Tag: fuel crisis

Factories face shut downs while govt proposes new £170 gas levy; PM calls up ex-Tesco boss to avert ‘nightmare Christmas’

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Households and businesses are alarmed by reports that energy prices – already at record levels – could be set to rise even further through the government’s new “green” levy on gas. The new charge will add up to £170 per year onto household gas bills from 2023,  according to a report in the Times. The […]

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‘Sabotage’ – resignation plunges Labour conference into disarray

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Andy McDonald has been accused of sabotage after his resignation as shadow employment secretary plunged the Labour party conference into disarray. McDonald – described as the last Corbynite in Sir Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet – quit over the leadership’s failure to support a £15-per-hour minimum wage with a damning claim the party is “more divided […]

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