Labour’s plan to cut Crawley residents’ energy bills by £1,400

Speaking at Fabian Conference yesterday morning, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a series of proposals designed to help reduce the cost of living for households across the UK. The package consists of

• A shift to clean power and retrofitting of properties which would save households up to £1,400 off their annual energy bills
• A new measure passing on savings to housholds immediately by stopping the energy price cap rising in April
• An ‘insulation jump start’ pot of funding to supercharge the insulation of homes across the country
• Ending the scandalous penalty imposed upon prepayment meter customers, to ensure they pay no more than those paying by direct debit and implementing a 3-month moratorium on the forced installation of meters
• Providing off-grid households with equivalent support to those other on-grid proposals outlined in the package

While the Government has yet to respond, Labour’s proposals highlight that there is an alternative to broken economics of the last 13 years. While the Conservatives have run out of ideas, it is Labour which once again has the policies to deliver a country which works for everyone.