Cut energy bills by over £250 a year
“In total, our plan will remove over £250 per year from energy bills, through removing government policy costs from electricity and gas bills, scrapping carbon taxes on generators and permanently taking VAT off of consumer energy bills.”
- Promised
Where it stands
Reform UK is not in government, so the card stays at Promised. The VAT part overlaps with the government's own cut: domestic electricity has been zero-rated in Great Britain since 1 October 2026 (see the card "Cut taxes on energy bills").
What has happened
- Sep 2026Reform UK publishes its First 100 Days document at its conference, pledging to cut energy bills by over £250 a year, Promised
About the cost
Year shown: the fifth year, the latest year Reform UK costed. The party's own figure is £9.9bn by the fifth year: £2.1bn from removing VAT, £4.8bn from removing energy taxes, and the rest from moving scheme costs onto the Treasury. No independent costing was found on 8 Oct 2026. Low–high is an editorial ±10% because the source gives a central figure only.
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