Net Zero: John Healey shatters Ed Miliband's Net Zero dream as Chancellor takes sledgehammer to funding

JUST IN PM's taxpayer-funded jet flies from Stansted to Manchester to pick him up 1793621413.999 John Healey shatters Ed Miliband's Net Zero dream as Chancellor takes sledgehammer to funding Last Wednesday, the Chancellor outlined the Government will only provide funding to select projects Sign up to the Politics Newsletter I agree to receive updates and information about my account, the GB News Community, and related products and services from GB News.

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In last Wednesday's Budget, the Chancellor told the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (Desnz) that cash will only be handed to projects that cut bills and can join up to the National Grid easily. The cut will make it harder for Labour to greenlight offshore wind farms, one of Mr Miliband's key projects while overseeing the department, The Telegraph reported. Mr Healey's changes will provide a surmountable challenge to generate 95 per cent of electricity from renewable sources by the end of the decade, as the party promised in its 2024 manifesto.

TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say But the Foreign Secretary billed his now-dead green energy pledge as the "biggest transformation of our energy system in decades" ahead of their General Election win. Earlier this year, Britain's transition to Net Zero was estimated cost the economy more than £125billion over the remainder of this decade, according to the Government's official climate advisers. The Climate Change Committee published a report in March revealing annual expenditure on the green energy shift would climb from approximately £15billion in 2025 to more than £30billion by 2029.

These figures include spending across Government, households and businesses, even after taking into account benefits such as cleaner air, improved energy efficiency and lower fuel costs. The committee’s analysis suggests the financial benefits of decarbonisation are unlikely to appear until around 2040, prompting renewed scrutiny of Ed Miliband’s target to deliver 95 per cent clean electricity by 2030. The Foreign Secretary billed his now-dead green pledge as the 'biggest transformation of our energy system in decades' | PA Individuals close to Mr Miliband insist that he was against Mr Healey's changes, adding that he backed cutting energy bills for Britons.

Last Wednesday, the Chancellor outlined the Government will only provide funding to projects "when they lower bills and when they can connect to the grid". The Energy Secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, admitted it would be "pretty hard” to deliver clean power while lowering the cost of household bills down. She ceded Net Zero plans were "necessary but not sufficient" to cut costs, adding "the public doesn’t measure the success of our energy system in gigawatts – they measure it in bills and whether they can live comfortably".

A Government spokesman said: "The Government is still committed to clean power by 2030. "Over the last two years, we have made considerable progress thanks to the momentum of clean power 2030, seeing £110billion of private sector investment announced in clean energy and securing enough clean power for over 20 million homes. POLITICS LATEST: Labour accused of 'making up China policy as it goes' leaving Britain 'exposed' to security risks Andy Burnham opens door to slavery payouts as Commonwealth nations seek 'justice' Labour to end half of council power-sharing agreements with Greens over 'Zionism is racism' policy Last week, Andy Burnham promised to uphold the manifesto which won Sir Keir Starmer a landlide election win | PA "This continues as we shift into delivery, to make sure the benefits of clean power leads to lower bills and reindustrialisation."

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