i nowl call the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves _ call the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves. . , .,eves. having set out his plans of the commons. _ reeves. having set out his plans of the commons, the _ reeves. having set out his plans of the commons, the chancellor - reeves. having set out his plans of the commons, the chancellor then| the commons, the chancellor then faced more questions. the uncomfortable _ faced more questions. the uncomfortable truth - faced more questions. tue: uncomfortable truth for faced more questions. tte: uncomfortable truth for the chancellor is that even after what he has announced today, families in britain will be still paying hundreds of pounds more for their energy including some of the poorest families from april as a result of the breathtaking rise in energy prices announced by 0fgem. what do the government offer? a buy now pay later scheme which loads up costs for tomorrow. later scheme which loads up costs fortomorrow. high later scheme which loads up costs for tomorrow. high prices as far as the eye can see. the for tomorrow. high prices as fa

that was rachel reeves responding to rishi i the future, too. that was rachel. with me. right now, it is time to say goodbye to viewers watching on bbc two. coverage continues here on the bbc news channel. goodbye. more now from our political correspondent peter saull. we have heard from the chancellor in terms of what he is going to be doing to mitigate the increase in the cost of energy bills, but it has already been pointed out that it covers basically half of what the average increase going to be. fir average increase going to be. (1) even less, you could argue. he says £350 is half ofjust under £700 of the average energy bill, but part of that will be a discount on the council tax in april, but the £200 part which will come of your energy bill in april next year you will have to pay back. £40 a year over the next five years. it is obviously a number, rachel reeves are saying this is a buy—back payback later scheme. any chancellor insisting that this is a balanced, very generous offer. interesting to see a clear dividing line between the two parties on this i

we can talk now to the labour shadow chancellor at rachel reeves.cellor rishi sunak a package of measures which he says are going to take the sting out of these energy price rises. do you think they will have that effect?— that effect? families are facing a cost of living _ that effect? families are facing a cost of living crisis _ that effect? families are facing a cost of living crisis right - that effect? families are facing a cost of living crisis right now. - cost of living crisis right now. inflation at its highest level for 13 years, national insurance contributions coming up in april. today we learn and almost £700 increase in the energy price build paid by families across the country. and today's response by government was pretty underwhelming. £200 for bill payers, but that is on aid by now, pay laterscheme bill payers, but that is on aid by now, pay later scheme so £200 of bills from autumn this year, but then £40 added to build for the five years after that. and for people on the most modest incomes, families and pensioners, just £350 of

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