Millions handed energy crisis lifeline as Truss FREEZES bills for 18 months with £90bn pla

Energy industry chiefs have also suggested that, once the worst of the crisis is over, a levy could be imposed on household bills to repay the huge loan.

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey called for a “genuine freeze” of energy bills that would be paid for through a windfall tax on oil and gas.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, he expressed his concern that Ms Truss appears to want to utilise a “loan system”.

He said: “What we’re hearing from Downing Street, what you were referring to, isn’t a freeze. It’s a loan.

“What they’re saying is that families and pensioners should be paying this back for years to come. That’s just not right.”

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