Labour responds to Liz Truss' plans to end the ban on fracking

Ed Miliband MP, Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary, responding to Liz Truss' plans to end the ban on fracking, said:

“As energy bills soar for households across the country, Liz Truss is offering nothing to help them now or in the future.

“She opposes a windfall tax on the eye-watering profits oil and gas companies are making, and would block onshore wind and solar, the cheapest forms of homegrown power, having overseen the closure of our gas storage in government.

“Meanwhile, she's touting fanciful solutions like fracking which the Government itself previously concluded is unsafe, will not help our energy security, nor cut bills, and is opposed by local communities.

“Once again we see that the Tories have nothing to say about the problems they've created over 12 years of failure, which has left bills higher and our country less secure.

“Only Labour can give Britain the fresh start it needs, with a plan to upgrade 19 million draughty homes to reduce energy demand and massively accelerate the renewable rollout with a clean energy sprint to strengthen our energy security and cut bills for good.”