France and Norway are cushioning the impact of high energy bills in particular:<p><i>France</i>: "..forcing the state-owned energy provider EDF to limit electricity wholesale price rises to 4 per cent for a year. The move is expected to cost €8.4 billion. The French government aims for this move to limit electricity price increases to 4 per cent, compared to an expected 45 per cent.<p><i>Norway</i>: "According to a scheme introduced by the government in 2021, Norwegians only pay bills in full when prices are under 70 crowns (€7) per kWh. When energy bills pass that threshold, the government covers 80 per cent of the total."<p>Meanwhile in the UK, we have a self-absorbed government that has effectively 'checked-out' with no urgency to tackle cost-of-living crisis.