The price is tight event slides, Monday 30th June 2025

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• Reduce the unit cost of energy (rather than a per-household payment
like Winter Fuel Payments or Warm Homes Discount) – so as to target
energy need
• Have eligibility that goes further than receipt of means-tested
benefits
• Be government-funded
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• The quoted price of car insurance rose by 82% between May 2021 and
June 2024 (but from a low pandemic base)
• The Government's motor insurance taskforce should ensure the
market is working effectively
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• Access to on-street charging and competition in public chargers are
key
• The Government will need a replacement for Fuel Duty

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• To help when inflation is high: two benefit upratings a year
• To help when in inflation is volatile: use more-timely inflation data
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• CPI uprating of benefits has been disrupted in 7 of the last 15 years –
reducing real value of basic benefits by 9%

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• A social tariff for energy costs
• Better targeted concessionary bus passes
• More equitable access to EV chargers
• Better benefit uprating
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