Deputy prime minster says he will 鈥榥ot accept鈥� moves by Tories to water down green energy schemes funded through charges on energy bills
Nick Clegg has hit back at David Cameronpver his promise to 鈥渞oll back鈥� green levies on energy bills, saying the Liberal Democrats would not accept the scrapping of schemes like the Energy Companies Obligation, which is aimed at helping improve energy efficiency in the poorest households.
Speaking on the BBC鈥檚 Radio 4 Today programme this morning, the deputy prime minister said he was taken by surprise by David Cameron鈥檚 announcement, made in and that he 鈥渨ould not accept鈥� moves by the Tories to scrap green energy programmes that are funded through levies on energy bills.
He said: 鈥淚t wasn鈥檛 something that I was fully expecting, and it鈥檚 not something I fully agree with, because I don鈥檛 agree with the premise that looking after the environment, securing thousands of jobs in the renewable green sector - and actually some of these levies are also used to give deductions in people鈥檚 fuel bills for two million of the poorest households in our country - I don鈥檛 accept the premise that that is the reason why bills [have gone up] - in fact, 60% of the increase in energy bills since 2010 has come f