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A lack of differentiation between energy suppliers means that the sector may as well be nationalised, a former Conservative MP and former government energy adviser has said. Laura Sandys told a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference that the introduction of the price cap had eliminated competition in the sector. She was speaking after Labour members voted to back the nationalisation of network companies.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg has slammed the government’s 2050 net zero emissions target as “idiotic” and “pure tokenism”. The former energy secretary's comments come following Rishi Sunak's recent speech in which he recommitted to the 2050 target, despite rowing back on several interim milestones.
Fuel poverty campaigners have called on the government to take a hands-on approach to forced prepayment meter (PPM) installations. National Energy Action (NEA) calls for the energy secretary to have direct oversight of forced PPM installations with powers to block installs to sit within government instead of the regulator.
The general public does not associate green policies with fuelling the cost of living crisis, research by thinktank Onward has found. The thinktank’s report Hotting Up follows last week’s speech by Rishi Sunak in which the prime minister watered down a number key government climate change commitments in order to ease cost of living pressures on households. However, polling carried out for the report indicates that the public does not link the two.
