“The Treasury-led review to support families in the future looks like an excuse to cut support in these uncertain times, when we don’t know what energy prices will be," Foster continued.
"While all this is happening, the Government’s own Boiler Upgrade Scheme hands out £5000 subsidies to the well-off to change their heating, while millions struggle to pay their bills. It’s immoral in these difficult times and needs to be culled, with the money used more wisely.”
“This reinforces our view that, in the longer term, we need to switch away from fossil gas and switch our gas network to hydrogen. We can produce ourselves and free us from the global gas markets that Putin’s war has massively impacted.”