British taxpayers are subsidising the energy bills of French households with the payments expected to surge under Sir Keir Starmer’s EU reset deal, suppliers have warned.
France can buy cheap wind power from the UK, which is subsidised by British taxpayers, because of “wasteful” rules that allow energy suppliers to sell surplus energy abroad.
Octopus, Britain’s biggest gas and electricity supplier, estimates that the problem will cost between £16bn from 2030 to 2050, or £770m a year on average. British taxpayers will subsidise French energy bills under Keir Starmer’s EU deal
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