Ed Miliband will today reveal new figures that show that key public services would save £100m if David Cameron backed Labour’s Energy price freeze now.

These figures show that the NHS alone would save over £40m, equivalent to the salaries of over 1,300 nurses, while schools would save £28m, equivalent to the salaries of over 700 teachers.

The new information is largely drawn from Parliamentary Questions laid by Shadow Chief Secretary Chris Leslie MP and includes central government departments alongside schools and the NHS. Savings to the wider public sector, including local authorities, mean the final savings figure would be even higher.

As part of a nationwide day of campaigning across the Labour Party, Ed Miliband will visit Labour’s target seat of Hornsey and Wood Green with Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Catherine West.

During a stump speech at the event, Ed Miliband is expected to say:

“If Labour win the next election, we will freeze energy prices until 2017.
“Labour’s price freeze will save families an average £120 and an average small business user would benefit by over £5,000.

“But it’s not just Britain’s families and businesses that would benefit from this price freeze, it’s our vital public services too.

“New figures today show that if David Cameron put in place our freeze today, public services would save £100m.

“And that matters more than ever in an era when there’s less money around.

“The NHS is one of our vital national institutions and one of the biggest users of energy. If David Cameron got on and implemented our energy price freeze today the NHS would benefit to the tune of £40 million to help it deal with this winter’s A&E crisis, the equivalent of the salaries of 1,300 nurses.

“Our schools could save £28m, that’s the same as the salaries of over 700 teachers.

“This freeze will happen under the next Labour Government.

“And while prices are frozen we will reset the broken energy market.

“Across Britain families are struggling from the cost of living crisis and the Conservative Party just doesn’t have an answer.

“Last week in Parliament, the Conservative and Lib Dems voted against Labour’s energy price freeze on the same day it emerged that David Cameron has actually cut his own energy bill thanks to his tax-cut for millionaires.

“This shows how out of touch the Tories have become – they are on the side of energy companies not of families struggling with the cost of living crisis and relying on public services that are under huge financial pressure.

“David Cameron has been recruited by the Big 6. He is now part of the Big 7.”

Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who compiled these new figures showing how much government departments would save from an energy freeze, said:

“These figures show that it’s not only households and businesses that are paying the price for a broken energy market, it’s the taxpayer too. We need Labour’s price freeze and reforms to the energy market - not only to help hard-pressed families, but to spare the taxpayer these higher costs too.”