Voices: As energy costs soar, Rachel Reeves is now the price-gouging queen

The chancellor dismisses sharp rises at the petrol pumps and in our energy bills as ‘global turbulence’ – but her bad policy choices have left consumers exposed to market shock, says Kemi Badenoch: she should give drivers a break by abandoning her planned fuel duty hike, and help householders by scrapping green taxes

By Kemi Badenoch