Tories: Govt's renewables mission caused energy price rise

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Conservative Party Chair Kevin Hollinrake says energy prices are increasing because the government is on "an ideological mission" to pursue "purely renewables". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00It should make sure there's a more effective mix of energy sources.

00:05So what you've got, Ed Miliband, he's got this ideological mission to go purely renewables.

00:12And I'm not against renewables, but the only way to do that is progressively over time.

00:16You still need gas, we need new nuclear, all those things we had planned.

00:21Ed Miliband is not interested in those kind of things, and that's why the price people are paying for energy is going up.

00:27So the energy price cap has gone up by roughly £200 since Labour took over.

00:34And that against the backdrop of promises to reduce bills by £300.

00:38It's another broken promise.

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