In the short term, that means fixing the broken energy market so that everyone’s basic energy needs can always be met, while speeding up the investment in renewables that will give us clean, affordable energy for the long term.

The Government needs to take action to ensure that essentials like energy are affordable now and remain so in the future.

Being able to heat your home and turn on the lights shouldn’t be luxuries, but with energy prices still way above their pre-crisis average, that’s exactly what they are for too many people.

The Prime Minister is right to focus on improving living standards. But today’s Plan for Change cannot be the height of the government’s ambition.

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We also need a guaranteed Living Income so that people can not only survive but live well.

The social security system and minimum wage must provide a guaranteed income floor, linked to the cost of living, below which nobody can fall.

Keir Starmer says that the route to better living standards is through good, stable jobs. Of course this is necessary.

But it’s not the full picture. What’s missing is action to guarantee that the essentials of life remain affordable for everyone.