The cost-of-living crisis hasn’t arrived out of nowhere - it’s the foreseeable outcome of decades of privatisation, brutal austerity, and stagnating wages.
Tag: Energy Crisis
A warm home is a basic right, let’s fight for a Windfall Tax to pay for it – Richard Burgon MP
Richard Burgon MP sets out the case for a Windfall Tax on the super-profits of energy companies to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.
The Tories must be held to account – Yasmine Dar, Labour NEC
As the cost of living crisis bites, inequalities soar and with the covid death toll continuing to rise, it is time for Labour to really step up its campaign against this vicious government and genuinely hold it to account, writes Yasmine Dar, Labour NEC.
Public ownership is the best solution to the Energy Crisis – Rebecca Long Bailey exclusive
Until the Government recognises public ownership is central to addressing the crisis we face in our energy system it’s our constituents who pay the highest price, victims of a chaotic market driven not by their need but by profit.
The Energy Crisis is a symptom of privatisation and monopolisation. We need public ownership – Rebecca Long-Bailey MP
“In response to this collapse, we see the government setting aside billions in public funds to prop up firms that are too big to fail. But with that public money comes no change in the broken energy market.” During the Opposition Day Debate on VAT on household energy bills this week, Rebecca Long-Bailey delivered a…
The answer to rising energy bills is public ownership – Jon Trickett MP
"Energy provision, so we can turn on our lights, cook meals, and heat our homes, is not a privilege but a basic necessity. Access to it should not be in the hands of a company making decisions on our energy bills in order to maximise their profits and reward their shareholders." By Jon Trickett MP…
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