Tessa Khan, executive director of Uplift, said: “Labour is right not to repeat the mistakes of past governments that failed to prepare this country for soaring energy costs driven by overseas wars.
“Spending tens of billions propping up a broken fossil fuel system is clearly not the answer, nor is more drilling when we know it won’t lower bills and the UK has already burned through most of its gas reserves.
“Just a month’s worth of gas has been produced to date from the hundreds of new licences the previous Conservative government issued over 14 years.
“Instead, ministers must urgently scale up support for households to switch to clean energy, as well as accelerating reforms to ensure they feel the savings and directly supporting the most vulnerable.
“Now the government must match that public momentum with genuinely bold action on the UK’s switch to clean energy.
“The King’s Speech shows they are on the right road to energy security and lower bills, but they need to go much further and faster if they are to actually deliver for voters.
“In just a fortnight’s time, households will learn how much their energy bills will increase this summer. Now is not the moment for Labour to take their eye off the ball with internal squabbles. They need to show voters they get it and can deliver change.”
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