Government plans a Debt Relief Scheme to write off household energy debt from early next year
Summary
A household energy debt write-off scheme is planned for early next year, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported on Thursday 29 October, the Debt Relief Scheme being set to provide targeted support to households to clear debt and arrears built up during the energy crisis between 2022 and 2024. Millions of UK households could have energy debt written off under new government plans, The Independent reported, government analysis suggesting the strategy could save a typical household around £130 over the next 10 years. On Friday 30 October the Manchester Evening News reported that the government announced 2.4m UK households could have energy debt wiped from spring 2027.
Latest: The government announced that 2.4m UK households could have energy debt wiped from spring 2027, the Manchester Evening News reported, under the household energy debt write-off scheme planned for early next year.
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How it unfolded
Friday 30 October
The government announced that 2.4m UK households could have energy debt wiped from spring 2027, the Manchester Evening News reported, under the household energy debt write-off scheme planned for early next year.
- 05:41Manchester Evening News Andy Burnham government announces 2.4m UK households could have energy debt wiped from spring 2027
Thursday 29 October
A household energy debt write-off scheme is planned for early next year, the Debt Relief Scheme being set to provide targeted support to households to clear debt and arrears built up during the energy crisis between 2022 and 2024, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported, The Independent writing that millions of UK households could have energy debt written off.
- 07:59The Independent Millions of UK households could have energy debt written off under new government plans
- 06:18The Independent Household energy debt write-off scheme planned for early next year
- 06:18Evening Standard Household energy debt write-off scheme planned for early next year