Ed Miliband Business Speech
Ed Miliband will today accuse David Cameron of losing control of his Government over energy policy. He will say David Cameron let the big six off the hook by not forcing them to freeze bills while the energy market is reset. Speaking at an event in London organised by the Federation of Small Businesses, Mr Miliband will say:   “Yesterday was the day David Cameron lost control of his Government.   “In weakness and panic, he made up a policy on energy, which means business as usual for the energy companies, and which is already falling apart.   “There is no solution to the cost of living crisis which tiptoes around taking on the energy companies and reforming a broken market.   “But this Prime Minister is too weak to stand up for the consumer and he always takes the side of the Big Six companies.   “There are 27 million families and 2.4 million businesses which would benefit from Labour’s price freeze.   “Sir John Major recognises that the job of government is to reform markets when they are failing and to protect people.   “This Prime Minister does not. It will take a Labour government to make the right decisions on behalf of the British people.”   Ends