Power giants are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of pounds worth of tax, The Independent on Sunday has revealed. Scotia Gas, UK Power Networks and Electricity Northwest have reportedly saved £140 million between them in such deals.
Shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint has branded the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) "expensive and bureaucratic" and said the programme does not help fuel poverty.
Speaking on Sunday Politics, Ms Flint said: "What we do believe is that the ECO scheme, which is a Government invention and which is £47 of the £112 on our bills each year, is expensive, it's bureaucratic and it's not going to the fuel-poor.
"I'm up for a debate on these issues and I'm also open to discussion about what Government should do and what these energy companies should do.
"We can't let Cameron or the energy companies - who seem to to be backing this idea - off the hook about the way in which they organise their businesses and expect us to pay ever-increasing rises in our bills."
The Democratic presidential candidate may also have shown his cards on his choice of running mate.
The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
Fears over an impending second wave of coronavirus dominates Wednesday’s front pages.