Caroline Flint on Ed Davey’s appointment

After Ed Davey was announced as Chris Huhne’s replacement in the cabinet today, Caroline Flint called on him to “stand up to vested interests in the energy industry”:

“David Cameron promised this would be the “greenest Government ever”. But on his watch the Green Investment Bank has been delayed, thousands of jobs and businesses in the solar industry have been put at risk and the UK has fallen from third in the world for investment in green growth to thirteenth. The appointment of a new Energy and Climate Change Secretary is a much-needed opportunity for the Government to change course.

“With record energy bills, we need a Government that is prepared to stand up to vested interests in the energy industry and put the public first. Otherwise people will be right to conclude that Ed Davey is just as out of touch with families struggling with the cost of living as the rest of this Government.”