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Keir Starmer on plans to freeze energy cap

Labour to address cost of living crisis with a freeze in fuel bills, windfall tax

Sir Keir Starmer has said families would "not pay a penny more" on their energy bills this winter under Labour's plans to tackle rising living costs.

The Labour leader claimed his proposals would save the average household 拢1,000 a year.

The package would be paid for, in part, by a big increase in tax on oil and gas company profits.

But critics said the plan would cost as much as the Covid furlough scheme and was not a long-term solution.

Today鈥檚 Martha Kearney spoke to Sir Keir Starmer about the plans.

(Image, Keir Starmer, Credit, Henry Nicholls, Reuters)

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