In the Commons on Tuesday, Richard Tice said the Energy Secretary should ‘tell the truth’ and admit that renewable energy is ‘more expensive’.
A Reform UK MP has accused Ed Miliband of being “obsessed” with renewable energy, after the Government announced nine new offshore wind farms.
Meanwhile, Mr Miliband said the projects were an opportunity to “get off the rollercoaster of volatile global gas markets”.The projects were announced as part of this year’s Contracts for Difference auction, a process started in 2015 as the Government’s mechanism for making sure renewable energy schemes are built.
Later in the session, Mr Tice, MP for Boston and Skegness, asked: “Will the Secretary of State, who is obsessed with renewable energy, be honest with the British people? “So will the Secretary of State be honest and tell the truth that renewable energy is more expensive, not cheaper?”Mr Miliband hit back at Mr Tice by stating that Reform’s manifesto was “basically for higher bills and to make people poorer”.
Fellow Reform UK MP Lee Anderson also criticised the projects, stating: “This Secretary of State is absolutely living in a completely different world to my constituents, because they’re not asking for this on the doorstep, at all.
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