Social Tariff Working Group: final report – spring 2025
Final report from the Social Tariff Working Group making recommendations to the UK Government on the implementation of targeted energy bill support.
4. Purpose
The group’s discussions and report have drawn on work already carried out by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) and Resolution Foundation (RF). Recommendations have also been made by bodies such as the Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel (SFPAP) and Consumer Scotland.
The proposal in this report summarises the discussions and recommendations agreed by the working group. It will be shared with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero with a view to supporting progress on the introduction of such a mechanism as soon as practicably possible.
Energy policy relating to price setting and regulation is reserved to the UK Parliament. The group’s establishment, and its recommendations, fully acknowledge that any decision to mandate and enable a social tariff rests with the UK Government. The group is also clear that targeted bill discounts and/or rebates can only represent one part of a coherent strategy for tackling the causes of fuel poverty.