UK Government Refuses to Scrap Green Levies Amid Soaring Energy Prices

UK Government Refuses to Scrap Green Levies Amid Soaring Energy Prices
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference to update the nation on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the Downing Street briefing room in central London, on Jan. 4, 2022. Jack Hill/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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The UK government has rejected calls from Conservative lawmakers to cut green levies and other taxes to ease the pressure on British households amid soaring energy prices.

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.