Political opinion: MP Peter Lamb welcomes energy bill reduction and says Warm Homes Plan will deliver permanent change
Local Labour MP Peter Lamb has welcomed the UK Government’s announcement that energy bills will fall from April.
The reduction follows the latest update to the energy price cap set by Ofgem, which will see average household bills decrease from April.
The MP highlighted that the Government’s Warm Homes Plan will invest in upgrading homes with better insulation, modern heating systems, and energy efficiency improvements — cutting waste and permanently reducing the amount households need to spend on heating and power.
In addition, reforms being delivered by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero are designed to overhaul how Britain generates and supplies energy. The creation of Great British Energy will help drive investment in home-grown clean energy, reducing reliance on volatile international fossil fuel markets that have caused sharp price spikes in recent years.
Peter Lamb, Labour MP for Crawley said: “This fall in energy bills will make a genuine difference to households across our Crawley. I know from speaking to residents on the doorstep and in my surgeries just how tough the past few years have been. Any reduction in monthly costs will be warmly welcomed.
“But we are not just relying on short-term fluctuations. Through our Warm Homes Plan and wider reforms to the energy system, we are acting to bring bills down for good.”
“For too long, families here have been exposed to global gas price shocks that are completely outside their control. By investing in clean, secure energy made here in Britain, and by upgrading homes so they use less energy in the first place, we can protect people from those shocks in the future.
“Lower bills this April are important — but the real prize is a system that delivers permanently lower, more stable energy costs.”