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Putting people before profit: energy lessons from Greece
Families should not have to choose between heating and eating. Other countries are responding to the hike in energy prices with one-off payments and subsidies — but will our government follow, asks EUGENIA RUSSELL
RIGHT THIS TIME: Despite being on the right wing of Greek politics, PM Kyriakos has overseen a commendable response to spiralling public energy costs

THE energy crisis is a huge worry to many families right now. As Marcus Rashford pointed out, people will have to decide “whether you eat or whether you are warm in the house.”

What is our government doing about it? Shrugging their shoulders, or perhaps taking a sunshine break? Maybe they could learn from the example of Greece and consider subsidies.

Rather than wait for the crisis to bite, the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made this part of a number of relief measures to assist the public at this difficult time back in September.

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