Andy Burnham has his sights set on cutting household costs if he moves into Downing Street later this month.
Burham, who will likely be confirmed as Labour leader once nominations close, with a special conference on Friday, 17 July, made it clear he wants to focus on cost of living with new policies within his first few weeks.
He told Andrew Marr on LBC: “Britain is paying too much for the basics. People are paying too much, but businesses are also paying too much, and that is certainly true of energy.
“Britain needs more breathing space … We do need to be serious about putting more money back into people’s pockets.”
Following the US-Israel war with Iran, the energy price cap rose on 1 July pushing prices up by 13 per cent for a typical household, which use electricity and gas and pay by Direct Debit, seeing annual bills rise by around £221 to £1,663. There is concern bills could go up again in the autumn with the war in Iran still ongoing.
