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Analysis: PM is already on back foot over rising energy bills, with Labour in prime position to inflict damageIt was between Christmas and New Year that Boris Johnson began to worry about the next crisis. In the preceding weeks, Covid had been the big dividing line with his backbenchers as the prime minister wobbled before Christmas over further restrictions but was chastened by an angry cabinet and a mass rebellion of his MPs over the light-touch plan B measures.But a cost of living crisis has the potential to be the much more serious matter in 2022 and the prime minister told aides he wanted work to begin on what other mitigations for rising energy prices might be necessary. Continue reading...