Government puts forward its plan to tackle the energy crisis

New prime minister Liz Truss has this morning unveiled the government’s plans to tackle the energy price crisis that is afflicting the United Kingdom.  Truss laid out her proposals as she opened a debate on UK Energy Costs in the House of Commons. At the centre of the government’s package is an ‘energy price guarantee’.  […]

Truss confirms she will make her energy announcement tomorrow

On her first full day as prime minister, Liz Truss has confirmed that her new government will announce its package of measures to tackle the mounting cost of energy tomorrow. The package of measures will be announced at the start of a Commons debate on energy policy, with Truss herself leading for the government.  The […]

Truss rules out windfall tax on PMQs debut

In her first prime minister’s questions, Liz Truss has ruled out windfall tax as a solution for the cost of living crisis while energy company profits continue to soar. She told the House of Commons that she was “on the side of hard working people” and would tackle the issue instead by cutting tax, promising […]

Liz Truss rules out any new taxes if she becomes prime minister

Asked if she could vow not to introduce new taxes if she wins, she nodded and replied confidently: “Yes, no new taxes.” The question was directed to her by host of the London hustings event, LBC’s Nick Ferrari.  The 12th and final hustings was held in Wembley Arena and was the rivals last attempt to […]

Lucy Frazer rejects energy profits levy ‘sleight of hand’ claims

In an urgent question to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves accused the government of a “sleight of hand”, telling the House of Commons that the windfall tax  alongside the tax incentive for energy companies will allow “a third or more of any revenue” to be “handed back”. Frazer brushed off the criticism, telling the House that […]

Johnson under pressure over growing calls for energy windfall tax

Keir Starmer took Boris Johnson to task over resisting growing calls for a windfall tax in the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the new parliamentary session. Labour’s leader repeatedly asked Johnson why the government was doing the “hokey cokey” on a one-off tax on energy companies to ease the pressures of the cost-of-living crisis for […]