Ed Miliband: ‘The mission of this government is to take back control’

Ed Miliband has invoked the slogan of the “Leave” campaign in the 2016 Brexit referendum and insisted Labour is “taking back control” with clean energy.

The energy secretary was challenged on Tuesday morning by Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice, one of the founders of the pro-Brexit Leave Means Leave campaign, on energy bills.

Tice told the commons: ““Will the secretary of state confirm to the House, when will the bills come down, or will net stupid zero mean they’ll only ever go up?”

Miliband responded: “This is a decision for all members of the House to make. We are currently on the rollercoaster of fossil fuel markets. We have no control over them. Now, the mission of this government is to take back control.

“Take back control with clean home-grown power. I urge him and members across the House: support taking back control.”

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