'Working people paid for Tory failure - we're putting more money in pockets'
This Labour government was elected on the promise of change.
Mirror readers know all too well that we've faced difficult times as a country over the last few years.
People up and down the country were failed by a Conservative government who crashed the economy and sent prices soaring. It was working people who paid the price.
But this government is working day and night to deliver on our promise of change, and on our number one mission to put more money in people's pockets.
Today we're announcing how we're protecting low-income families and pensioners by extending the Warm Homes Discount.
This will mean nearly 3 million extra households across the UK will receive £150 off their energy bills from this winter.
That means a total of over 6 million households will now be eligible for the discount.
This is just part of our wider mission to keep the cost of heating people's homes as low as possible.
But that's not all we're doing. In just the last week we extended the £3 bus fare cap, funded free school meals for over half a million more children, and we're delivering our plans for free breakfast clubs for every child in the country.
Since we entered government less than a year ago, we've acted to stabilise the economy through making difficult decisions on tax and spend – and it's working.
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Interest rates have come down four times, mortgages are cheaper, and pensions are protected.
We have shielded working people's payslips from higher taxes, frozen fuel duty and boosted the minimum wage to give pay rises of up to £1,400 a year to millions of low-income workers.
These are the choices we are making.
Through our Plan for Change we're investing in Britain's renewal, to make you and your family better off.
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