Time is running out to fix the Tory mess that has left our country so underprepared and exposed, says GMB Union

GMB, the energy union, has responded to today’s energy announcement by the new Prime Minister.

Andy Prendergast, GMB National Secretary, said:

“It is a stain on this Government that our nation’s energy supplies are in such a vulnerable state.

“The Tories have been in office for 12 years; their failures to build new nuclear power stations, to protect and utilise our gas storage capacity and willingness to engage in political groupthink on domestic on and offshore resources, means we are playing catch up in the race to defend ourselves against the global energy crisis.

“Today’s announcement only scratches the surface of what we need for long-term energy security.

“GMB calls on Ministers to move at speed – because the brutal truth is the UK’s energy infrastructure will become even more vulnerable during the next decade, as existing nuclear plants are taken offline.

“Time is running out to fix the mess that has left our country so underprepared and exposed.”