If correct, this is potentially another stunning U-turn from a weak and wobbly Prime Minister – Rebecca Long-Bailey

Rebecca
Long-Bailey MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy, responding to news that senior Conservatives are
urging a u-turn on their energy price cap manifesto promise, said:

“If
correct, this is potentially another stunning U-turn from a weak and wobbly
Prime Minister.

“One
in ten households are living in fuel poverty and customers are being
overcharged a whopping £2 billion every year. Theresa May unequivocally
guaranteed a price cap before the general election but now it appears she is
preparing to row back on that promise. It now looks like this price cap was
simply an election gimmick and that the Conservatives were never serious about
taking action to keep energy bills down.

“Britain
needs a serious and long term approach in order to bring energy costs down, not
cheap gimmicks that may simply be thrown into the bin just a week after the General
Election.”