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/cost-of-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">means-tested benefits<\/a> would now qualify, removing restrictions that previously excluded many who needed help.<\/p>\n<p>That will mean an extra 2.7 million households will be benefit nationally, taking the total number to six million. including 900,000 families with children and a total of 1.8 million households in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/news\/cost-of-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fuel poverty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: &#8220;Families are still struggling with the cost of living, and I know the fear that comes with not being able to afford your next bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProviding security and peace of mind for working people is deeply personal to me as Prime Minister and foundational for the Plan for Change. I have no doubt that, like rolling out free school meals, breakfast clubs and childcare support, extending this \u00a3150 energy bills support to millions more families will make a real difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Energy price cap is falling<\/p>\n<p>Mr Miliband said the energy price cap would also fall in July.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Millions of families will get vital support with the cost of living this coming winter, demonstrating this government\u2019s commitment to put money in people\u2019s pockets,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This expansion of the Warm Homes Discount means families can plan for winter in the knowledge that they will receive support, giving them certainty and peace of mind before summer.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Help is also being offered to those who racked up debts during the energy crisis of 2022-24.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Miliband said the Government was backing Ofgem\u2019s proposed debt strategy to cut consumers\u2019 energy bills by reducing the cost of paying for energy debt.<\/p>\n<p>He said Ofgem\u2019s plans to reduce the overall stock of consumer debt, which was currently recouped via a levy on all bills, would also produce savings that help to fund the Warm Homes Discount.<\/p>\n<p>These reforms complemented the Government\u2019s drive to bring down bills in the long term by replacing the UK\u2019s dependence on fossil fuel markets with home-grown green energy. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking ahead of a visit to the West Midlands tomorrow, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, said every billpayer on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,487,393,4884,12,285,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-195476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-cost-of-living","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114706640164537257","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}