Solar Farms or Dependence on Putin

 _{‘we can’t carry on as we are’, Rachel Reeves insisting that the UK is in dire need of more energy infrastructure}

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has a simple message to those who oppose the government’s plans for three new giant solar farms – not building new energy infrastructure will put us “at the mercy” of foreign dictators.

The move, which could power more than 400,000 homes, was welcomed by campaign groups and industry figures, but it is not without its opposition. Both Suffolk and Cambridgeshire County Councils have opposed the Sunnica solar farm scheme on their borders.

Tory West Suffolk MP Nick Timothy told the BBC the decision to green-light the 2,500-acre project was “quite disgraceful and quite arrogant”, arguing it would divide villages and affect a protected Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Asked if she thought people are going to have to “suck it up” and “tolerate things in their local communities that they don’t want” in the interest of growing the economy, Reeves said the new Labour government will have to make “tough decisions”.

“We can’t carry on like we are. We can’t carry on not building energy infrastructure and not building housing,” she told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme.

“Because if we carry on like we are, energy bills are going to continue to go through the roof, we’re going to continue to be reliant on Putin and dictators around the world for our basic energy needs. I’m not willing for our country to be at the mercy of dictators in that way.”

Source: Yahoo News