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‘I’ve made it my mission to get disastrous Ed Miliband sacked,’ top Tory vows
ED MILIBAND is a “walking, talking cost-of-living crisis”, according to shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho.
The senior MP — who will tomorrow unveil Tory plans for cheaper utilities — vowed to get her Labour arch-rival SACKED as gas and electricity costs rose again this week on his watch.
Experts have warned that Red Ed, who promised to cut energy bills by up to £300 a year before the 2024 General Election, will only drive prices higher with his Net Zero obsession.
Already, £1billion has been spent this year switching off wind turbines when it got too blowy for the network to cope.
Other sources, such as gas-fired plants, then had to be paid to be used as a replacement. The shutdown has pushed household bills up by £15 a year.
In an interview with the Sun on Sunday, Ms Coutinho fumed: “Ed Miliband is a disaster.
“Every decision (he) has made in government is going to send people’s bills up.
“He promised people £300 off their bills, and so far they’re already £200 up. People are rightly furious.
“I don’t know what he’s on. He is a walking, talking cost-of-living crisis.
“I’m going to make it my mission in this parliament to get him sacked.”
She continues: “I think he can’t add up because if you look at what he’s doing, gas at the moment is about £55 a megawatt-hour.
“He said he’s willing to pay up to £117 for offshore wind this year, and then he talks about cutting people’s bills. You don’t need a calculator to see that is just total madness.”
The top Tory also slated Energy Secretary Mr Miliband for “signing up to 20-year contracts” for offshore wind, adding: “We’re going to be saddled with these incredibly high prices for decades.”
Ms Coutinho is the face of the Conservative Party’s scepticism over a move to Net Zero.
At their annual conference in Manchester tomorrow, she will outline proposals to cut bills by scrapping green levies.
She said: “The most important thing the country needs — and we’re unashamed about this — is lower energy bills.
“Our priority for energy policy going forward will be simple: Make electricity cheaper.
“It will be good for growth, it’s good for cost-of-living — something we know lots of families are still struggling with — and, most importantly, it will be good for the whole of the UK to have much cheaper energy bills.”
Levies funding environmental and social projects add around £140 to annual electricity bills and £50 to gas bills, says innovation agency Nesta.
It comes as the UK energy price cap rose again this week by two per cent, meaning the average household paying for gas and electricity by direct debit will see costs increase from £1,720 to £1,755 per year.
Ms Coutinho’s stance marks a much harder line on eco-policies as the Tories try to stave off Nigel Farage’s party.
Reform UK promised to scrap the Net Zero target and told wind and solar developers they will end green energy subsidies if they win power.
It has prompted Mr Miliband to liken the Tories to a “Reform tribute act”.
But Ms Coutinho said: “That’s absolute rubbish, If you look at Reform, they’ve got the economics of Jeremy Corbyn.”
She claimed there was a huge black hole in Reform’s spending plans, adding: “That simply isn’t going to work for a country where you’ve got interest rates high, inflation is high. We need to be bringing those things down. So we need to live within our means.”
Tories have pledged to scrap the restrictive Climate Change Act 2008 brought in by the last Labour government, and the target of Net Zero emissions by 2050 enshrined by Tory PM Theresa May in 2019.
Ms Coutinho said: “We’ve got new leadership now and both Kemi and I strongly feel that the biggest problem that this country faces is that we’ve got the highest industrial electricity prices in the world and the second highest domestic prices. Now that’s just not going to work for Britain.”
Tories would also abolish quango the Climate Change Committee, which advises the Government on Net Zero.
Ms Coutinho said: “For too long, energy policy has been in the hands of people who are unelected and unaccountable — and that’s just not right.”
And she has left the door open to fracking.
A ban was lifted by Liz Truss during her short tenure in Downing Street – but this was abandoned by her successor Rishi Sunak.
Ms Coutinho added: “We’re a small dense island and it can be very disruptive. So it shouldn’t be done to communities without their say so.”
The shadow cabinet member admitted people are frustrated the Tories have taken their time to come up with policies after their disastrous loss at last year’s General Election.
