Recall Parliament Early To Tackle Rising Energy Bills Labor Urges Pm Uk Cost Of Living Crisis

The opposition has written to the prime minister and both Tory leadership candidates, warning it is a “critical deadline” for government action to tackle rising energy bills after inflation topped 10% for the first time in 40 years. Ofgem will announce the new level at which energy bills will be capped next Friday, with forecasts predicting a rise to £3,582, or 82% above the current cap. Annual energy bills are expected to reach £4,500 a year from January and £5,456 from April, with warnings that households across the country face severe hardship without government intervention. Labor this week unveiled a £29bn plan to freeze the cap at its current level of £1,971 for six months from October, which would save the average household £1,000, piling pressure on the next prime minister to follow suit . Thangam Debbonaire, the shadow leader of the House of Commons, has now written to the prime minister, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, calling on them to recall parliament two weeks early and freeze the price cap before winter. “Across Britain, people are having to make unimaginable choices about how they pay their bills, causing endless worry for households and businesses,” he said. “In seven days, Ofgem will announce an increase in the energy price cap. With inflation rising to 10.1%, this will not just send households into a new spiral of worry, prompting them to cut even further ahead of winter. But it will create another shock for our economy. Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. “With businesses and households on the brink, we cannot wait to act. Families deserve a government that is on their side and ready to take the action needed now to respond to the magnitude of this national emergency.” Earlier this month, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey called on the government to announce an emergency budget to tackle the cost of living crisis. Ian Blackford, the SNP leader at Westminster, also urged the Prime Minister to bring back MPs before the end of the summer break. Simon Francis of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition said: “The demand to recall parliament culminates a week of chaos as Britain’s broken energy system begins to unravel. “Ofgem now faces potential legal challenges to its decisions, while charities have stepped up warnings about the grim specter of older people dying cold and alone this winter. “But as chaos reigns, the government remains silent on how it will help people stay warm this winter. A week of political focus on fuel poverty now could bring the additional financial help needed and also lay the groundwork for tackling the problem in the long term.” A government spokesman said: “While the budget decisions over the coming months will be for the next Prime Minister, we are continuing to support people immediately now with financial support as part of our existing £37bn package, which will continue to arrive in the coming weeks and months ahead to help people with the rising cost of living.” Labor also called on Liz Truss to urgently explain her exact involvement in the government’s decision to close a key natural gas storage facility that has left Britain with dwindling energy sources. The decision to close the Rough gas storage facility, taken in 2017 when she was chief secretary to the Treasury and responsible for agreeing or rejecting major spending requests, weakened the UK’s energy security supply ahead of the current crisis and left the ministers to try to reverse it.

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