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<p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing
with the cost of living and has taken further decisive action to support people with
their energy bills. The Government has announced unprecedented support within its
Growth Plan to protect households and businesses from high energy prices. The Energy
Price Guarantee and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme are supporting millions of households
and businesses with rising energy costs, and the Chancellor made clear, they will
continue to do so from now until April next year.</p><p> </p><p>The consumer saving
will be based on usage, but a typical household will save at least £1,000 a year (based
on current prices from October). This is in addition to the over £37bn of cost-of-living
support announced earlier this year which includes the £400 non-repayable discount
to eligible households provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.</p><p /><p>The
£37bn of support also includes more than 8 million pensioner households receiving
a one-off payment of £300 alongside the Winter Fuel Payment from November, and 6 million
eligible disabled people receiving a one-off Disability Cost of Living Payment of
£150 from 20 September.</p><p> </p><p>Also included in the cost-of-living support
is the current Household Support Fund in England, which will be providing up to £421m
of support to those most in need for the period October 2022 - March 2023.The devolved
administrations will receive £79 million through the Barnett formula as usual.</p>
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