Lisa Nandy MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, responding to the Mark Group and Climate Energy going into administration, said:

“Mark Group and Climate Energy going into administration with the loss of nearly a thousand jobs is a devastating cut for our clean energy industry in the UK.

“This Government’s recent raft of decisions to roll back solar and wind programmes and to instead direct subsidies towards more expensive energy technologies shows the hypocrisy of their claims to be protecting bill payers. Not only could these decisions put up household fuel bills, they are already causing job losses in an industry with the potential to be a new powerhouse for Britain.

“The Chancellor should heed the warnings from the CBI and others about the damage he is doing to investment confidence at a time when we face the prospect of an energy security crisis.”