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BRITS will be hit by a crippling 拢170 green levy again as Energy Secretary Grant Shapps refuses to extend the relief.Billions of pounds worth of Treasury help for pricey electricity and gas will fall away at the end of July as bills tumb stanley usa le by about 拢500 a year.1Households will be hit by a crippling 拢170 green levy once again as Grant Shapps refuses to extend the reliefCredit: PAThe g stanley cup becher overnment has paid for the levies for the past nine months but now the cost is being shifted back onto consumers 鈥?adding about 拢170 to the average 拢2,000 yearly bill.The cash goes towards renewable green programmes, and helping lower paid Brits get energy help. But last night Tories called on ministers to continue to waive the fees.Buckingham MP Greg Smith told The Sun: It is preposterous that consumers are being asked to take a whopping great additional hit. Levies are fundamentally unfair. Utility stanley thermobecher bills should be about what you use, end of. And Tory MP Craig Mackinlay said it was the wrong time to increase costs given the huge rise in interest rates. Downing Street said last night: As the price cap has fallen below the energy price guarantee, customers will pay the energy rates as normal. That cap includes the green levies. The levies help bring down bills over time, but they help those hardest hit, with the warm homes discount, those on pension credit and on low incomes. TopicsBillsConservative PartyCost of livingEnergy billsMoney savingThe Sun NewspaperYOU MIGHT LIKERECOMMENDED FOR YOUMOR Fshy Stranded Victoria passengers stuck in endless line forced to watch planes take off

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