{"id":52770,"date":"2017-04-25T01:58:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T18:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/nicking-labours-energy-price-cap-is-not-enough-the-tories-need-specifics-nils-pratley\/"},"modified":"2017-04-25T02:10:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T19:10:11","slug":"nicking-labours-energy-price-cap-is-not-enough-the-tories-need-specifics-nils-pratley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/nicking-labours-energy-price-cap-is-not-enough-the-tories-need-specifics-nils-pratley\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicking Labour's energy price cap is not enough \u2013 the Tories need specifics | Nils Pratley"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWithout manifesto ideas for \u2018resetting\u2019 the market, the government\u2019s proposals are just shameless headline-grabbingThe Conservative party\u2019s proposed price cap on energy bills is \u201cvery different\u201d from the price freeze advocated by Ed Miliband at the last general election, according to Sir Michael Fallon, the defence secretary and former energy minister. Really? In their initial impact, the two policies look almost identical.Fallon\u2019s thin argument is that a cap is more flexible because it would allow tariffs to be cut when the wholesale price of energy falls. That is a gross misrepresentation of the final version of Miliband\u2019s proposal, which was tweaked to take account of falling wholesale prices. As the former Labour leader pointed out, his party\u2019s manifesto at the 2015 general election was clear: \u201cLabour will freeze energy bills until 2017, ensuring that bills can fall but not rise.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Without manifesto ideas for \u2018resetting\u2019 the market, the government\u2019s proposals are just shameless headline-grabbingThe Conservative...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-dJ8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54113,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/theresa-may-to-promise-price-cap-on-energy-bills-in-tory-manifesto\/","url_meta":{"origin":52770,"position":0},"title":"Theresa May to promise price cap on energy bills in Tory manifesto","date":"May 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Policy marks a shift towards a more interventionist approach and is likely to draw fierce criticism from other partiesTheresa May will promise a cap on rip-off energy bills in the Conservative manifesto, arguing that she is ready to intervene in markets if they are thought to be failing ordinary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":59679,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/secretary-of-state-for-hot-air-denies-the-energy-price-cap-fits-him-john-crace\/","url_meta":{"origin":52770,"position":1},"title":"Secretary of state for hot air denies the energy price cap fits him | John Crace","date":"July 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Greg Clark deflects criticism over ditching of Conservative manifesto pledge to prevent millions being ripped off Greg Clark didn\u2019t appear to know why he had been made to come to the Commons to answer an urgent question on energy prices. 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