The real scandal here isn’t Newham buying back homes for more than they were sold for, it’s private property owners making vast profits from buying and selling public assets with almost zero risk.

To give an idea of how damaging this change is, a typical dual fuel household will see their bill rise by £2.50 in January.
A household using an electric storage heater - already most at risk of fuel poverty - will see a £100 increase. That is deeply unfair and needs to be addressed

But what this really reflects is the consistent loading of extra costs onto electricity bills and not gas.

It is essential that the government reverses this, and begins removing levies from bills - whether to taxation or rebalancing on to gas.