Liz Truss’s plans to help lowest earners pay energy bills ‘insulting’, says Labour

Analysis of tax proposals shows a full-time employee on national minimum wage would gain 1 a week

Liz Truss's insulting" plans to help people with their energy bills would give the lowest paid just 1 a week when their costs will rise by an estimated 57, Labour has said.

Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, said Truss's plans were not only uncosted but woefully inadequate, adding that reversing the national insurance rise would give those on the national minimum wage an estimated 1 a week - enough to cover just 3% of the increase in energy bills.