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Starmer Announces Labour’s Energy Price Plan, One Year of Taliban Rule in Afghanistan

Keir Starmer has ended his period of silence to announce that Labour would freeze energy bills. Is the policy worth the wait?

Plus: One year on from the Taliban taking power in Afghanistan; and the cabinet office are trying to ban critics of the government.

With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

  • Published 15 August 2022

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