The proposal of Liz Truss, who headed the UK government, to freeze energy prices will cost the country about $ 150 billion over a year and a half. This value was brought by Bloomberg. It is assumed that instead of a sharp increase in value, which is expected next month, prices will remain the same or even fall.
Truss was elected prime minister from the ruling Conservative Party. In the final vote, she beat ex-Finance Minister Rishi Sunak by about 21,000 votes.
The proposal of the candidate to freeze prices for households was previously reported by The Telegraph. According to the paper, the plan, which would require energy suppliers to charge households a lower cost, with the difference in price financed by loans from the Treasury, has been actively discussed in the past two weeks.
In addition, Truss promised targeted assistance to enterprises, as well as tax cuts and various subsidies.