Keir Starmer’s energy strategy hints at Wilson-like cunning
Labour’s proposal to freeze families’ energy bills is the right policy at the right time.
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Does Keir Starmer’s plan to freeze energy bills go far enough?
The Labour leader’s intervention has been welcomed, but critics on the left argue firms should be nationalised, not bailed out.
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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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What is Rishi Sunak’s pitch to the public?
The Chancellor’s repeated U-turns on tax and spending risk leaving voters confused.
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Rishi Sunak has handed Labour the political advantage
The Chancellor’s embrace of tax and spend weakens the Tories’ strongest attack lines against the opposition.
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Rishi Sunak’s UK windfall tax has un-greened a green idea
The Chancellor’s levy on energy companies will create more problems for the climate.
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“A windfall tax with no green strings attached”: Reactions to Rishi Sunak’s cost-of-living measures
The Chancellor has laid out steps to help people with food and fuel costs. Will it be enough?
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Rishi Sunak has left Labour with a political headache
After the Chancellor’s dramatic intervention, Keir Starmer’s party has lost its only clear dividing lines with the Conservatives.
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