Lisa Nandy MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy Secretary, responding to the government’s announcement that all coal use will be phased out in the UK by 2025, said:

“It’s been clear for years that Britain’s coal stations are so old and so polluting they would need to close over the next decade. Now we need to build new, cleaner power stations to take their place yet this government’s chopping and changing of energy policy is putting off the investment we urgently need to secure our power supplies.”