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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer says his radical plan to freeze energy bills is needed to cut inflation

Labour leader contrasts his party’s proposal to help households with the inaction of ‘lame duck’ government

The Guardian - UK

Oil prices drop by $5 to lowest since before Russia invaded Ukraine – as it happened

Live coverage of business, economics and markets as Chinese economy shows signs of slowdown and Institute for Fiscal Studies warns on maintaining similar level of energy bills support

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer explains why he's 'not going to apologise' for going on holiday during crisis

Labour's leader hit back at criticism saying: 'I’ve also got another job that’s really important and that is I’m a dad - and I’m not going to apologise for going on holiday with my wife and kids'

Daily Mirror

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Labour vows to freeze energy price cap and extend windfall tax

The Labour leader promises a £29 billion support package to deal with a ‘national economic emergency’.

Evening Standard

Monday briefing: From Germany to Japan, five plans to confront the energy crisis

In today’s newsletter: Nationalising utilities, firing up disused coal plants and restrictions on air con – this is how other nations are tackling spiralling energy chaos

The Guardian - UK

What the papers say – August 15

Monday’s papers focus on Labour’s promise to ‘freeze cruel bills now’ with a ‘fully-funded’ plan to combat the ‘national economic emergency’.

The Independent UK

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’

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Labour unveil their cost of living plans and vow to extend windfall tax

Keir Starmer estimates that under the 'fully-funded' proposals, the average household would not pay a 'penny more' for their energy bills over the coming months

Wales Online

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

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

'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

'Unchecked bills will destroy budgets and force people to choose between food and heat'

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled plans calling for an energy bill freeze which would help prevent the callous abandonment of Brits at a time of crisis

Daily Mirror

Labour announces plan to freeze energy price cap with reinforced windfall tax

Keir Starmer says people won’t pay ‘a penny more’ and that plan would reduce inflation

The Guardian - UK

Labour's £29bn cost of living plan in full - what it gives you and how they'll fund it

Labour would scrap a £400 cost-of-living payment and instead freeze electricity and gas bills at their current level for the winter by handing energy firms £29bn. We look at the plan in detail

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The Independent UK

Starmer vows to extend windfall tax to freeze family fuel bills

The Labour leader promises a £29 billion support package to deal with a ‘national economic emergency’.

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

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Daily Record

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.

The Independent UK

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’

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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’

Wales Online

Labour to push government this week to scrap energy price cap rise

They will call for it to be frozen at its current £1,971 and will set out how that can be paid for

The Guardian - UK

How to Lose an Election Two Years Early – there’s no happy ending in this Tory romcom

Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss will be leading a government that has little appetite to solve the economic crisis or even win the next election

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer will demand energy bills FREEZE this winter - cancelling £2,000 hike

Labour's leader will announce he would keep the energy bills price cap at its current level of £1,971 per year for six months, until the end of March 2023, in a pledge due on Monday

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