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TyskySour: Starmer’s Energy Price Plan

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🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Keir Starmer has ended his period of silence to announce that Labour would freeze energy bills. Is the policy worth the wait? Plus: One year on from the Taliban taking power in Afghanistan; and the cabinet office are trying to ban critics of the government. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar. _________________________________________________________ Support Novara Media […]

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0:00.0

Kistarm has ended his period of summer silence, who announced that Labour would freeze energy

0:12.0

bills this October.

0:14.3

Is the policy worth the weight?

0:16.5

I'll be exploring that question with Ash Sarkar, how are you doing Ash?

0:21.4

Oh, mate, it is hella clammy, you know?

0:25.0

The weather is just like our political leadership, it's very muggy.

0:30.0

Very muggy indeed.

0:32.7

Although, I mean, not too bad.

0:35.4

I think this is probably going to be one of the shows where we're more positive about Kistarm

0:38.4

with them, we usually are, even if there are limits, of course.

0:42.3

We're also going to be talking about the year anniversary of the Taliban taking over in Afghanistan

0:48.2

and Jacob Reesmog's hypocrisy on cancel culture.

0:53.1

Fresh from his summer holiday, Kistarm has announced Labour's plan to deal with spiraling

0:58.0

energy costs.

0:59.0

He said if Labour were in government, they would freeze energy prices in effect, canceling

1:04.0

the price rise this October.

1:06.5

It would mean energy bills would remain at just below £2,000 instead of rising to the

1:10.8

£3,600 currently projected for October, and the further rise to £4,200 expected in January.

1:19.8

Labour say energy retailers would be compensated for the difference.

1:24.3

It's a big offer and, unsurprisingly, the first question the BBC put to Starmer this morning

1:29.2

was how Labour would pay for it.

1:31.3

I'm going to quote yourself at you.

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