Jonny Marshall
@jonnymarshall.bsky.social
Principal Economist at the Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social working on energy and climate policy
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A DESNZ CLEAN SWEEP
A package that saved at least £150 off the average household bill was the minimum this Budget needed to achieve to give Labour at least a fighting chance of getting to their £300 target, given the price rises next year. /1
A package that saved at least £150 off the average household bill was the minimum this Budget needed to achieve to give Labour at least a fighting chance of getting to their £300 target, given the price rises next year. /1
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A DESNZ CLEAN SWEEP
A package that saved at least £150 off the average household bill was the minimum this Budget needed to achieve to give Labour at least a fighting chance of getting to their £300 target, given the price rises next year. /1
A package that saved at least £150 off the average household bill was the minimum this Budget needed to achieve to give Labour at least a fighting chance of getting to their £300 target, given the price rises next year. /1
energy bill discounts doing the heavy lifting on bringing down inflation next year
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
energy bill discounts doing the heavy lifting on bringing down inflation next year
Big news on Fuel Duty - the 5p cut will be removed gradually from September. A good way to end this giveaway without pushing up inflation
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Big news on Fuel Duty - the 5p cut will be removed gradually from September. A good way to end this giveaway without pushing up inflation
So that's £125-ish off energy bills - ECO scrapped and 75% of renewables obligation costs moved into the tax system.
Big enough to offset bill increases coming next year, and most (~70%) of the savings coming from electricity bills instead of gas. Overall pretty good.
Big enough to offset bill increases coming next year, and most (~70%) of the savings coming from electricity bills instead of gas. Overall pretty good.
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
So that's £125-ish off energy bills - ECO scrapped and 75% of renewables obligation costs moved into the tax system.
Big enough to offset bill increases coming next year, and most (~70%) of the savings coming from electricity bills instead of gas. Overall pretty good.
Big enough to offset bill increases coming next year, and most (~70%) of the savings coming from electricity bills instead of gas. Overall pretty good.
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It's *possible* the Budget could be very green:
🟢 Focus all price cuts on electricity, not gas
🟢 Don't cancel Fuel Duty rises
🟢 Cushion future EV VED rise with public charger VAT cut & other support
🟢 Expand emissions pricing to long-haul flights & international shipping
🟢 Help lower interest rates
🟢 Focus all price cuts on electricity, not gas
🟢 Don't cancel Fuel Duty rises
🟢 Cushion future EV VED rise with public charger VAT cut & other support
🟢 Expand emissions pricing to long-haul flights & international shipping
🟢 Help lower interest rates
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It's *possible* the Budget could be very green:
🟢 Focus all price cuts on electricity, not gas
🟢 Don't cancel Fuel Duty rises
🟢 Cushion future EV VED rise with public charger VAT cut & other support
🟢 Expand emissions pricing to long-haul flights & international shipping
🟢 Help lower interest rates
🟢 Focus all price cuts on electricity, not gas
🟢 Don't cancel Fuel Duty rises
🟢 Cushion future EV VED rise with public charger VAT cut & other support
🟢 Expand emissions pricing to long-haul flights & international shipping
🟢 Help lower interest rates
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In 'Splitting the bill' we found that if the Government removed some policy costs from electricity bills, it could save the average family £160, while pushing down on inflation.
Read here 👉 buff.ly/z69JDpL
Read here 👉 buff.ly/z69JDpL
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
In 'Splitting the bill' we found that if the Government removed some policy costs from electricity bills, it could save the average family £160, while pushing down on inflation.
Read here 👉 buff.ly/z69JDpL
Read here 👉 buff.ly/z69JDpL
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The Government is reportedly drawing up plans to overhaul car taxation in the upcoming Budget. This is welcome and long overdue – transport taxes have failed to keep up with the switch from Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs) to Electric Vehicles (EVs). 🧵
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November 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The Government is reportedly drawing up plans to overhaul car taxation in the upcoming Budget. This is welcome and long overdue – transport taxes have failed to keep up with the switch from Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs) to Electric Vehicles (EVs). 🧵
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This sounds promising: grappling with a big long-term tax issue. Though the suggested scale would be similar to the £200 EV VED rise that happened this April. And if the VAT 'pavement tax' were abolished at the same time, that might offset most of this cost for drivers without home chargers.
Thursday's TELEGRAPH: Pay per mile tax to hit drivers in Budget #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This sounds promising: grappling with a big long-term tax issue. Though the suggested scale would be similar to the £200 EV VED rise that happened this April. And if the VAT 'pavement tax' were abolished at the same time, that might offset most of this cost for drivers without home chargers.
