Energy and anti-poverty groups urge HM Treasury to shift levies off household bills
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What happened
On 2026-09-11, Energy UK, the CBI, Age UK and End Fuel Poverty sent a joint letter to Chancellor John Healey urging HM Treasury to remove policy levies from household energy bills and fund them through general taxation instead.
Why it matters
The letter puts a specific tax-and-spend proposal into the Budget debate, linking household energy pricing to Treasury choices rather than only to wholesale markets. If ministers act, the change would alter who pays for energy policy costs; if ministers decline, they may face renewed scrutiny over household bills during Budget preparation.
Energy UK, the CBI, Age UK and End Fuel Poverty wrote to Chancellor John Healey on 2026-09-11 asking HM Treasury to move policy levies from household energy bills into general taxation ahead of the Budget. The intervention adds a new, named lobbying push into the fiscal process at a point when ministers are weighing Budget choices under renewed cost-of-living pressure. The immediate test is whether Treasury signals any levy change, transitional support, or a rejection before Budget lines are locked in.
Watch for
HM Treasury publication or ministerial statement by 2026-09-17 on energy-bill levies or Budget cost-of-living measures Chancellor John Healey comments in Commons or broadcast interviews by 2026-09-17 on funding policy levies through general taxation Office for Budget Responsibility pre-Budget commentary or Treasury briefing by 2026-09-17 indicating scored fiscal treatment of levy transfer options Department for Energy Security and Net Zero confirmation by 2026-09-17 of joint work with HM Treasury on household energy-bill levy reform
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