In Red Ed’s new carbon budget and growth delivery plan, there is net zero mention of the promise to bring down energy bills by £300, instead swapping in a broad commitment to bring down bills – with no specific target or date. Ed was still flogging the line earlier this month, telling the BBC: “we stand by our promise to get bills down by up to £300 by 2030.” A DESNZ spokesman said:
“We remain determined to bring down bills, and stand by our commitments. This plan runs well beyond 2030”
Guido can reveal the £300 pledge, which featured prominently in Labour’s election manifesto, has actually been dropped for months. Earlier this year an internal government spat resulted in a defeat for Miliband and his SpAds after civil servants objected to the accuracy of the claim. This makes it official…
Robert Jenrick on the Today programme:
“Can you now give a guarantee to your listeners this morning that no BBC presenter in the future will be exposed as a paedophile, as a number have been in the recent past? No, of course you can’t…”