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Through successive governments a shadow tax and benefits system has emerged in energy bills worth £7bn. New report out today says government should fix this system, and reduce energy bills for households. www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Through successive governments a shadow tax and benefits system has emerged in energy bills worth £7bn. New report out today says government should fix this system, and reduce energy bills for households. www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/...
💡💡💡 New @resfoundation.bsky.social note out today on cutting energy bills – and how paying for some costs on bills differently will see the poorest households more than £100 per year better off 💡💡💡 1/
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Splitting the bill • Resolution Foundation
This note looks at the factors behind stubbornly high energy bills and how ministers could act to ease pressure on households. It considers how change can be enacted to work for vulnerable families an...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
October 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
💡💡💡 New @resfoundation.bsky.social note out today on cutting energy bills – and how paying for some costs on bills differently will see the poorest households more than £100 per year better off 💡💡💡 1/
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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The Government has allocated £13 billion to the Warm Homes Plan. But what should it do with the money?
Priority should be given to the poorest households who spend twice as much of their family budgets on energy bills as the richest households.
Read more👉 buff.ly/PGjbi38
Priority should be given to the poorest households who spend twice as much of their family budgets on energy bills as the richest households.
Read more👉 buff.ly/PGjbi38
September 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Government has allocated £13 billion to the Warm Homes Plan. But what should it do with the money?
Priority should be given to the poorest households who spend twice as much of their family budgets on energy bills as the richest households.
Read more👉 buff.ly/PGjbi38
Priority should be given to the poorest households who spend twice as much of their family budgets on energy bills as the richest households.
Read more👉 buff.ly/PGjbi38
Interesting energy consumption stats out today - electric cars and domestic heat pumps now account for more than 5% of total electricity use www.gov.uk/government/s...
September 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Interesting energy consumption stats out today - electric cars and domestic heat pumps now account for more than 5% of total electricity use www.gov.uk/government/s...
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If govt wants lower bills, especially for lower income households, it needs to pay for it through tax rises right now. Fiddling around with standing charges is deck chair rearrangement - and people who end up with higher bills will make more noise than those who get a cut from this.
Lower standing charges aren’t the answer to high energy bills: a tariff with a 50% cut in standing charges would only see one in six families save more than £100 on energy bills – 43 per cent would see bills increase
September 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If govt wants lower bills, especially for lower income households, it needs to pay for it through tax rises right now. Fiddling around with standing charges is deck chair rearrangement - and people who end up with higher bills will make more noise than those who get a cut from this.
Lower standing charges aren’t the answer to high energy bills: a tariff with a 50% cut in standing charges would only see one in six families save more than £100 on energy bills – 43 per cent would see bills increase
September 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Lower standing charges aren’t the answer to high energy bills: a tariff with a 50% cut in standing charges would only see one in six families save more than £100 on energy bills – 43 per cent would see bills increase
Most of this change in energy bills being driven by an increase in standing charges, which are up for both gas and for electricity into Q4
August 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Most of this change in energy bills being driven by an increase in standing charges, which are up for both gas and for electricity into Q4
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How should the Government prioritise its £13 billion Warm Homes Plan budget?
Priority should be given to the poorest households who spend twice as much of family budgets on energy bills as the richest households.
Read more: buff.ly/PGjbi38
Priority should be given to the poorest households who spend twice as much of family budgets on energy bills as the richest households.
Read more: buff.ly/PGjbi38
August 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
How should the Government prioritise its £13 billion Warm Homes Plan budget?
Priority should be given to the poorest households who spend twice as much of family budgets on energy bills as the richest households.
Read more: buff.ly/PGjbi38
Priority should be given to the poorest households who spend twice as much of family budgets on energy bills as the richest households.
Read more: buff.ly/PGjbi38
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Great to see Guardian cover our research today - it's flats and smaller houses that are most at risk of overheating, so should be no surprise that vulnerable families will be more at risk.
Important to think about cooling homes as well as warming them!
Important to think about cooling homes as well as warming them!
August 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Great to see Guardian cover our research today - it's flats and smaller houses that are most at risk of overheating, so should be no surprise that vulnerable families will be more at risk.
Important to think about cooling homes as well as warming them!
Important to think about cooling homes as well as warming them!
