Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects
by Peter Walker Senior political correspondent from on (#6YQW2)
Exclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party's deputy leader after his warning to energy firms over new contracts
A group of nearly 60 Labour MPs has written to Richard Tice challenging the Reform UK deputy leader's pledge to rip up green energy contracts if his party wins power and questioning if he appreciated the impact this could have on the economy.
Led by Polly Billington, the East Thanet MP, and signed by 58 others who have sustainable energy projects in their constituencies, the letter said Tice appeared to have under-appreciated the growth potential of the green transition" when he wrote to eight leading energy firms warning that to bid for new contracts carried significant" risk.
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