
LABOUR demanded a government U-turn on fuel bills today to support working families as the cost of living spirals out of control.
At Prime Minister’s Questions, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer described the financial assistance pledged by the government to help families pay fuel bills as “a total mess.”
Sir Keir demanded a Treasury “U-turn,” saying that the big gamble behind the government’s current policy “was that energy costs would drop quickly after a short spike. That bet now looks certain to fail.”

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