THE Prime Minister repeatedly made “false claims” about her energy price guarantee during a round of local media interviews yesterday, the UK’s independent fact-checking charity has said.
Full Fact has now written to Liz Truss for a second time over after she told a number of BBC radio stations that 2,500 is the most a household will pay for their gas and electricity bills.
The energy price guarantee - which kicks in tomorrow - limits the amount a household can be charged per unit of gas or electricity.
The final price will depend on usage.
According to a table produced by the government that means that, typically, a detached house will pay 3,330 per year, while a semi will pay 2,650 and a purpose-built flat 1,750.
Last weekend, Ms Truss told CNN that the guarantee meant "no household is having to pay more than 2,500 on those energy bills."
That prompted the first letter from Full Fact.
However, despite that, yesterday she repeated the claim.
She told BBC Radio Nottingham: "The biggest part of the package we announced is the support on energy bills, making sure that people across this country are not facing energy bills of more than 2,500 and that businesses can get through this winter."
Ms Truss also told BBC Radio Leeds: "The action we've taken on energy bills will mean that Leeds and other people in West Yorkshire aren't going to be facing energy bills of 6,000 which is what was forecast, they're going to be, through the energy price guarantee, the maximum will be...
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