'No thought for this country!' Ed Miliband's 'obsession' with Net Zero torn apart amid plans to ban heated towel rails

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has been lambasted for his "obsession" with Net Zero as his latest policy plans are revealed.

Speaking to GB News, broadcaster Lizzie Cundy declared Mr Miliband has "no thought for this country" and is a "Net Zero disaster".

As part of Labour's drive for net zero, insufficient underfloor heating systems and storage heaters will be banned from sale.

From next year, new models of those products, including heated towel rails, will have to meet improved energy efficiency requirements.

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However, the Government has made clear no one will be forced to remove existing systems, and the rules will only apply to new models.

Reacting to the plans on GB News, Ms Cundy argued Labour's policies, led by Mr Miliband, are "costing us billions".

She said: "God help us, that's all I can say. Ed Miliband, I call him a Net Zero disaster. What is this about? Getting rid of heated towel rails?

"The man is obsessed. He's got this obsession with Net Zero, and what it's doing, it's costing us billions. Our hard work, our taxpayer money for his dream, for his ideology."

Ms Cundy compared Mr Miliband to Sir Keir Starmer, accusing him of being "narrow-minded".

She said: "He does not listen, he's narrow-minded, he doesn't care. He's like Keir Starmer, he doesn't listen to anyone else.

"He is hurting the economy and he is just hellbent on this obsession of Net Zero. He's going to cover our wonderful green land with solar panels and wind farms, which actually, by the way, will come from where? China."

Highlighting his push for electric vehicles, Ms Cundy stressed that there are only "1.5 million drivers" on the road with an electric car.

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She revealed: "He's got this plan for cars and vans being zero emissions by 2035. Now, 19 million people have petrol cars in this country, 10.4 million have diesel.

"Only 1.5 million drive an electric car, so what's going to happen? How is he going to do this?

"And do you realise with electric cars, we're going to have to build new roads, new car parks, because the batteries are so heavy. He hasn't thought this through, he doesn't care. He's got no thought for this country."

Defending Mr Miliband, commentator Stella Tsantekidou argued that the Energy Secretary is "not trying to ban anything".

She told GB News: "Ed Miliband is a minister who knows how to work the Government, who knows how to get to get things done.

"He's not banning any of these things, he is just going to ban the ones that are not performing well enough, the ones that are not as efficient or stable."

Pushing back on Ms Tsantekidou's argument, Nana asked how they would measure if it is "insufficient".

She responded: "Manufacturers have perfectly efficient ways of doing that."

A Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spokesman said: "Our reforms will save households money by improving the energy efficiency of underfloor heating, towel rails and storage heaters."

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