# Coalition sets out winter rescue plan for Chancellor’s Budget

By Robert Palmer — 2026-09-16

Robert Palmer, deputy director of Uplift, said: “What is driving the UK’s sky high energy bills is our reliance on fossil fuels which creates the huge price shocks we have seen with conflicts in Iran and Ukraine.

“We need to get off the rollercoaster of gas and oil and urgently need to change course on energy. We need to see the Government doing more to help communities and billpayers in the transition to renewable energy.

“They must also make it clear that more North Sea drilling will do nothing to cut our energy bills. Most of what’s left is oil, the vast majority of which we export.

“New drilling just means more profits for oil and gas companies while making the unfolding climate crisis even worse. That is profoundly irresponsible.

“The budget should foster genuine reindustrialisation with a coherent transition plan and public investment in homegrown renewable energy, that will provide good jobs, lower bills and power the UK for decades to come.”

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