Politicians playing dangerous games

摘要

Political interference is making things increasingly difficult for our industry, says David Frise, head of sustainability at the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES). Ed Miliband caught everyone on the hop with his unexpected announcement that a future Labour government would cap energy prices for 20 months. As a former Energy Minister, he must have known this would create damaging uncertainty and cast a huge shadow over potential future investment in our energy infrastructure and the desperately needed drive for energy efficiency. This is the worst kind of politicking because it puts the interests of a political party ahead of the country in an area of critical need. Shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint compounded this folly by saying a Labour government would also cancel the Green Deal and replace it with a new 'energy save scheme' - with no further explanation of what that might be.