Warm Home Discount has been extended so millions of families will receive the £150 energy bill discount for the rest of the decade.
- Eligible households will receive the £150 Warm Home Discount every winter until 2030/2031
- Families across Britain to benefit, with major reform to ensure more Scottish consumers get what they are entitled to automatically
- News comes ahead of reduction to costs in April, when households will benefit from an average £150 of costs off energy bills
Millions of families will receive the Warm Home Discount for the rest of the decade, as the government today confirms the continuation of the scheme through to 2030/2031.
The extension will see eligible households provided with the £150 rebate on their energy bills every winter until 2030/2031.
This follows the government's expansion of the Warm Home Discount last year, adding 2.7 million families to the scheme and bringing the total number of eligible households to around 6 million. This is on top of the average £150 of costs being taken off households' energy bills from April, through measures announced at the Budget.
Hundreds of thousands of Scottish billpayers will also benefit from reforms to the way the Warm Home Discount is administered, with around 345,000 families in Scotland set to receive the £150 rebate automatically next winter - an increase of around 250,000.
The onus has for years been on many Scottish households to
