Pure ideology and a flawed twisted one at thatI'm glad that some kind of price freeze has been put on energy bills, but the average has still nearly doubled in the last 18 months which makes me think that a lot of poorer people will still be struggling despite this. Hopefully there is a plan to target some support at those on the poverty line in addition to this.
I've no problem with the government borrowing the money to do something good for the people, but I would be interested in the rationale in not creating a windfall tax - if the energy companies were in any danger of going out of business, then I'd understand, but it seems like the big 5 are recording record profits, meaning they're taking advantage of this situation.
