The Labor Party sent a letter to Boris Johnson and two Tory leadership candidates to help them cope with the growing cost of living. , demanded early parliamentary return``Urgent''.
Calls for MPs to return two weeks early on 22 August came ahead of Ofgem's announcement of a new energy price capon 26 August, with the Labor Party called this a "crucial deadline" for action. announced a plan to pay the full amount. Gas and electricity bills are projected to reach around £3,600. in October.
Now enjoying a vacation in Greece Johnson has said it was up to his successor to take action, with both Truss and Snack to sell 13 million people are forced into debt.
In letters to Johnson,Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, Labor's shadow commons leader Tangam Debonair said that MPs "Rising utility costsare looming.
"Across Britain, people are faced with unimaginable choices about how to pay their bills, causing endless worries for households and businesses," wrote the Labor Front Venture. .
"Therefore, I am writing to you today to urge Congress to reopen early on August 22nd so that the energy price cap can be frozen for the winter. "With businesses and homes at stake, we can't wait to act."
Ofgem is due to reveal the exact increase in the energy price cap next weekend. be. The latest official statistics show that inflation has risen to 10.1%, his highest in 40 years.
Debbonaire said Ofgem's announcement would "send households into a spiral of further insecurity and force more cuts" and bring "another shock to our economy".
She wrote: We strongly urge you to adopt Labor's plan and take action to freeze the price cap now.
The Government may ask the Speaker of the House, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, to recall Parliament early in the event of an event deemed to be of national importance.
42} However, the two Tory candidates and ministers in the so-called "zombie" government appear to be sticking to the current political schedule, with Congress scheduled to resume on 5 September, the same day the leadership The winner of the contest will be announced.Truss or Sunak pledged an emergency budget in September. After a recent poll of party members showed strong Conservative support, the foreign secretary gave her a large lead,but said he would prioritize tax cuts and proposed a freeze on price caps. Dismissed as "sticky plaster".
Sunak called Labor's plan to freeze prices a "blunt weapon" that does not target those most in need. He also said that Truss would be guilty of "moral failure" if it did not promise more help to the country's poorest people. supported Labor's call for an early return to parliament. Simon Francis, coordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, a group of 60 civil society organizations, said the recall could help accelerate the "foundation" of additional government support.
"His week of political focus on fuel poverty can bring much-needed additional financial support and lay the groundwork for tackling the problem in the long term." He The Independent.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey last week called for a convening of parliament, an emergency budget and a freeze on price caps. This suggests that it could be financed by expanding the windfall tax on the oil and gas giants.
SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford made a similar call earlier this month, urging Johnson to recall Parliament to address the cost of living crisis.
His two-thirds of all UK households, an estimated 45 million Britons, will be in fuel poverty by January, according to a new study by researchers at the University of York. I found myself relegated to . Further action will be taken on energy charges.
86% of pensioner couples and 90% of her single-parent households with two or more children will be fuel negative, according to a new study. cents of energy income.
