Labour’s great green energy plan could be a legacy as vital as the NHS | Polly Toynbee
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- Labour announces a “sprint to build clean power at scale on the public estate”, targeting rapid rollout of solar and electric‑vehicle infrastructure.
- Ed Miliband frames the clean‑energy transition as a national‑security imperative, likening it to the 1948 creation of the NHS.
- UK's last two rounds of renewables auctions will secure enough clean, UK‑generated power for 23 million homes.
- Carbon Brief reports wind generation rose 38% in March 2025, saving £1 bn in gas imports.
- small modular reactors contracts were signed, marking the biggest nuclear building programme in half a century.
Why it matters: British households gain stable, lower energy bills as the plan supplies power for 23 million homes and saves £1 bn in gas imports, while fossil‑fuel imports lose market share and the UK improves its energy security.
