‘They will bow’: energy secretary challenges Reform and Tories – podcast
Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh stated at the Labour party conference that reducing energy bills is a primary measure of her success. She challenged Reform UK and the Conservative Party, asserting that their inaction on climate change places them on the wrong side of history. Fahnbulleh predicted that these opposition parties would eventually concede to the necessity of climate action.
- ▪Miatta Fahnbulleh identified lowering energy bills as a key indicator of her performance as energy secretary.
- ▪The energy secretary criticized Reform UK and the Tories for their lack of action on climate issues.
- ▪Fahnbulleh claimed that opposing parties would eventually 'bow' to the reality of climate change.
- ▪The comments were made during a podcast interview at the Labour party conference in Liverpool.
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00:00:0000:00:00Politics Weekly UKPolitics‘They will bow’: energy secretary challenges Reform and Tories – podcastSpeaking to Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, said a mark of her success or failure would be whether she could get bills down and said she would do so. She also challenged Reform UK and the Tories on their climate inaction, saying they would eventually ‘bow’ because they were on the ‘wrong side of history’.More ways to listenApple podcastsSpotifyRSS FeedDownloadPresented by Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey with Miatta Fahnbulleh, produced by Nada Smiljanic and Zoe Hitch; music by Axel Kacoutié; the executive producer is Maz EbtehajMon 28 Sep 2026 15.03 EDTShare Photograph: Victoria…
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