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Is Labour finally on the front foot in the energy crisis?

Labour’s costed energy bills plan could catch the Conservatives napping on the issue.

The Labour leader Keir Starmer has announced that the party wants to tackle the energy bills crisis by freezing the energy price cap, to be chiefly funded by a windfall tax. Has Labour finally shown its economic competence?

Rachel Wearmouth is joined by Freddie Hayward and Ben Walker to discuss the plans, whether they’ve come at the right time, and what the Conservative response will likely to be.

Then, in You Ask Us, they answer a listener’s question on whether Labour should now be repurposing George Osborne’s austerity-era attack line about the governing party not fixing the roof when the sun was shining.

If you have a question for You Ask Us, email podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk.

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