Sentences with phrase «of energy bills soaring»

We can expect to see more inaccurate claims from Tory backbenchers about renewable power sending the cost of energy bills soaring (and failing to account for the necessary cost of replacing ageing infrastructure regardless of whether we go green).

Not exact matches

A new front has opened in the battle against the «big six» energy companies, with environmental charities demanding a full public inquiry into the soaring costs of energy bills.

The Tories don't agree — despite copying Labour's «better off» slogan they believe soaring rents, rising energy bills, inflation - busting fares, are all the «inevitable» impact of market forces.

They then come up with another bizarre statement, that «government is on trial as well as the markets» when everyone actually knows there is a need for restoring a strong positive role for government which alone was able to bail out the banks and prevent a global economic crash as well as alone having the capacity to deal with soaring energy bills and transport fares, tackle climate change, and counter the bonus greed and tax avoidance of the super-rich.

Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, had already written to regulator OFGEM, amid fears it marks the first of many energy bill increases throughout this year creating further misery for householders, all blamed the rise on the «soaring cost» of wholesale energy, higher distribution costs and increased environmental obligations.

But attempts to bribe energy companies to use their spare capacity, after several years of soaring bills, are unlikely to be popular with consumers, especially in the lead - up to a general election in 2015.