Three ways Sunak could raise £10bn to help Britons struggling with energy bills | Arun Advani

Analysis: the chancellor has a set of options for making the tax system fairer at the same time as bringing in revenue

Suppose the chancellor wanted to follow Scottish Power's advice, and give Britain's most hard-up households 1,000 towards their energy bills this winter? Would it be possible to raise the 10bn needed in a way that didn't just tax the same people he would be trying to help? I can think of at least three options, any of which would do the job, and all of which would make the tax system better as well.