The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer unveils £29bn Labour plan to freeze energy price cap

Labour wouldn’t let people ‘pay a penny more’ in October and January, says Starmer

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2022

'Nationalisation is no longer a dirty word, so put energy firms in public hands'

Mirror Columnist Kevin Maguire questions why energy firms can't go back into public ownership permanently as the Tories battle for the No10 crown 'while household budgets burn'

Daily Mirror · Aug 14, 2022

Keir Starmer warns Brits 'suffering every day' as he unveils £29bn energy bills plan

Labour’s leader Sir Keir Starmer said millions are “very, very worried”, from families forced to put food back on supermarket shelves to an 84-year-old in Dewsbury “too scared” to heat her home in winter

Daily Mirror · Aug 14, 2022

Britain’s opposition Labour Party demand energy price cap freeze

Britain's Labour Party called on Monday for the energy price cap to be frozen to help people deal with another expected surge in fuel bills, putting pressure on the Conservative government as Britons grapple with the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades.

Reuters · Aug 14, 2022

Call to Tory leadership contenders to protect vulnerable as bills soar

Seventy charities have sigh an open letter to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak urging them to double support to low-income households.

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2022

Treasury drawing up new scheme to ‘cut energy costs by £400’

Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has asked officials to draw up a multibillion-pound package to reduce the price cap from January

Evening Standard · Aug 14, 2022

Labour to call for energy price cap freeze to help those struggling with cost of living

Keir Starmer will call for the price-cap freeze when he sets out details of his party’s plans on Monday.

Daily Record · Aug 14, 2022

Boris Johnson spotted in Greece on second holiday in two weeks amid cost of living crisis

PM accused of treating final weeks in office as ‘one big party’

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2022

Tories prefer Boris Johnson to Sunak or Truss - and BOTH lose to Starmer, polls show

Liz Truss has a 22-point lead in the Tory leadership contest - but more than half her backers want Boris Johnson to stay on, as speculation mounts the PM could attempt a comeback

Daily Mirror · Aug 14, 2022

Treasury ‘draws up plan to cut £400 from energy bills in January’

Lending scheme proposal comes as Liz Truss considers cutting existing support for ‘high earners’

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2022