Rachel Reeves will warn G7 nations they must move faster on clean energy to insulate economies against global price shocks from oil and gas as she and the energy secretary Ed Miliband meet G7 finance and energy ministers on Monday.

Keir Starmer will also gather major energy industry and insurance figures to thrash out what emergency measures might be needed to contain the continuing crisis from the blockade of the strait of Hormuz.

But in an explicit rebuke of the Conservatives and Reform, who have urged her to end the ban on new oil and gas licenses, Reeves will tell her fellow ministers that long-term energy security from renewables and nuclear is the only way to prevent future crises.

“As we move faster on renewables and nuclear, our partners in the G7 must do the same – because staying stuck on the rollercoaster of global oil and gas prices will help nobody,” Reeves told the Guardian ahead of the meeting.

“That transition is strongest when countries act together. By working across the G7 we can accelerate investment and build momentum. Energy bills are coming down for families this week thanks to the actions of this Labour government – action that was opposed by the Tories and Reform.”

Treasury sources said Reeves would speak about accelerating investment in renewables and nuclear to transition away from gas power, as well as the UK’s intention to implement the Fingleton review this year to speed up the delivery of new nuclear.

They said Reeves would argue that the G7 nations should not “shift pressure on to partners or weaken collective resilience” – a veiled warning about easing sanctions on Russian energy or on new trade barriers.

Reeves said she rejected calls from the Conservatives to issue new oil and gas licences in the North Sea because they would not insulate the UK from further energy shocks or bring down UK consumers’ bills.

“Kemi Badenoch has admitted the central foundation of her energy plan won’t bring bills down. The only lasting route to lower bills is clean, homegrown power that cuts our exposure to the volatility of global gas markets,” she said. “While the Tories and Reform chase headlines, this Labour government will remain focused on easing the cost of living for families across Britain.”

Starmer will convene senior leaders from Shell, BP, Centrica and Equinor in No 10 on Monday, as well as insurance giants Lloyd’s of London and shipping firms Maersk and CMA and banks including HSBC and Goldman Sachs.

No 10 said it was intended to be a constructive meeting about the perilous state of the strait. It is likely to inform short and long-term contingency planning amid threats from Iran that it intends to assert sovereignty over the strait of Hormuz, including potentially charging vessels for access once the chokepoint is eventually reopened.

Badenoch will ramp up calls for the government to do more to tackle a hit to energy bills, including removing VAT from bills alongside more drilling in the North Sea. She will visit Aberdeen and an oil rig in the North Sea. She will demand the scrapping of GB Energy, heat pump subsidies and abolishing the renewable obligation subsidies currently being funded through general taxation.

“By drilling in the North Sea and scrapping Ed Miliband’s crazy green taxes, our Cheap Power Plan would reduce bills by £200 for everyone,” she will say. “Only the Conservatives have the plans and the team to deliver cheap energy, a stronger economy and a stronger country.”

Badenoch conceded on the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg programme on Monday that drilling further would not reduce British consumers’ energy bills. “The drilling isn’t going to go directly on to people’s bills, no,” she said. “But if we can make sure that we stop importing from Norway – 40% of our imports are coming from Norway, who are drilling in the same basin. Why are we importing gas that is being drilled in that basin, but we won’t drill our own? This is a wider thing. It goes beyond bills.”

Tudor was a left-field gamble that went wrong from the start.

His unique selling point, in an appointment that smacked of panic from Tottenham’s hierarchy, was that he had a chequered coaching career but a record of having the sort of instant impact the club required.

This never materialised. He became the first man in charge of Spurs to lose his first four matches, starting with that heavy 4-1 home defeat by Arsenal.

Tudor’s brusque, plain speaking style got no more out of the Spurs squad than Frank’s more empathetic approach. It never made any connection with the Spurs players, while a welter of tactical shifts hinted that he was struggling to work out how to get the best out of the shambles he had inherited.

The low point came in the Champions League last 16 first leg at Atletico Madrid where he gambled on selecting Antonin Kinsky in goal ahead of first-choice Guglielmo Vicario, only to remove the young Czech after just 17 minutes following two catastrophic errors that left Spurs 3-0 down in an eventual 5-2 defeat.

