LABOUR has put forward amendments to the Energy Bill that it says would cut bills across the country by £93 billion.

The party put forward amendments to the draft legislation, as MPs gathered in Parliament to discuss it, which would also make Britain energy secure and end the Tory ban on onshore wind.

Opening up the report stage of the Bill in the commons, Energy Minister Andrew Bowie said that the law will provide “cleaner, cheaper and more secure energy.”

He said: “It will level up this country whilst levelling down bills for the British people.

Mr Bowie added that the government will explore the potential of renewable liquid heating fuel for heat by issuing a consultation within 12 months.

But Labour said that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has consistently refused to overturn the onshore wind ban that was brought in by the Conservatives in 2015, despite it being one of the “cheapest, quickest forms of power available.”

Ahead of the session, shadow energy and net zero secretary Ed Miliband said: “This is the first major test of the new Energy Secretary [Claire Coutinho].

“Will she persist with the Tories’ disastrous ban of onshore wind, which has undermined Britain’s energy security and cost families money, or will she put country before party, stand up to her Cabinet colleagues, and back homegrown clean power?

“We’ve heard countless promises from Conservatives before on removing the ban. But we cannot have half measures or false solutions.”

MPs continued to discuss the Bill as this article was published.