The money-saving expert warned of the 'national mental health harm' that would result from a rise in the energy price guarantee
Martin Lewis has called on the government to cancel its planned increase of the Energy Price Guarantee or they risk carrying out 'national mental health harm'.
However, many people, including Mr Lewis, have criticised the decision to carry on with the rise following the announcement from energy regulator Ofgem that it would cut the price cap to £3,280 a year. Meanwhile, the EPG will rise from £2,500 to £3,000 a year for the average household.
Mr Lewis said: "I wrote to the chancellor three weeks ago asking him to not increase the energy price guarantee in April by 20 per cent as planned...what you have to understand is if we do increase it, it would result in an act of national mental health harm. He later continued that he initially believed there would be a suspension to the rise and he asked in his letter to the Chancellor for the rise to be postponed for three months until July. He clarified that this would provide protection if wholesale rates rise and in the case they don't rise there would be no impact.
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