Miatta Fahnbulleh

They are on the wrong side – not just of economics, but they’re on the wrong side of history on this.

If you want to pull the rug on that, you go talk to those communities.

My mark of failure or success is whether I can get bills down or not.

There is a question that needs to be answered … we have to think about the costs and how we recover it in the most fair way.

Families will be understandably concerned about the cost of energy bills this winter adding that prices are being driven up by the Iran War.

We are providing extra support for six million families under pressure with our £150 warm home discount.

As a start, we removed VAT from electricity bills to give everyone some breathing space.

I completely understand why people are worried and frustrated about energy bills and we are doing everything we can to make them more affordable.

I know in Peckham that our warm home discount will assist nearly a third of households. It’s a start, but I also know that households struggling need more help.

Our schools, youth services, hospitals and care system are at breaking point, and children in my schools tell me that they only feel safe at home or at school – nowhere in between.

You can work hard every day and still live in poverty, that our kids can be talented but still be deprived a shot, and that you can have billionaires living in the same borough as families that cannot feed their kids

My priority was to ensure that "the workers and local community are protected during this sale process".

I am in close contact with BP, and my priority was to ensure that "the workers and local community are protected during this sale process".

This action is just the first step. This is a down payment to give households much-needed breathing space on the cost of living this winter.

As Energy Secretary, I want to make one thing absolutely clear to Mirror readers: my focus is on bringing your energy bills down for good.

Everyone recognises that people are under pressure, living standards have not risen and we have to grip that.

The ability to trust people in places that understand their patch, to think about what the solutions are for their patch, is what we need to be doing.

The public does not believe that you can lead this change - and nor do I.