During four years in opposition and in the seven months since this government came to office, we have been clear: smart climate policy means not only protecting future generations from the biggest existential threat we face, but fighting to make working people better off today, growing our economy and confronting the economic injustices we face.
Labour’s clean energy plan will not only cut emissions but lift hundreds of thousands out of fuel poverty | Ed Miliband The party’s agenda is about energy security, lower bills, economic growth and good jobs.
That is why the chancellor has shown such leadership in driving forward with clean energy industries, establishing a national wealth fund to invest in cable factories and clean steel, supporting publicly owned Great British Energy and backing investment in carbon capture jobs in the north-west and Teesside.
But the truth is that we face a choice as a country: transform our societies with good economic growth in the interests of current and future generations, or give in to those who defend the economic and social injustices of the status quo as we hurtle towards climate disaster, with the Los Angeles wildfires and record January temperatures just the latest evidence.
From renters in London to apprentices in Preston, the British people support action to protect future generations if we also show that this is a pathway to energy security and good jobs today.
