{"id":61443,"date":"2022-02-04T08:16:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T08:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=61443"},"modified":"2022-02-04T08:16:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T08:16:31","slug":"the-uk-energy-market-does-not-need-sunaks-sticking-plasters-it-needs-total-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2022\/02\/04\/the-uk-energy-market-does-not-need-sunaks-sticking-plasters-it-needs-total-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK energy market does not need Sunak’s sticking plasters. It needs total reform."},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been reflecting on yesterday's political debacles. One of these was the fiasco of a plan that Rishi Sunak put forward to support those who will suffer dramatic increases in energy prices over the coming months and years. My response was a Twitter thread, unusually for me actually written on Twiter itself and so only capable of easy reproduction by screenshot.<\/p>\n

I began with this:<\/p>\n

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The argument continued with me saying:<\/p>\n

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I am quite convinced that what we are seeing is evidence of total market failure. We must have reform or this crisis will not go away.<\/p>\n

But is Labour willing to suggest it? And will the SNP do so too? It's beholden on both to rise to the challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been reflecting on yesterday’s political debacles. One of these was the fiasco of a plan that Rishi Sunak put forward to support those
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