LABOUR MPs have voted to reject an amendment which would make reducing household energy bills by £300 a priority.
The Opposition to the UK Government said it wanted to amend the Great British Energy Bill, which would enable the company to be established, to ensure Labour delivers on promises it made during the general election.
During the general election, Keir Starmer pledged to reduce household energy bills by up to £300 by creating GB Energy.
Labour said it would be a publicly owned energy company that would be tasked with investing in and developing clean energy projects.
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The amendment to the bill was tabled by the Tories and was designed to make it a strategic priority for GB Energy to reduce household energy bills by £300 by 2030.
MPs voted 361 to 124, a majority of 237, to reject it.
Tory MP Claire Coutinho told the Commons: “These weren’t one-off promises, it was the party line as dictated by the Secretary of State. These promises are still up in writing.
“In fact, the Labour Party website still says that their energy plans would cut bills by £300 on average but oddly, ministers now don’t seem so keen on that pledge.
“We’ve asked them in this House, they’ve been asked by the media but the number seems to have vanished.”
MPs also voted 361 to 115, a majority 246, to reject a Tory bid to mandate a strategic priority for GB Energy to create 650,000 new jobs throughout the UK by 2030.
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