Tudor was also criticised for the manner in which he ignored Kinsky when he went off, comfort being left to his colleagues on the pitch, as well as Conor Gallagher and Dominic Solanke, who followed him down the tunnel to console him.

Improvement could be detected in the deserved draw at Liverpool before an honourable win in the Champions League exit to Atletico – but normal dismal service was resumed in last Sunday’s highly-damaging 3-0 home defeat by fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest.

In Tudor’s defence, he took over a shell-shocked and struggling squad decimated by injuries and stripped of confidence. There is no guarantee anyone else would have done markedly better.

In this emergency situation, Spurs had to act, but the whole episode reflects more badly on those at the top of the club than it does on Tudor.

The sight of two unwaveringly optimistic young girls waving their “Foxes never quit” flags proudly in the air – despite the swirling rain at the King Power Stadium – summed up the never-say-die attitude required for a relegation battle that Leicester are going to need now more than ever, after their chances of staying up decreased significantly with this defeat on Sunday.

Even before losing against Brighton, Leicester’s hopes had sustained a big blow with the sight of Oona Siren hitting a superb, looping volley into the net to secure a valuable point for 11th‑placed West Ham in the lunchtime kick-off. The 1-1 draw at home against London City Lionesses edged West Ham further away from the bottom side Leicester, who went on to be deservedly beaten 1-0 by Brighton and find themselves four points adrift with four games remaining.

There is, at least, a potential lifeline this season: the one-leg playoff fixture, scheduled for 23 May, against whoever finishes third in the second tier is now beginning to loom large for Leicester.

The only Women’s Super League side affiliated to an EFL club, Leicester’s current predicament can be attributed largely to their operating on what is believed to be the lowest budget in the top tier, and to having lost important players such as Ruby Mace and the Japan duo Saori Takarada and Yuka Momiki last summer. Pre‑season concluded with Amandine Miquel leaving her role as manager 11 days before the opening matches.

They are on a seven-match losing run in the league and that has coincided with a significant upturn in results for Liverpool, who now look all but safe, after their impressive January transfer activity.

The latest of those seven successive WSL defeats came on a soggy afternoon when Brighton showed their class on the ball, especially in the first hour, with Fran Kirby’s movement and creativity causing plenty of problems. After the hosts resisted their first-half pressure, Kiko Seike broke the deadlock by tucking home Rosa Kafaji’s unselfish pass, after Kirby had threaded open the backline with a sublime through ball.

The travelling fans, including one wearing a seagull outfit, celebrated as their team flew up to sixth in the table. A satisfied Brighton head coach, Dario Vidosic, said: “I was very happy with the first half [and then] we managed the game out well and it was a very deserved three points.”

There were a few moments to perhaps give Leicester’s supporters some cause for hope, not least a heroic block from Julie Thibaud, whose last-ditch defending helped to keep Leicester in the contest, but the standout statistic of the game was that the home side did not have any shots on target. They are really lacking quality in the final third.

“You can see the players are in the trenches together, there’s never a lack of effort,” the Leicester manager, Rick Passmoor, said. “We know that we’ve got a run-in where we’ve got to produce and stay together.”

It will be nearly a month until Leicester play again, on 26 April, owing to the extra length of the international window, which follows the Women’s FA Cup quarter-finals next weekend. When they eventually return to action, Leicester’s remaining fixtures are away against London City Lionesses and Arsenal, before a home fixture against Chelsea on the penultimate weekend. They conclude their regular season with a trip to Everton.

If Passmoor’s team do end up contesting the dreaded playoff, the identity of their opponents from the second tier still remains difficult to predict. Pivotal wins for Crystal Palace and Birmingham on Sunday kept the automatic promotion race on a knife-edge with the leaders, Charlton, missing the chance to clinch a top-two spot. Newcastle and Bristol City are still in contention but their hopes are fading.

The top two will be promoted automatically while the third-placed team will host whoever finishes bottom of the WSL and that looks increasingly likely to be Leicester.

It comes at an uncertain and worrying time for the football club more widely, with the Leicester men’s team in the Championship relegation zone, a point from safety after being deducted six points for overspending. It could yet be a campaign to forget for the men’s and women’s sides.