But she insisted: “At conference, you’ll see a lot more from us. This is the moment where we’ll start telling people all the results of our work, and be able to explain what our plan is.
“The difference between us and Labour and Reform is our plans are real, they’re fully funded, they can be delivered tomorrow.”
She promised the Tories will bring forward plans the public can trust, adding: “People have really lost faith in government to be able to do the things that they want it to do. So we need to rebuild that trust.”
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Three settlements worth up to $5,200 must be claimed before October deadline
THOUSANDS of Americans can get their hands on up to $5000 as three companies agree to settlements over serious data breaches.
Customers of a Texas-based fashion brand could score up to $2500 of the settlement pot for for documented losses related to the data breach, including bank fees, communication charges and credit expenses.
All customers – affected or not by the data breach – are also eligible to receive two years of free credit monitoring throughout the settlement.
In the class action lawsuit brought against Neiman Marcus, a luxury Texas-based fashion brand owned by Saks Global, documents claim members’ data was breached in May 2024.
According to the lawsuit, the data breach in May 2024 meant some customers allegedly suffered identity theft, fraud and other damages.
The lawsuit claimed the company could have avoided the data breach with reasonable cyber security measures.
The company has refused to admit wrongdoing, however, has agreed to pay a $3.5 million class action settlement to put the allegations to bed.
The settlement payments can be claimed by customers who had their personal information compromised during the data breach in May 2024.
Affected individuals must be able to show proof of purchase from the brand – including receipts, invoices, account statements, phone bills, correspondence or other documentation of breach-related losses.
Members have until October 8 to submit a claim.
The second company agreeing to settle over a serious data breach could see customers and employees get a $5000 pay out.
All customers and employees who received a data breach notification from Advanced Auto Parts are eligible to submit for a payment that could reach $5000.
In the class action lawsuit brought against Advance Stores Company Inc., an automotive parts retailer in the US, documents claim employees’ and customers’ data was breached in May last year.
According to the lawsuit, the data breach meant an estimated 2.3 million customers and employees allegedly had their private information compromised.
The lawsuit claimed the company failed to implement reasonable cyber security measures to protect employee and job applicant information.
The company has refused to admit wrongdoing, however, has agreed to pay an “undisclosed sum” to resolve the class action.
Affected people must be able to show proof of the data breach notification, sent out by the company following the incident.
Class members who live in California can also receive a cash payment for up to $100 for claims under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
What's a class-action settlement?
Class action lawsuits offer groups of people, or 'classes,' a way to band together in court.
These suits are often brought by one or a few people who allege a company or other entity has wronged a large group of people.
When a suit becomes a class action, it extends to all “class members,” or people who may have similar complaints to those who filed the suit.
Companies often settle class actions – offering payment to class members who typically waive their right to pursue further legal action by accepting money.
These payout agreements frequently include statements by the defendant denying wrongdoing. Companies tend to settle class actions to avoid the costs of further litigation.
Pollution, discrimination, or false advertising are a few examples of what can land a class action on a company’s doorstep.
The CCPA payments might be increased or lowered, depending on the amount of claims filed with the settlement.
As well as the cash payments, affected people can also access two years of credit and identity monitoring through Kroll Essential Monitoring.
Class action members can also opt for a $100 cash payment instead of credit and identity monitoring.
Members have until October 8 to submit a claim.
The third company settling a class action lawsuit over a data breach is BJC HealthCare.
All patients are eligible to receive a cash payment of $35m, which may increase or decrease depending on the number of claims made in the suit.
The Missouri-based non-profit health care organisation has an estimated 30,000 employees and 15 hospitals.
The lawsuit claimed BJC HealthCare shared patient information with third parties, such as Facebook and Google, without patient consent.
Legal documents say this kind of information sharing allegedly violated patients’ privacy rights.
All individuals who used BJC’s MyChart patient portal between June 2017 and August 2022 were impacted by the alleged data breach.
The company has not admitted wrongdoing; however, it has agreed to pay a $5.5 million settlement to resolve the class action.
The class action could increase to $9.25 million depending on the number of claims filed.
Members have until October 8 to submit a claim.
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