After Labour's two anti-growth budgets, Burnham needs to urgently get a grip on the economy and get Britain growing again, supercharging economic growth through a new trade deal with the EU, including joining the Single Market.
Daisy Cooper
The Public Record
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August 20, 2026
The government needs to do much more to bring down energy bills and get our sluggish economy growing again.
— Daisy Cooper
With every new revelation, Reform UK and Nigel Farage look more and more like a bunch of grifters who believe it’s one rule for them and one rule for everyone else.
Even if Farage does manage to face down Count Binface in this pointless by-election, he won’t be able to wriggle out of the formal investigations or the prospect of a second by-election.
The rules on declaring interests in debates are there for good reason but the bigger picture here is that (Nigel) Farage and Reform UK are still under investigation for receiving an undeclared £5m donation from a bitcoin billionaire.
Today's borrowing figures also show the huge pressure on our public finances. The only real answer is to boost growth, and protect our economy from the global shocks it faces, like Trump's illegal Iran war.
Healey now needs to urgently tackle unemployment, by scrapping Rachel Reeves' unfair jobs tax that is stifling businesses and slamming the door shut on job opportunities.
The new Chancellor needs to turn things around, and fast. The economy is stuck in the slow lane while job seekers and families pay the price.
That's why Andy Burnham must immediately begin negotiations for a new growth defence partnership with the EU, including joining the Single Market.
It would be unforgivable for Labour to break yet another promise to those families.
We need a full Hillsborough Law on the books now, which also covers the security services, to prevent more appalling scandals and ensure justice for victims.
Energy network firms operate as total monopolies and we believe the regulator should force them to pay back windfall profits.
We estimate it would mean a saving of £100 a year on average for every household.
The Essential Energy Guarantee is based on the principle that every household should be able to afford energy.
Daisy Cooper said the policy was designed to end the "national scandal where millions can't afford the most basic energy they need".
Cooper said the "Essential Energy Guarantee" was based on the principle that "every household should be able to afford energy".
Cooper said her party estimated it would mean a saving of £100 a year on average for every household, with the poorest 20% of families saving an average of £140 a year.
Cooper said energy network firms, the private companies that own the pylons, cables and pipes supplying domestic users, "operate as total monopolies" and her party believed the regulator should force them "to pay back" what she said were…





