MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy Secretary,
responding to Prime Minister Sunak’s remarks to the media at
COP28, said:
"That was a complacent performance from a Prime Minister in
denial about the energy bills crisis at home, and the weakening
of the United Kingdom’s standing abroad in his time in office.
“Working people are paying the price for 's climate failure, in the form
of higher bills, and in the awful costs this leaves our children
and grandchildren. His approach, criticised today by a former
Tory Prime Minister, is undermining Britain's energy security.
“Only Labour can deliver the climate leadership that Britain
needs, to cut energy bills for families, make the UK energy
independent, and protect the planet.”
Ends.
Notes:
On Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs):
Sunak boasts that the UK has a good NDC. But we are not on track,
as the Climate Change Committee says:
"The CCC’s progress report to Parliament in June 2023 set out the
risks to meeting the UK’s emissions targets and identified policy
gaps and significant delivery risks. It highlighted that the UK
was not on track to meet the UK’s Nationally Determined
Contribution (NDC) under the UN process for a 68% reduction in
emissions by 2030, to which the Prime Minister reaffirmed the
UK’s commitment in his recent update on Net Zero."
https://www.theccc.org.uk/2023/10/12/ccc-assessment-of-recent-announcements-and-developments-on-net-zero/
