Another day, another drama. This time Ed Miliband is in the firing line after his opposite number took aim at him in parliament on Thursday. Shadow net zero secretary Claire Coutinho pulled no punches as she attacked Labour’s Energy Secretary over his government’s controversial pensioner palaver, Sir Keir Starmer’s much-lauded GB Energy proposal and exactly how much money Labour policies will save the public.

Addressing Miliband in the Commons, Coutinho poured scorn over his party’s claims that GB Energy would save voters from paying an extra £300 a year on their energy bills. ‘They said that on their election literature, on their social media and in hustings,’ she nodded at the Energy Secretary, before going on:

But I listened very closely to his speech today and I didn’t hear him make a promise that GB Energy will save them £300 on their energy bills. The energy minister, in the debate just before the summer recess, wouldn’t repeat the promise either. And that’s because they all know it’s not true. In fact, one of their first acts in government has been to take away up to £300 from 10 million pensioners this winter, including two-thirds of pensioners in poverty.

Ouch. It’s an issue that’s not going to stop dogging Sir Keir’s lefty lot anytime soon – and Coutinho didn’t stop there. Pointing to the fact that the winter fuel payment had appeared in every recent Labour manifesto except the party’s latest one, the shadow net zero secretary was quick to quiz Miliband on his party’s commitment to transparency on the sums – accusing the Energy Secretary of making ‘false promises’ about public savings. A rather uncomfortable-looking Miliband only seemed to shrink in his seat. Talk about a showdown…

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