Downing Street hints there will be an ’emergency budget’ next week
Plans for tax cuts are set to be announced
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UK households were facing record energy debts even before the price cap was increased
Household energy debt had reached £2.1bn before the April price hikes
Cleaners at Battersea leisure centre win inflation-busting 16% pay rise
The UVW union has described the victory as “huge”
Wife of former BP executive donated £100k to Liz Truss leadership campaign
The news comes as Liz Truss ruled out a windfall tax on oil and gas company profits
Kwasi Kwarteng’s big fracking hypocrisy
Kwarteng wrote that “no amount of shale gas from hundreds of wells dotted across rural England would be enough to lower the European price any time soon”.
Climate campaigners slam lifting of fracking ban
“Whatever the question, fracking is not the answer”
Energy bills: Liz Truss accused of ‘handing public money to profiteers’
Liz Truss has been accused of bailing out a failing system
Today’s Royal Mail strike received more votes than Liz Truss
Who’s got more legitimacy?
Green Party elects Zack Polanski as new deputy leader
Zack Polanski beat three other candidates to win the election