Sunak accused of blocking plans to raise energy ‘discount’
The chancellor is facing further pressure amid claims that suggested strategies to help the poorest households were vetoed by the Treasury.
The chancellor is facing further pressure amid claims that suggested strategies to help the poorest households were vetoed by the Treasury.
5 steps the country could take to ensure a cleaner and more affordable future.
Sunak is said to have told colleagues ‘he wants to turn off the spending taps and that every “marginal pound” should go towards tax cuts’.
‘Governments which have handed £895bn of quantitative easing to speculators can also create money to help hard pressed households’.
73% of Labour Party voters supported bringing energy companies back into public ownership, as did 60% of Conservative Party voters
New figures show that despite Cameron’s promises, energy companies are still not charging customers their lowest tariff
Five million families are likely to turn their heating down this winter because they can’t afford to pay for it.
It is ludicrous that the government’s solution to high energy bills is to chop off at the knees the only policy that is delivering the support bill payers need.
This very helpful graph from IPPR sets out exactly why the failure of competition between the Big Six energy companies is having such an impact on household energy bills.
If Labour is to provide the genuine green alternative to the Tory luddites, they must highlight the missed economic opportunity of a low-carbon economy, using the top economic voices in the party. Lower and more stable bills help our companies compete, while low-carbon infrastructure itself is a key growth area in jobs and investment.