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Labour could give energy companies power to access our records.

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Graphite Sun 08-Nov-26 10:30:34

Paywalls are easy to bypass but I shan’t post a link to the Telegraph piece as it’s the usual outrage-stoking scaremongering.

Josiah Mortimer for the Byline Times has posted a calmer piece explaining that the government is simply exploring options, for example:

Another option is for a so-called ‘rising block tariff’. This would vary energy cost by usage – so a minimum baseline of energy use could be “free or low cost (the New Economics Foundation’s proposal) or cheaper (the impact assessment’s example)”, paid for by making subsequent ‘blocks’ of a household’s energy use more expensive.

Another words, the more energy you use the wore expensive it is.

bylinetimes.com/2026/11/05/andy-burnham-could-make-wealthier-households-pay-more-to-cut-poorer-families-energy-bills/

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Casdon Sun 08-Nov-26 10:18:18

It’s from the Telegraph, I just searched the exact words. It would need to be verified by another source before people can comment with confidence.

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Grandmabatty Sun 08-Nov-26 10:10:25

'Could' and then 'is'. Which is it? Where's the evidence?

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Sago Sun 08-Nov-26 10:09:32

All the links are paywalled.

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GrannyGravy13 Sun 08-Nov-26 10:01:55

Is this true?

Have you a link?

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Sago Sun 08-Nov-26 09:56:58

This is shocking news, so despite GDPR, our tax records could be accessed to identify those wealthy enough to pay a levy to help those with less subsidise their energy bills!
Property values and pension records will be taken into account.

Meanwhile the energy companies make vast profits.

How is this right?

The Government is granting powers to energy companies to snoop on their customers’ incomes, tax records, and property valuations in a move described as “Big Brother overreach”. It could pave the way for surcharges on wealthier households to subsidise bills for others as part of future plans to tackle rising energy prices. Ministers have identified eight official databases that could be shared with energy firms to help them “target” future support at certain households. These include HMRC income tax and child benefit records, property valuations, and benefits and pension records. The sweeping new powers are part of the Energy Independence Bill, introduced to Parliament last week.

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