Labour wants MPs to return to Parliament early to tackle energy bills

Posted on : August 19, 2022

Labour wants MPs to return to Parliament early to tackle energy bills crisis

  • The party has written to Boris Johnson for MPs to be recalled two weeks early 
  • The Commons is due to return on September 5 after the summer recess
  • Keir Starmer was slammed this week for suggesting a freeze on energy bills 
  • He pledged to fix the energy price cap at £1,971 for six months from October

Parliament should return early to tackle soaring energy bills, Labour will demand today.

The party has written to Boris Johnson and the two Tory leadership contenders calling for MPs to be recalled to Westminster two weeks earlier than planned.

The Commons is due to return on September 5 after the summer recess but Labour wants MPs back on Monday so they can vote to freeze energy bills. 

This week, Sir Keir Starmer suggested fixing the energy price cap at £1,971 for six months from October – saving the average household £1,000.

Parliament should return early from summer recess to tackle soaring energy bills, Labour will demand today. Pictured: Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during question time at the House of Commons on July 20

However his proposals were blasted by economists.

Thangam Debbonaire, shadow leader of the Commons, wrote that the country faces ‘urgent action’. 

She added that MPs must take action now ‘to meet the scale of this national emergency’.

Ms Debbonaire wrote: ‘Across Britain, people are having to make unthinkable choices about how to pay their bills, causing endless worry for households and businesses.

‘That is why I am writing to you today to urge you to bring Parliament back early on Monday 22 August so that we can freeze the energy price cap now ahead of winter.

‘In seven days, Ofgem will announce the rise of the energy price cap.

‘Against the backdrop of a rise in inflation to 10.1 per cent, this won’t just send households into a further spiral of worry, pushing them to cut back even further ahead of the winter. 

‘But it will create another shock for our economy. With businesses and households on the brink, we cannot wait to act.

‘Families deserve a government that is on their side, and is ready to take the action needed now to meet the scale of this national emergency. 

‘I urge you to adopt Labour’s plan and take action to freeze the price cap now.’

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