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How Should the UK Respond to the Global Energy Crisis?

Newscast

BBC

Politics, Daily News, News

4.36.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Today, Laura and Paddy unpack what the government will do to deal with energy pressures caused by the Iran war.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has told Laura that the UK should invest in home-grown energy, but leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, says we need more drilling in the North Sea.

They also discuss the policies on energy prices from other UK political parties.

Plus, they do an update following yesterday's interview with Josh Simons.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenters were Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Laura Cain. The social producer was Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The technical producer was Jack Graysmark. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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Paddy, you're wearing a rather lovely tie.

0:23.4

I put a tie on because Kemi Bajnock came into the studio

0:26.3

and you're always very well dressed and I thought I should, for a party leader, should dress up.

0:32.5

Oh.

0:33.3

Now, I've had spies who watched your programme tell me that you've stolen one of my questions and put it to the leader of the opposition. Like a terrible magpie. Let's have a listen. Who would you support? So LISTrust paid everybody's energy bill when there was the last energy shock around the war in Ukraine, costing tens of billions to the taxpayer. Who would get support if you were in? I did. It's a shiny. Well, it, it's a great very user all the time. I use it about you. The argument is shifting this time, isn't it? You've raised this target. I think there's going to be targeted. It's not going to be blanket, isn't it? Correct. And we've been talking about that for actually for ages for about three weeks since this first reared its head, the whole question of the war in the Middle East leading to a big

1:10.9

price in a big increase in the price of oil, which sooner or later, sadly, the reality is

1:17.0

it's probably going to lead to much higher energy bills for people here at home. So the political

1:20.9

debate in this country is rather hot and heavy around what to do about the cost of energy, how to

1:27.4

produce it, where it should come from, and whether or about the cost of energy, how to produce it,

1:28.0

where it should come from, and whether or not this country would ever be able to produce

1:31.8

enough of its own.

1:33.2

Welcome to Sunday's Newscast. Newscast from the BBC.

1:37.5

Fat boy slimmer me in the classroom doing our violin lessons.

1:40.5

I was the tappletail in the class.

1:41.8

Can I have an apology, please? I trust almost nobody.

2:01.3

Then daddy has to sometimes do strong language. Next time in Moscow. I feel delulu with no salulu. Take me down to Downey Street. Let's go have a tour. Blimey. Hello, it's Paddy in the studio. It's Laura in the studio. And hello, it's Henry at home. Hello, Henry. Hi, how are you doing?

2:02.6

All right, thank you.

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