Labour has been slammed for voting against their own target (Image: Getty)
Labour has been slammed for voting against their own target of reducing household energy bills by £300 in real terms by 2030.
Peers in the House of Lords voted 121 to 131 against including the reduction of household energy bills by £300 in real terms by 1 January 2030 in the Great British Energy Bill’s “statement of strategic priorities” on Tuesday night.
Shadow Energy Secretary Andrew Bowie: “This is astounding. Labour centred their whole energy policy plans around their promise to deliver the British public £300 off their energy bills, and once again they’ve voted against exactly that.
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“It is clear Ed Miliband is more concerned with pursuing his eco zealot ideological agenda then delivering cheap and secure energy for this country.”
The Prime Minister said last week that the £300 figure is “what we are driving towards” and his plan to build more nuclear reactors will help.
Asked if he stuck by the commitment, Sir said: “Yeah, that is our aim. That’s what we’re driving towards.”
He added: “We said we’d aim for £300, up to £300. That’s what I want to achieve.”
In opposition and now in power, Labour has claimed that its plans for net zero – including the creation of a “publicly owned clean energy company”, GB Energy – will “lower bills”.
Before the election, said that his policies would “help families save up to £300 off their energy bills”. The claimed savings would kick in from 2030.
But this number was missing from the official announcement of the GB Energy plans on 25 July.
The pledge, made repeatedly during the general election campaign, was more recently called into question after the boss of Labour’s GB Energy, Juergen Maier, called the green initiative a “long-term project” and refused to say when household prices would be slashed.