How does the UK’s energy bill bailout plan compare with rest of Europe’s?

Questions remain about how Liz Truss’s £150bn support package will be funded

Liz Truss holds her first cabinet meeting
(Image credit: Jeremy Selwyn/Pool/Getty Images)

Liz Truss today announced plans to control energy price rises, with a new “energy price guarantee” that will ensure the typical household pays no more than £2,500 a year for their gas and electricity over the next two years.

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