Ed Miliband’s Department of Energy, Security and Net Zero has been busy dishing out taxpayer-funded contracts to fuel his green agenda, despite his policies being panned by experts and even his own side. One lucky supplier that has won a handful of contracts caught Guido’s eye…
Verian Group UK, an independent research and communications agency, has Ed’s big brother, David Miliband, sitting on Verian’s Global Management Board as a Non-Executive Director, taking the role in April 2023. Since Ed took office, DESNZ has awarded Verian UK £1,102,154 in government contracts…
These projects include research on “public understanding of Net Zero,” “support for non-domestic consumers during the transition to low-carbon,” “understanding secondary heating behaviours”, and evaluating smart metering programmes. Verian was also named a supplier for a £1.8 million contract for “behavioural science research in the energy and Net Zero space”. There is no suggestion of anything improper in these procurement processes. How long will Red Ed’s reign last at DESNZ?
Green Deputy Leader Rachel Millward said:
“The reality is that it’s Zack Polanski who brought the nation, Andy Burnham. And if we hadn’t had the success of the Green Party in this last year since Zack’s been leading, which has been unprecedented, phenomenal success and a growth from about 60,000 members to 230,000, if we hadn’t had that much pressure on Labour, then we’d probably still be in the Starmer regime, which was pretty much ushering in a Reform government with its lurch to the right. So actually, what we’re seeing now is that we’ve set the political agenda and the government is picking that up.”