Warm Home Discount scheme welcomed by Monmouthshire MP
The support comes through an expanded Warm Home Discount scheme, will provide eligible households with £150 off their energy bills next winter.
Catherine Fookes, MP for Monmouthshire, said: "From my recent survey and speaking to residents on the doorstep, I know the cost of living is one of the key concerns for families across Monmouthshire.
"So I very much welcome this news, it's a positive step forward and will provide millions more families across the UK with cost of living support, energy security and put more money in people's pockets.
"This is welcome progress, but I know energy and water bills are still too high and people are still struggling after the past 15 years.
"I will keep pushing the government to do even more to support those across Monmouthshire and bring energy bills down by producing our own Welsh green energy."
The UK Government has announced that an additional 2.7 million households across the UK will now qualify for the £150 discount, bringing the total to more than six million.
This includes 900,000 families with children and 1.8 million households living in fuel poverty.
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