Freezing green levies won’t relieve pressure on bills but we must make them equal JOSHUA MARKS The cost of living crisis has continued to be a major worry for people across the country and a key talking point during the Conservative leadership race. Rising energy prices, partly due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, have significantly fuelled the crisis. As the energy price cap is expected to rise to over £3,300 [...]
Green levies are a form of defence spending to ease Russia’s hold on our energy market JOSHUA MARKS SINCE Boris Johnson announced he would resign, the Conservative party split itself into different camps for their leader. Now we have the final two: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. After an ideologically-light leader, the party has tried to reshape itself over its policy on tax cuts and the cost of living. On the one hand, [...]