A key factor in the cost of living crisis, one of the biggest problems families and businesses face right now, is rising energy bills. This week we’ve seen a staggering 9 per cent price rise for some hard pressed consumers, with further price rises planned in coming weeks.
While Ed Miliband has announced plans to freeze energy bills while resetting the market, David Cameron had no answer to the problem of sky-high bills when challenged at Prime Minister’s Questions this week. Continue reading
Ed Miliband’s speech today is absolutely right to place the emphasis on living standards. The economy is central both to Britain’s recovery and Labour’s political strategy, and it is in their living standards that our people are feeling the impact of the failures of neoliberalism and austerity. The restoration of the 10p tax rate and imposition of a mansion tax represent a commitment to tax fairness and redistrubution which we need. The fact that it pays for a tax cut the Lib Dems oppose with a tax the Tories oppose is smart tactics. So far so good. Continue reading