⚡⚡ New @resfoundation.bsky.social note out today looking at how the Government should prioritise its £13 billion Warm Homes Plan budget ⚡⚡ www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
No country for cold homes • Resolution Foundation
The Government’s imminent Warm Homes Plan aims to overhaul England’s housing stock so homes are cheaper and cleaner to keep warm. This note sets out how it can best work to improve living standards fo...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
August 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
⚡⚡ New @resfoundation.bsky.social note out today looking at how the Government should prioritise its £13 billion Warm Homes Plan budget ⚡⚡ www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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Good to see the flexibility roadmap out today. Flex is key to a cheaper energy system, so great that Gov is committed to this. Especially big savings coming for those with big techs like EVs and heat pumps.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Clean flexibility roadmap
A roadmap setting out the government’s vision for a clean, flexible, consumer-focused electricity system.
www.gov.uk
July 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Good to see the flexibility roadmap out today. Flex is key to a cheaper energy system, so great that Gov is committed to this. Especially big savings coming for those with big techs like EVs and heat pumps.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Shame to see rising block tariffs suggested. A bad idea for poorer families that use lots of energy, but also not great for incentivising people to consume more electricity in electric cars or heat pumps
Ed Miliband has been urged by more than 100 Labour MPs to explore overhauling UK energy bills.
He is understood to be considering a number of options for progressive energy pricing, inc discounts for the least intensive consumers – known as rising block tariffs
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
He is understood to be considering a number of options for progressive energy pricing, inc discounts for the least intensive consumers – known as rising block tariffs
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 100 Labour MPs urge Ed Miliband to explore radical energy bills overhaul
Living Standards Coalition writes to energy secretary calling on him to do more to help struggling households
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Shame to see rising block tariffs suggested. A bad idea for poorer families that use lots of energy, but also not great for incentivising people to consume more electricity in electric cars or heat pumps
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The challenge of energy affordability is very real, but rising block tariffs aren’t the answer. People on low incomes with poorly insulated homes or who need more energy for health reasons could see rising bills, while those with multiple homes or can install solar panels avoid paying a fair share
Ed Miliband has been urged by more than 100 Labour MPs to explore overhauling UK energy bills.
He is understood to be considering a number of options for progressive energy pricing, inc discounts for the least intensive consumers – known as rising block tariffs
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
He is understood to be considering a number of options for progressive energy pricing, inc discounts for the least intensive consumers – known as rising block tariffs
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 100 Labour MPs urge Ed Miliband to explore radical energy bills overhaul
Living Standards Coalition writes to energy secretary calling on him to do more to help struggling households
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The challenge of energy affordability is very real, but rising block tariffs aren’t the answer. People on low incomes with poorly insulated homes or who need more energy for health reasons could see rising bills, while those with multiple homes or can install solar panels avoid paying a fair share
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@resfoundation.bsky.social colleagues noted last year that extending Winter Fuel Payments to pensioners on Housing Benefit would target low incomes at a cost of £100m (& a HB - Pension Credit merger is planned longer-term).
Another £200m could extend WFPs to those on Attendance Allowance, DLA & PIP
Another £200m could extend WFPs to those on Attendance Allowance, DLA & PIP
May 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
@resfoundation.bsky.social colleagues noted last year that extending Winter Fuel Payments to pensioners on Housing Benefit would target low incomes at a cost of £100m (& a HB - Pension Credit merger is planned longer-term).
Another £200m could extend WFPs to those on Attendance Allowance, DLA & PIP
Another £200m could extend WFPs to those on Attendance Allowance, DLA & PIP
Higher energy bills driving today's inflation figures, with changes in fuel costs behind nearly 90% of the year-on-year increase.
Policies that pay for environmental and social schemes (among other things) up a bit too but nowhere near as much
Policies that pay for environmental and social schemes (among other things) up a bit too but nowhere near as much
May 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Higher energy bills driving today's inflation figures, with changes in fuel costs behind nearly 90% of the year-on-year increase.
Policies that pay for environmental and social schemes (among other things) up a bit too but nowhere near as much
Policies that pay for environmental and social schemes (among other things) up a bit too but nowhere near as much
🚨 🚨 🚨 New @resfoundation.bsky.social research out today on decarbonising home heating, looking at what shape policy should take so that poorer households can be more involved 🧵
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Turning up the heat • Resolution Foundation
Decarbonising home heating is one of the knottiest parts of the net zero transition, with big implications on families’ finances and behaviour. This report examines progress so far and discusses what ...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
April 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨 🚨 🚨 New @resfoundation.bsky.social research out today on decarbonising home heating, looking at what shape policy should take so that poorer households can be more involved 🧵
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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New @resfoundation.bsky.social research out this morning from @emilyfry.bsky.social, @camronaref.bsky.social and I which uses the first ever comprehensive analysis of public service use across the income distribution to show how we can make public services better for low-to-middle income families.
April 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
New @resfoundation.bsky.social research out this morning from @emilyfry.bsky.social, @camronaref.bsky.social and I which uses the first ever comprehensive analysis of public service use across the income distribution to show how we can make public services better for low-to-middle income families.