ShiftingGrounds

On Monday Ed Miliband set out that, if Labour were in power, their Queen’s Speech would include a Consumer Bill to tackle rip off energy bills.
High and increasing energy bills are driving inflation and squeezing living standards.

Tuesday saw the energy secretary Ed Davey approve plans for the French energy giant EDF to build a nuclear power plant, the first in what is hoped to be a new generation of power plants. The plant is to be built in Somerset; Hinkley Point C.

This week, Ed Miliband did what the government should have done, and committed to a 2030 carbon target. To be meaningful, the Committee on Climate Change recommends that this should be a 60 percent reduction on 1990 levels.

Regardless of whether or not Ken manages to turn the tide of Boris’s intimidating poll lead on May 3rd, one of the ideas in his manifesto is such a gem that it simply mustn’t gather dust on the Labour party’s policy shelves if he’s defeated.