Not all the candidates want to push ahead with policies designed to de-carbonise the economy by 2050.
Outright climate denial is rarely heard in serious political circles, but there are plenty who question the cost and the speed of change. Should high energy prices and rising inflation mean a slowing down or a pause, they ask, with meaningful action pursued in better times?
The levy is part of your energy bill and is in fact a mix of social and green programmes. It funds things like the Warm Homes Discount , as well as schemes that support efficiency improvements in homes and businesses, help vulnerable people and encourage the take-up of renewable technology.Penny Mordaunt told MPs she planned to suspend the so-called 'green levy'
Energy regulator Ofgem have been clear that the rise in energy prices is almost entirely tied to the soaring wholesale price of gasAs bills have sky-rocketed the 'green levy' has crept up on a typical bill from £144 in the summer of 2019 to £153 now. As a proportion of the typical bill it's fallen from nearly 12 percent of the total in 2019 to about 8 percent.
"What's likely to happy in reality is that the Treasury would end up paying for it rather than just stopping it," he said.
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