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Sunak has been giving interviews this morning and one aspect of the announcement he has had to defend is the decision to allow people with second homes to get the £400 energy bill rebate twice . People with even more homes could get even more.

 

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Total arse

It's badly thought through and that's despite him taking his time to think about it and however you put it he's using it as an excuse to give a huge wedge to gas and oil companies to incentivise more exploration, so not exactly aligned with our cop26 goals either

there's nothing wrong with universalist measures but it should be coupled with tax increases targeting the wealthiest

FFS.

Proof that yesterday’s announcement was a rush job to try to save the PM’s skin: 2nd home owners are going to get the £400 grant too! Excessive 2nd home ownership kills rural communities… yet the Conservatives have now given an incentive to make things even worse for us…

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