# Bring energy costs in line with neighbours

> “Within 10 years, I want those costs to be in line with our neighbours.”
>
> — Andy Burnham, Prime Minister, Labour Party; Leader's speech, Labour Party Conference 2026, 29 September 2026

- **Status:** Promised
- **Status ladder:** Promised → In plan → Legislated → Funded → Delivering → Delivered
- **Policy area:** [Transport & economy](https://ledgergov.uk/promises/area/transport-and-economy)
- **Speaker:** [Andy Burnham](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/andy-burnham), Prime Minister
- **Party:** [Labour Party](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/labour)
- **Made on:** 29 September 2026
- **Where:** Leader's speech, Labour Party Conference 2026
- **Deadline:** 29 September 2036
- **Cost a year:** No costing published
- **Who it affects:** British businesses and billpayers, whose energy costs the speech says are some of the highest in Europe
- **When:** Within 10 years of the speech (29 September 2026)
- **Paid for by:** Not stated when it was announced
- **Quote source:** https://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/andy-burnhams-speech-to-labour-party-conference-2026/ (checked word for word at its source on 20 October 2026; Quoted for reporting; rights stay with the publisher)
- **Last updated:** 20 October 2026
- **Card:** https://ledgergov.uk/promise/uk-energy-costs-neighbours-2036

## Where it stands

Stated as an aim ("I want"). The Prime Minister said British businesses and billpayers pay some of the highest energy costs in Europe, and that meeting the aim means reforming the energy market. "Within 10 years" is recorded as a deadline of 29 September 2036, ten years after the speech. The speech names no measure of costs and no list of neighbours; the card moves when the government sets one, or a plan to reach the aim.

## Timeline

- 29 September 2026, Promised: The Prime Minister tells Labour's conference he wants British energy costs in line with neighbouring countries' within 10 years
- 29 September 2036, Deadline (to come): Energy costs due to be in line with neighbours (editorial date, 10 years from the speech)

## About the cost

No cost has been published.

## Sources

- [Labour Party: Andy Burnham's speech to Labour Party Conference 2026 (29 Sep 2026)](https://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/andy-burnhams-speech-to-labour-party-conference-2026/)

## Checks

- Checked automatically by AI Journalist, not yet verified by an editor.
- Checked by AI Journalist (automated) on 20 October 2026.

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