absolutely. you have to ask the question why did the government do things like cancel the home insulation programme back in 2010 that would have, by the time i got to this crisis, would ve put it in a better place, and has some of the policy attitudes on things like renewable energy actually added to our problem now because we have not developed alternative sources? so we can talk about licensing fossil fuels as we heard from the australian journalist on dateline earlier, available on the bbc iplayer if you want it and repeated over the beacon, she was making the point that the australian government, federal government which has been campaigning for restrictions because of climate change has now also licensed extra fossil fuel development, which fossilfuel development, which is all fine, but that will take years before we actually see the benefits of that. from that point if you come in a sense, if we do have to have rationing, it s because we brought this on ourselves a bit, isn t it?
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as a package, we are very concerned that it won t actually address the scale of the crisis, and many. households across wales, and particularly in rural areas, will still find it - a big struggle to pay some of those bills. there is a climate shaped hole at the heart of the statement. you know, the chancellor didn t even mention the word climate once, and that is all the more unforgivable, given that the solution to the climate crisis, and indeed the cost of living crisis, is the same. what we need to see is a mass home insulation programme. his focus for now, though, is at the pump, and the promise and reality of some tax cuts. how are you doing? for rishi sunak, for the government, the taxpayer cannot and should not pick up everyone s tab. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. despite the chancellor s concessions on tax, the office for budget responsibility says overall, taxes will hit their highest level since the late 19405 in coming years. here s our economics
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