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Shadow minister Kevin Hollinrake says the prime minister and chancellor Rachel Reeves should focus on what they can do domestically to "ease pressure" on consumers and businesses facing rising energy costs. "We don't know what's on the mind of Donald Trump, and that's not what we should be focusing on", Hollinrake says. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Listen, we don't know what's in the mind of Donald Trump, and that's not what we should be focusing on.
00:05That's a very difficult thing to try and assess, what we should be focusing on and what we do domestically.
00:11So the economy is under great pressure right now because of some of the decisions that the Chancellor has taken,
00:16but of course it's some of the international events as well.
00:19So we think she needs to make the right decisions now in terms of the UK economy,
00:23and things like suspending the scheduled rise in fuel duty, which is putting big pressure on our consumers, of course.
00:31It implements our cheap power plan that would most immediately reduce the cost of energy into our homes and businesses
00:38by 20%.
00:39That would save around £160 for the average household and get drilling in the North Sea again.
00:44So the Chancellor might look at international affairs and throw her hands up in horror,
00:49but the reality is she has decisions she can take today, as is the Prime Minister,
00:54that would ease some of that pressure on our consumers, on our businesses.
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