When my energy company sends me an energy bill, I expect to be paying for energy.

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Yet what we pay on our energy bills doesn't all relate to the gas and electricity we've actually used. Our bills also include network costs, supplier costs, taxes and government policy costs.

And more than 120 businesses, charities and industry organisations are now calling on the Chancellor to remove policy costs from energy bills and fund them through general taxation instead.

They say doing so could knock around £250 a year off a typical household's energy costs.

With Ofgem's price cap rising to £1,723 from October for a typical dual-fuel household paying by Direct Debit, and forecasts pointing to another rise in January, this deserves serious attention.

These policy costs fund important things, including schemes supporting renewable energy and assistance for vulnerable households.

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