Healey scraps standing charges on household gas bills

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  As budget looms, chancellor says he will ask Ofgem to remove ‘unfair and outdated’ fixed daily fee in 2027 or soon after Business live – latest updates John Healey is abolishing standing charges on gas bills for 23m homes to end an “unfair and outdated” practice, saving households an average of £45 a year. Ahead of his first budget statement in the Commons later on Wednesday, the chancellor said he would ask Ofgem, the energy regulator for Great Britain, to remove these charges – which are £108
  

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  Standing charges on gas bills will be scrapped for millions of British households as soon as next year, Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey will announce today.

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