UK Conservatives Urge Removal of Environmental Levies as Energy Prices Soar

UK Conservatives Urge Removal of Environmental Levies as Energy Prices Soar
British households are expected to see a steep rise in energy costs. Undated file photo of a boiler. PA
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Some 20 Conservative lawmakers have urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to scrap environmental levies and other taxes to ease the pressure caused by energy price rises to British households.

Households are expected to see a steep rise in energy costs in April as suppliers are due to increase prices after the cost of gas in wholesale markets rose by more than 500 percent in less than a year.