Ed Davey's statement on energy costs is getting a great deal of attention, and I think it's fair to say that nobody is impressed:
£286 green tax on energy bills: But ministers insist 'efficient appliances' will SAVE us money
- Energy Secretary insisted households will be better off due to initiatives
- But families will only benefit if they buy more efficient domestic appliances
- Average bill is now £1,267 with £112 of that amount going on green taxes
- By 2020 green taxes will have risen by over 150 per cent - £286 per family
- DECC reckons households will be saving £452 a year then due to schemes
- Charity said government 'embarrassed by terrifying cost of green policies'
- Claimed it is 'covering up' with a 'whitewash of wildly optimistic assumptions'