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Can Labour bring down our energy bills? | Politics Weekly

The Guardian Environment Monday 28 September 2026, 21:02 UTC By Presented by Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey with Miatta Fahnbulleh , produced by Nada Smiljanic and Zoe Hitch , the executive producer is Maz Ebtehaj 1 min read
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Speaking to Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, said a mark of her success or failure would be whether she could get bills down and said she would do so. She also challenged Reform UK and the Tories on their climate inaction, saying they would eventually ‘bow’ because they were on the ‘wrong side of history’.

Speaking to Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, said a mark of her success or failure would be whether she could get bills down and said she would do so. She also challenged Reform UK and the Tories on their climate inaction, saying they would eventually ‘bow’ because they were on the ‘wrong side of history’.

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