the government hopes this plan will make the uk less vulnerable to energy shocks in future. but with energy bills rising, and set to go up again in the autumn, critics say more is needed to help people cut their bills now. ione wells bbc news. the energy secretary, kwasi kwarteng, said the government was determined to help tackle the cost of rising energy bills. what we ve launched today is a strategy. so what it does is that it brings a measure of energy independence, security of supply to the uk. but you re quite right to say that a strategy takes maybe three, four or five years, more years really to land. so in terms of this year, what we ve done is, we ve announced a package of measures. for example, the £150 off council tax cut to people in bands a to d. £200 off people s bills later in the year. we ve increased the warm home discount, so 3 million customers, as opposed to 2 million, receive it. so, really, for short term pressure,
tax cut to people in bands a to d. £200 off people s bills later in the year. we ve increased the warm home discount, so 3 million customers, as opposed to 2 million, receive it. so, really, for short term pressure, we ve announced money, support for those customers. it s still a difficult time. yes. ..but i think that we are focused on the short term but, also, in terms of the strategy, making sure that we re less dependent. that was the energy secretary, kwasi kwarteng. but labour s spokesman on climate change, ed miliband, says the uk government s energy plans are in disarray. how will this make a difference to me and my energy bill in the years ahead? and the answer is, it won t. and the reason it won t is because the government has rejected moving on a sprint on the key things that would have made the difference. onshore wind, solar and energy efficiency.
the cost of rising energy bills. what we ve launched today is a strategy. so what it does is that it brings a measure of energy independence, security of supply to the uk. but you re quite right to say that a strategy takes maybe three, four or five years, more years really to land. so in terms of this year, what we ve done is, we ve announced a package of measures. for example, the £150 off council tax cut to people in bands a to d. £200 off people s bills later in the year. we ve increased the warm home discount, so 3 million customers, as opposed to 2 million, receive it. so, really, for short term pressure, we ve announced money, support for those customers. it s still a difficult time. yes. ..but i think that we are focused on the short term but, also, in terms of the strategy, making sure that we re less dependent.
violence we ve been watching since yesterday which east jerusalem now bears the scars of. take a look at some of these images. the graffiti on this shattered light rail reads death to israel, death to jews, price tag. israel says they are not interested in escalating the conflict. with the military spokesman adding they are even getting messages to hamas through back room channels to des- s ts to d. is the leadership on either side capable of this? how do you go about beginning to break that? for more on this, ambassador daniel kertzer, mark, the chief spokesman for netanyahu and diana, a former spokesman for the palestine liberation organization. there are such big stakes for the united states. you are well acquainted with this region. you were ambassador to israel under bush, ambassador to egypt
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