Cost
Annual help
Who benefits
Lowest
Highest
£20bn
Limit increase in energy
price cap
No increase in bills
Environmental impact
Everyone
Complexity
£2.5bn
Eliminate VAT
on energy
£90 off bills
Environmental impact
Everyone
Complexity
Scrap energy bill
green levy
£5bn
£185 off bills
Environmental impact
Everyone
Complexity
£1.4bn
Expand warm
home discount
£300 off bills
Environmental impact
4.5m poorest
families
Complexity
£4bn
Cash bonus to households
on universal credit
£500 payment
Environmental impact
Households on
benefits
Complexity
£4.5bn
Cash bonus to households
not on higher rate
income tax*
£300 payment
Households earning
less than £50k a year
Environmental impact
Complexity
Lowest
Highest
Response
Cost
Who benefits
Environmental
impact
Complexity
Annual
help
Limit increase in
energy price cap
£20bn
No increase
in bills
Everyone
£90
Eliminate VAT
on energy
£2.5bn
Everyone
off bills
£185
Scrap energy
bill green levy
£5bn
Everyone
off bills
£300
Expand warm
home discount
4.5m poorest
families
£1.4bn
off bills
Cash bonus to
households on
universal credit
£500
Households
on benefits
£4bn
payment
Cash bonus to
households not on
higher rate income tax*
£300
Households earning
less than £50k a year
£4.5bn
payment