LONDON, August 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite joint general secretary, Tony Woodley says, "Workers are the victims of inflation not its cause. The Government must act to help those unable to cope. Our case for a windfall tax on the greedy oil companies and the utilities companies is unarguable. Its time to stop dithering and start acting.

"EDF is a perfect example where this French company is limited under law from raising fuel prices in France but EDF can hit British families with massive increases.

"The Government needs to do more for the UK housing market by reducing or removing stamp duty and they should kickstart house building by announcing a massive increase in new council houses.

"These are the bold moves which would show the electorate the Government is listening and is prepared to act. These measures would go along way towards reconnecting Labour with its core voters."

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