India, Jan. 30 -- Millions of families in the UK will receive 150 Pound energy bill discount for the rest of the decade, as the government announced the continuation of the Warm Home Discount scheme through to 2030-2031.

The extension will see eligible households provided with the rebate on their energy bills every winter for five years.

This follows the government's expansion of the Warm Home Discount last year, adding 2.7 million families to the scheme and bringing the total number of eligible households to around 6 million. This is on top of the average 150 pounds of costs being taken off households' energy bills from April, through measures announced at the Budget.

Hundreds of thousands of Scottish billpayers will also benefit from r...