Brown accuses Ed Miliband of depressing government on energy crisis

This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. Lord Gordon Brown, who was also the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, appeared on several shows today accusing Mr Miliband of depressing the government of putting Britain in an energy crisis. This winter, millions of homes around the world are facing little or no power because supplies of coal, gas and oil used to supply energy are in alarmingly short supply. In Britain, the crisis led to energy companies going bust with homes and businesses struggling to pay soaring costs and bills.

Providing a speech on BBC Radio 4, Mr Miliband described the current energy market as deeply inadequate and called for public ownership to solve the apparent issue. In light of reports that the Government is considering loan proposals to help businesses deal with the sudden and dramatic rise in energy prices, Mr Miliband also called for further support for affected industries. His comments come after he claimed last week that the UK is facing an energy crisis because we haven't built a resilient energy system He said: If we were really moving on energy efficiency insulating homes, we could cut gas demand cut bills and reduce carbon emissions; the answer is to move on all of those fronts. But some people asked what Mr Miliband has done during his time in power to achieve this?

Ed Miliband, Director and Senior Vice President for Issues and Public Affairs in Burson, posted on Twitter: Steve Hawkes speaking about the energy crisis today. Energy policy has been a shambles for years, but I d love to know what the former Labour Government did when he became Energy Minister in 2008 to build more capacity. Others were quick to point out that numerous green tax hikes were introduced by Labour from taxes to help finance domestic solar panels and windmills and subsidies for strict European greenhouse gas limitations. Experts warned Mr Miliband in 2013 that 33 percent of household electricity would go towards green taxes by 2020.