Ed Miliband responds to energy companies sending out bills for April 2023

Ed Miliband MP, Labour's Shadow Climate and Net Zero Secretary, responding to energy companies sending out bills for April 2023, said: 

"Rishi Sunak is about to let energy bills rise by 40% for families and his government is missing in action in dealing with this looking crisis of their own making. 

"All the while, the oil and gas giants rake in the windfalls of war and Rishi Sunak's Conservatives refuse to implement a proper windfall tax that would make them pay their fair share.

"Labour would use a proper windfall tax to stop prices going up in April. Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt must back this plan - or else an extra 2 million people risk falling into fuel poverty. 

"Only Labour is on your side - with a mission to tackle the cost of living crisis now, and a long-term plan to cut bills for good by making Britain a clean energy superpower."

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Customers to be warned of energy bill rises from April - BBC News