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Ed Miliband said that it is ‘shameful that [Prime Minister] Boris Johnson and [Chancellor] Rishi Sunak are refusing to take the action needed to help’ families facing the steepest rise in energy bills on record.
He said that part of the reason for sky-high bills was ’12 years of failure’ to back energy efficiency upgrades, which have dwindled from nearly 2.5 million a year to a tenth of that, after funding cuts that followed David Cameron’s 2013 pledge to ‘cut the green crap’.
Stressing that Labour would make energy efficiency a ‘national mission’, Miliband said that his party would cut average bills, which are on track to soar to more than £2,500 later this year, by up to £400, as well as eliminating Russian gas imports and supporting jobs.
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