Liz Truss’s energy bills plan sounds suspiciously like Labour’s – but with a twist
Reports suggest the new Prime Minister will freeze our bills – but we’ll still pay for it.
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The energy crisis is a bonfire of free-market vanities
The whole of European capitalism is facing the spectre of price controls, windfall taxes and even nationalisation.
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What Liz Truss means for Labour
The new prime minister is not the gift to Keir Starmer that many on the left think.
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The coming autumn crisis
The new government faces a national emergency. If it responds accordingly, the Conservatives could yet remain in power.
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Liz Truss and the cost of winning
In her campaign, she told party members what they wanted to hear. The new prime minister’s troubles are only just…
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PMQs today: Liz Truss’s ideological dividing lines could be a gift to Labour
The Prime Minister’s performance was confident but her opposition to a windfall tax puts her in dangerous territory.
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We look to the young for a better future – but they are turning away from democracy
Hostility to democracy runs deep because the establishment has failed to uphold its side of the bargain.
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Sasha Swire’s Diary: Sunak’s lucky escape, delusional politicians, and my husband’s fixation with the smart meter
While we wait for government support to deal with surging energy costs, we have installed a smart meter. Bad idea.
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