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UK to cap energy prices, end fracking ban to ease crisis

Sharron Anderson, 60, is photographed in her house in Plumstead, in London, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. New British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced Thursday that her Conservative government will cap domestic energy prices for homes and businesses to ease a cost-of-living crisis that has left residents across the United Kingdom facing a bleak winter “I'm not optimistic at all. It's already too much of a struggle on what we're getting. I will be in debt without a doubt, there’s no way I can pay 2,500 pounds," said Sharron Anderson, 60, a former government worker in London who recently became dependent on welfare payments after suffering a heart attack. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Sharron Anderson, 60, is photographed in her house in Plumstead, London, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. New British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced Thursday that her Conservative government will cap domestic energy prices for homes and businesses to ease a cost-of-living crisis that has left residents across the United Kingdom facing a bleak winter “I'm not optimistic at all. It's already too much of a struggle on what we're getting. I will be in debt without a doubt, there’s no way I can pay 2,500 pounds," said Sharron Anderson, 60, a former government worker in London who recently became dependent on welfare payments after suffering a heart attack. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) In this grab taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers a speech in the House of Commons,to set out her energy plan to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, in London, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Truss says her government will cap domestic energy prices for homes and businesses to ease the cost-of-living crisis. Truss told lawmakers Thursday that the two-year “energy price guarantee” means average household bills will be no more than 2,500 pounds ($2,872) a year for heating and electricity. (House of Commons/PA via AP) FILE - New British Prime Minister Liz Truss makes an address outside Downing Street in London Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 after returning from Balmoral in Scotland where she was formally appointed by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Truss says her government will cap domestic energy prices for homes and businesses to ease the cost-of-living crisis. Truss told lawmakers Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 that the two-year “energy price guarantee” means average household bills will be no more than 2,500 pounds ($2,872) a year for heating and electricity. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
UK to cap energy prices, end fracking ban to ease crisis