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LABOUR is set to force a debate in Parliament today over the rising cost of living by challenging MPs to back past promises on cutting VAT.
The party plans to put forward a motion in an opposition day debate in the Commons which, if passed, would force MPs to vote on the proposals.
Labour has proposed slashing VAT on energy bills for a year, alongside a windfall tax on the North Sea oil and gas industry, to help support those struggling as energy prices rise.
Campaigners urge government to ignore profiteering oil lobbyists and help those hit hardest by rising energy prices
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
RICHARD BURGON MP points to the recent relative success of widespread opposition to the Labour leadership’s regressive policies as the blueprint for exacting the changes required to build a fairer society