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who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search, says he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. the met says it s voluntarily referred the incident to the independent office for police conduct. good afternoon booking to bbc news. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has set out proposals that he says will prevent household gas and electricity bills rising sharply this winter, in england, scotland and wales. he wants to freeze the energy price cap for six months, and pay for the shortfall in part by backdating the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. but a leading independent research group says labour s plans could end up costing as much as the government s covid furlough scheme if it was extended beyond the original six month period, and they were not a long term solution. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. from doing the washing to cooking food to heating our homes, the cost of energy is going up just as autumn and wint ....
Who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search, says he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers. the met says it s voluntarily referred the incident to the independent office for police conduct. good afternoon booking to bbc news. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has set out proposals that he says will prevent household gas and electricity bills rising sharply this winter, in england, scotland and wales. he wants to freeze the energy price cap for six months, and pay for the shortfall in part by backdating the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. but a leading independent research group says labour s plans could end up costing as much as the government s covid furlough ....
Provides big subsidies to lots of people who, frankly, don t need it and could afford higher energy bills. neither of the candidates hoping to be the next prime minister have signalled they d back an energy price cap freeze or extend the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. is it time to support - an energy price cap freeze? liz truss says she d cut national insurance and suspend green levies on bills and hasn t ruled out further targeted support. rishi sunak says, as well as spending vat on energy bills, more targeted support would be needed once the new price cap was announced. but all these ideas, and labour s, are just ideas at the moment. any final decision on support will be for the next prime minister. in the meantime, households have to wait in limbo before knowing what further help they may get. the labour leader has been giving ....
More details of the party proposals to our little correspond with alice forsyth. you have announced a pretty expensive package today by your own reckoning, just under 30 point pounds, you would pay for it by extending when full text, cancelling the £400 that would go to households in the autumn is and discussing inflation to reduce borrowing costs, thatis inflation to reduce borrowing costs, that is not money in the bank, is it, there is a lot of assumption there. ., ., ., , there. either we let oil and gas coies in there. either we let oil and gas cepies in the there. either we let oil and gas copies in the north there. either we let oil and gas copies in the north sea - there. either we let oil and gas. copies in the north sea continue there. either we let oil and gas - copies in the north sea continue to make huge profits whilst every household is really suffering with bills they really can t afford or we do something about it. the labour party isn t going to walk on by, we re ....
Scheme if it was extended beyond the original six month period, and they were not a long term solution. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. from doing the washing to cooking food to heating our homes, the cost of energy is going up just as autumn and winter months are around the corner, when households use more of it as temperatures fall and days get darker. the amount energy companies can charge the average household is currentlyjust under £2,000 a year. but it s forecast to hit more than £3,500 in october and more than £4,000 a year injanuary. labour is calling for the price cap to be frozen at its current level to stop it going up. everybody i think now knows that in october their energy bills are going to go through the roof again, and then january even further. it s what are you going to do about it? and the labour party says we are on your side. we will tax the oil and gas companies that have made more money than they were expecting, and use that money to freeze th ....