[rdm_blackhole]

However good this news is, it means nothing if the average household is not seeing any price decrease in their bill.

It's well and good to say that eventually sometime in the future prices will be lower but in the meantime it doesn't help that the prices continue to rise.

[Nursie]

While a bill reduction is definitely useful and important for the people of the UK, energy independence is also important for the nation.

Exposure to international fossil fuel markets has been a problem for many nations in recent years, as turmoil upsets supply. And greater energy independence also means handing less money over to countries and governments with conflicting defence goals.

[rdm_blackhole]

> energy independence is also important for the nation.

None of this matters to people who can't afford to heat their homes in the winter.

The price reduction was a Labour campaign promise and on that front it has failed dramatically.

This is why people lose trusts in politicians and what has fueled the rise of the far right across Europe, when politicians make promises that they know they won't be able to keep.