Revealed: E.ON tried to get Kwarteng to cut its taxes while bills soared

The UK’s biggest energy supplier spent the summer lobbying the government to cut taxes and avoid “intrusive” regulation, openDemocracy can reveal.

E.ON complained to Conservative ministers about the capping of energy bills, saying it had made the UK an “unattractive place to be an energy supplier”. Energy bills were expected to top £4,000 in 2023 at the time of E.ON’s warnings.