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Boris Johnson has pledged to “do more” to help people with the rising cost of living after Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng admitted the government’s energy security strategy is “more of a medium three, four, five year answer”.
Speaking to broadcasters from Hinkley Point C, the prime minister said his government is “already doing a huge amount” to ease the burden of rising household bills, but said the strategy is about “tackling some of the mistakes of the past”.
“We are really doing a huge amount for the immediate cost of living,” the PM said.
“This (energy strategy) is about tackling the mistakes of the past and making sure that we are set well for the future and we are never again subject to the vagaries of the global oil and gas prices and we can’t be subject to blackmail, as it were, from people such as Vladimir Putin, we have energy security here in the UK.”
Speaking to Sky News earlier, Mr Kwarteng said it is “right” to say the government’s energy security strategy “is more of a medium term three, four, five year answer”, suggesting there will be little in the government’s energy plan to help householders with soaring bills now.
The chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy committee said the government’s plan was “yet another missed opportunity”.
Labour MP Darren Jones said: “For families and businesses across the country energy security means being able to turn the heating or electricity on knowing you can afford to pay the bill.
“Ministers continue to ignore the reality faced by of millions of people with yet another missed opportunity to help bill payers and a failure to announce funding for the home insulation works required to reduce the amount of heating needed in the first place.
“Replacing gas power with more nuclear power is lower carbon, but nuclear isn’t renewable and it isn’t cheap.
“It’s disappointing that the government has failed to seize the full opportunity of onshore wind and solar once again with no…
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Source : skynews
