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Nick Clegg hints at end to green levies on fuel bills Nick Clegg confirms green levies on energy bills under review
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has hinted that the government could seek to pay for the "green levies" on fuel bills through general taxation. The government is examining whether some of its environmental policies can be delivered in a "more cost-effective way", Nick Clegg has said.
This would enable the coalition to scrap the levies while not abandoning their environmental policies, he said. PM David Cameron has said that energy bills are at "unacceptable levels" and promised to "roll back" green levies pushing them up.
Mr Clegg also stressed that he was confident he and the prime minister could "resolve" their differences. But the deputy prime minister insisted that the coalition's environmental objectives "remain clear and stable".
The PM has said that bills are at "unacceptable levels" and promised to "roll back" environmental regulations. They may be funded in future from taxes rather than green levies, he suggested.
Mr Clegg also stressed that he was confident he and the prime minister could "resolve" their differences on the policy.
The PM's announcement came at his weekly Commons question session on Wednesday.
"It wasn't something that I was fully expecting and it's not something that I fully agree with," Mr Clegg told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"I don't agree with the premise that looking after the environment, securing thousands of jobs in the renewable green sector, and actually some of these levies are also used to give deductions on people's fuel bills for two million of the poorest households in our country."