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  • 2022-01-05 (xsd:date)
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  • The Warm Home Discount is £140 for the entire winter, not a week (en)
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  • The government supports 2.2 million households with a £140-a-week discount on energy bills. This is not true. The Warm Home Discount is actually £140 for the entire winter. [There are] 2.2 million people supported with the Warm Homes Discount, Mr Speaker, worth £140 per week. [Angela Rayner] obviously wasn't listening to the previous answer, let me remind her, the Warm Homes Discount, [there are] already 2.2 million people supported to the tune of £140 a week. During Prime Minister’s Questions on 5 January, Boris Johnson twice claimed that the Warm Home Discount supports households with a £140-per-week reduction on their energy bill. This is not true. The Warm Home Discount Scheme offers some low-income households a one-off discount of £140 directly on their energy bill between October and March. This means the discount is worth £140 over an entire winter—not every week. Full Fact has contacted Number 10 for comment. After we published this fact check, we contacted the Prime Minister to request a correction regarding this claim. Mr Johnson did not respond. Will you add your name for better standards in public debate? Yes, I’ll join the fight for good information (en)
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