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New Prime Minister can slash household energy bills by almost £200 a year by fixing Britain’s broken electricity market

2026-07-20 at 174333

Britain's new PM can knock almost £190 off every household’s annual electricity bill by reversing one of the previous government's biggest energy decisions and moving levies into general taxation.

One year after Ministers rejected plans to overhaul Britain's electricity market, households and businesses are still paying more than they need to – with bills on track to rise by another £100 by the end of the decade without wholesale market reform.

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