Winter fuel bills - Rayner outlines Labour plans
Date published: 18 August 2022
Labour’s fully-funded £29bn plan would prevent the energy price cap rising through the winter
Ashton and Failsworth MP Angela Rayner says Labour’s plan to tackle the cost of living crisis “wouldn’t let people pay a penny more” on their winter fuel bill.
Ms Rayner said that the party’s plan to stop bills rising this winter would save the average household in Ashton-under-Lyne £1,000, get energy costs under control for the future and help tackle inflation.
Labour’s fully-funded £29bn plan would prevent the energy price cap rising through the winter, paid for by an extra tax from oil and gas giants who are making eye-watering profits.
Ms Rayner said the emergency package announced by Sir Keir Starmer on Monday would reduce energy demand and lower bills in the longer term by insulating 19 million homes across the country over the next decade through Labour’s Warm Homes Plan.
Labour originally urged the government to implement this Warm Homes Plan a year ago.
If they'd acted, they could have insulated two million of the coldest homes by this winter – saving the typical household an additional £1,000 every year on their energy bills.
Ms Rayner, Labour’s Deputy Leader, said: “Families across my constituency are scared about how they’ll get through the winter with bills through the roof.
“Labour’s plan to save households across Greater Manchester £1,000 this winter and invest in sustainable British energy to bring bills down in the long-term is a direct response to the national economic emergency that is leaving families fearing for the future.
“Labour’s fully-funded plan would fix the problems immediately and for the future – helping people in my constituency get through the winter while providing the foundations for a stronger, more secure economy.
"Only Labour can give Britain the fresh start it needs.”
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