Responding to the Prime Minister’s comments on energy policy in response to questions from the Liaison Committee, Lisa Nandy MP Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said:

“The Prime Minister’s only line of defence on clean energy was to cite the investment made possible by the very schemes that he is now abandoning. He boasted about the success of his solar policy but now he is ripping it up to the cost of up to 18,000 jobs. He pointed to the Green Investment Bank, but now he is selling it off and removing its green status. He axed the fund for Carbon Capture and Storage on cost grounds, yet he’s just handed out hundreds of millions in subsidies to diesel and coal generators. His short-sighted approach is already causing job losses, and putting off the investment in new power stations we urgently need to keep the lights on.”