Labour Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds warned the “massive increase” in the cap on energy bills “will plunge many, many households into financial distress”.
Asked about reports Liz Truss would support oil and gas drilling licences in the North Sea and if that was the answer, Ms Dodds told Times Radio: “No, it’s not and the answer really is to be taking action to get the cost of those bills down.
“Labour’s been very consistent on this, we’ve got a fully costed plan that would enable the Government to not be going ahead with that massive increase in the cap on energy bills that’s projected to be coming through very, very soon, that will cause – well it’s causing households worry right now, but that will plunge many, many households into financial distress.”
On energy security, she added: “We’ve set out plans to make sure that we would be having no more blockages on the delivery of domestic nuclear, we would be sprinting ahead with renewables for example onshore wind.”