The UK needs a fresh, robust template. Central to it should be a differentiation between strategic and non-strategic areas.
At the heart of the Midlands Engine’s strategy is a desire to collaborate, particularly in sectors vital to the low carbon transition.
Ministers have no sufficient answers to the question: ‘how do we keep the lights on?’
Backing traditional industries is very far from the electoral liability that strategists fear.
Government should ensure any plan delivers lower bills overall, not merely local subsidies paid for by the rest of us.
The Local Electricity Bill, which I am proudly co-sponsoring, will help make such businesses financially viable.
We’re closer to a greener, cleaner, safer planet, but the real success of the summit will only be determined in the years ahead.
There should be a growth target to complement the inflation target – to drive government departments to take actions that will promote more UK activity and jobs.
“The energy market clearly isn’t working”, he says, stating there’s “a role for common ownership”.
Doing so would not only help support our democratic allies, but build much-needed security into our own supply infrastructure.
Trying to price a technology transition ahead of it happening is a fool’s errand. History is littered with examples where the ‘experts’ were proved wrong.
But heat pumps work best in energy efficient homes. Here lies another opportunity for everyone to insulate them.
The Government’s aim should be to make pricing more competitive, less complicated, less bureaucratic and more flexible.