Nearly three million more households will receive a £150 boost next winter if new proposals go ahead. The UK Government is reviewing an online consultation that closed on March 24.

The proposals, put forward by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), include expanding the £150 Warm Home Discount scheme, which would see one in five families in Britain receive financial help next winter. This would translate to around 2.7 million extra households, including nearly one million…