Miliband hits back at Farage over ‘nonsense and lies’ about net zero

The Energy Secretary said both Reform UK and the Tories were prepared to concoct falsehoods to “pursue their ideological agenda” in a strident attack on political opponents as next month’s local elections loom.

The senior Cabinet minister and former Labour leader also warned that if an anti-net zero agenda was followed, it would not only risk “climate breakdown” but “forfeit the clean energy jobs of the future” in Britain.

In an article for The Observer newspaper referring to price rises that began in 2022, he wrote: “Our exposure to fossil fuels meant that, as those markets went into meltdown and prices rocketed, family, business and public finances were devastated.

“The cost of living impacts caused back then still stalk families today.”

Following Government action to take control of British Steel from its Chinese owners earlier this month, Reform leader Mr Farage accused Mr Miliband, whom he has repeatedly referred to as “Red Ed”, of pursuing “net-zero lunacy”.

He said that efforts to cut ...
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