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Warm Home help to be extended for rest of the decade
South Wales Evening Post
|January 30, 2026
MILLIONS of families will receive the £150 Warm Home Discount every winter for the rest of the decade, the UK Government has announced.
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The move comes amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, driven by soaring wholesale energy prices.
The average energy bill for a household in Wales, England and Scotland remaining on a standard variable tariff reached £1,758 a year this winter.
Regulator Ofgem said the latest 0.2% increase to the cap, which took effect on January 1, was being driven by the funding of nuclear power projects and discounts to some households' winter bills.
This story is from the January 30, 2026 edition of South Wales Evening Post.
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