Keir Starmer has pledged that Labour’s green energy plan will be “made in Scotland” as he announced its publicly-owned energy company will be headquartered north of the border.
Labour plans to create Great British Energy (GBE), a publicly-owned clean energy generation company, if it wins power at the next general election.
The party has said it will create 50,000 direct and indirect jobs in Scotland in the clean power sector.
It also said creating a clean power system by 2030 would save Scottish households £8.4 billion over the rest of this decade.
It has claimed that combined with Labour’s Warm Homes plan, this would mean up to £1,400 off bills for every family in Scotland every year.
Labour leader Starmer will speak alongside Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in Edinburgh today.
Starmer will set out Labour's Green Prosperity Plan, which the party has claimed will create more than double the number of jobs generated in Scotland in the clean power sector compared to under the SNP. The SNP's own promise for a Scottish publicly-owned energy company was the main part of Nicola Sturgeon's 2017 conference speech. But the plan was scrapped in 2021.
Starmer said: “The route to making Britain a clean energy superpower, slashing energy bills and creating tens of thousands of quality jobs runs through Scotland. That is why GB Energy, our publicly owned energy company, will be headquartered in Scotland, the heart of the British energy industry.
“I mean it when I say that our energy plans will be made in Scotland- cutting energy bills for Scottish families and delivering the jobs and investment in Scottish communities that for far too long have been let down by the SNP and Conservatives.
“When it comes to capitalising on Scotland’s energy resources, for 15 years the SNP Government has chased the headlines but not done the work. Labour will deliver - lower bills, good jobs, and energy security for Scotland and the whole UK, as Britain leads the world in the fight against climate change.”
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