Responding to the announcement by the Prime Minister Liz Truss of her plan to help people tackle the Cost of Living Crisis, Cllr Trish Hardy, Sefton Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities and Housing, said: “It’s good news that after a summer of inactivity on this front by the new Prime Minister and her predecessor that a plan that will go some way towards helping households across Sefton facing rocketing energy bills and prices in the shops rising steeply.

“However, energy bills of £2,500 will still daunting for many people across the Borough, which is why we will be continuing to try and provide support and advice to individuals and businesses through this coming winter.

“To try and help, we have put the information people might need in one place on our website at www.sefton.gov.uk/cost-of-living and have produced an easy-to-print factsheet which can be downloaded from www.sefton.gov.uk/factsheet.

“It is disappointing that while we’re told it means typical households will pay no more than £2,500 a year for energy for the next two years, Ms Truss’s plan will see those same households having to pay back the extra costs in the long term, no matter what their ability to do so, while the fuel companies continue to enjoy huge windfall profits as a result of the enormous current price rises.”