Liz Truss’s energy bills plan sounds suspiciously like Labour’s – but with a twist
Reports suggest the new Prime Minister will freeze our bills – but we’ll still pay for it.
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The energy crisis is a bonfire of free-market vanities
The whole of European capitalism is facing the spectre of price controls, windfall taxes and even nationalisation.
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How the energy crisis is devastating businesses
Energy bills for the average small business have quadrupled in the last 18 months.
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Is this the energy industry’s “Lehman moment”?
Energy suppliers and banks are in a pinch that looks a lot like 2008.
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Is Sizewell C actually going to be built?
Boris Johnson has said negotiations could be finalised in the coming weeks.
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Energy bill strikes are gaining public support
More people support the non-payment of bills than oppose it.
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Even Pakistan’s devastating flooding won’t inspire a green revolution
A third of the country may soon be under water. Will we ever decide it is time to force down…
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The cost-of-living crisis is tearing community safety nets to shreds
Local groups are often the only thing enabling a family to eat that week, a mother to take on work,…
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Energy bills are set to surge again after price cap update
Typical energy bills are forecast to be more than £3,000 a year until at least 2024.
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Can we stop energy companies profiting from the cost-of-living crisis?
BP, Centrica and Shell have announced more record profits and share buy-backs as energy bills become unaffordable.
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The EU’s energy crisis is emboldening the European far right
Six months into the Ukraine war, the shock that temporarily banished pro-Russian views from European politics is wearing off.
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Gordon Brown is wrong – we need to renationalise energy permanently, not just temporarily
It would be an act of corporate welfare to privatise when the good times return.
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Energy crisis: what the UK could learn from Germany
While Berlin is investing heavily to boost energy efficiency and cut usage, the British government is in denial.
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How close are we to truly zero carbon renewable energy?
Simply moving to renewables does not guarantee “net zero”.
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Hard work won’t be enough to pay your energy bill
The UK government must introduce a proper windfall tax and help the poorest with the soaring cost of energy.
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Russia counterattacks in its economic war with the West
Moscow is exploiting the only significant leverage it has over European economies: energy.
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The case for public ownership of energy has never been stronger
Keir Starmer should recognise that renationalisation is best for consumers and the planet.
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Will the solar industry cut its ties to modern slavery?
Parts of solar panels are being produced by the forced labour of Uyghurs. The EU and the US are working…
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The UK isn’t prepared for Russia’s new energy war
Almost none of the Tory leadership candidates want to talk about the strategic conflict Europe is embroiled in.
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Germany’s impending energy crisis is no reason for it to abandon Ukraine
It is both wrong and dangerous to write off the German economic model
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