‘Disgusting!’ BBC’s Sophie Raworth blasted for Rachel Reeves ‘hatchet job!’
9 Jan 2022
Express
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BBC PRESENTER Sophie Raworth was blasted by viewers on Sunday morning for her interview with Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves with some even branding it a "hatchet job".
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“A failure to get on with the investment in nuclear hydrogen and renewables, a decision to get rid of our gas storage facilities and a failure to regulate the market properly.
“That’s why Labour are setting out a packet of measures today to help people with their bills now but also to properly reform this market, so never again are we in his position.”
Raworth asked: “One of those measures is, as you have already spoken of, dropping the five per cent VAT on fuel bills, a blunt tool as the Prime Minister says.”
Ms Reeves began to explain: “Well, the Prime Minister, of course, was the biggest advocate of cutting VAT on gas and electricity bills when he was campaigning…”