Labour fought and won the last election on the argument that every family and business in the country was paying the price of the previous government’s failure to deliver clean homegrown energy for Britain.

Families and businesses know from the cost of living crisis that our dependence on fossil fuel markets controlled by dictators such as Putin left the UK vulnerable and exposed to energy price spikes, as well as the escalating costs of climate breakdown. We also know that the drive to clean energy represents the greatest economic opportunity of the 21st century. That is why the prime minister has put delivering clean power by 2030 at the heart of one of his five missions for government.

Our commitment means an electricity system based on renewables, nuclear and other clean energy technologies we control at home, rather than fossil fuels sold on volatile international markets.

In the election, lots of people said that it couldn’t be delivered, and that Britain shouldn’t even try. They offered a recipe for defeatism and dependency.

Today, the National Energy System Operator (NESO) has published its independent,........

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