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Urgent action needed to help those who are facing sky-high fuel bills
THE recent comment by Gordon Brown that he believes fuel and energy bills will come down anyway and "should be reflected in gas and electricity bills in the next round", indicates how out of touch both he and the Labour Party really are.
People are crying out for help now, with hard-pressed households suffering from sky-high heating bills this winter.
The prospect of waiting until next year for reduced fuel bills will fill thousands of households with dread.
Action on fuel and energy bills is needed, and needed urgently, including a suspension of VAT on fuel over the cold winter months, an extra £100 for each pensioner household to help make ends meet and a cut in the rate of VAT on energy-efficiency works such as home insulation.
And with ŠBP recently posting its biggest quarterly profit of £6.4bn - which represents over £800-a-second - the increased tax revenue the UK Government receives from oil companies is there to fund these three simple measures.
A. Orr, letter sent by e-mail.
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