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In the East: The new face of Labour. How much has the party changed? Are | :01:41. | :01:51. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 2117 seconds | :01:51. | :37:08. | |
-- howled the energy policy could Hello. Coming up: The latest | :37:08. | :37:13. | |
windfarm off our coast is officially opened. Concern in the | :37:13. | :37:20. | |
industry grows over subsidies in the future. First, let's meet our | :37:20. | :37:27. | |
guests. Simon Wright and George Freeman. I want to talk first | :37:27. | :37:31. | |
double with a quick word about this promise from greater Anglia, who | :37:31. | :37:35. | |
are saying there will be fewer amounts of engineering work and | :37:35. | :37:38. | |
less replacement buses at the weekends on the Norwich to London | :37:38. | :37:44. | |
train lines. It is about time, isn't it? Great news. For years, it | :37:44. | :37:49. | |
has been very unpopular amongst passengers. They paid for their | :37:49. | :37:53. | |
train tickets and had to hop off the train half-break through their | :37:53. | :37:57. | |
journey and on to a bus. It has deterred people from using the | :37:57. | :38:02. | |
railways on Sundays. For those who travel to visit loved ones, friends | :38:02. | :38:10. | |
and family, or have a nice day out, it has been unhelpful. This is good | :38:10. | :38:15. | |
news. We had destroyed the weekend market. You have to take radical | :38:16. | :38:21. | |
action. Do you think this will boost the economy? I drink it is | :38:21. | :38:26. | |
great news. Train operators can only run as good a service as the | :38:26. | :38:32. | |
track allows. -- I think. The eastern region has a fabulous | :38:32. | :38:38. | |
future. People need fast rail links, good road links, a good air links. | :38:38. | :38:46. | |
A welcome the fact the Government is extending the franchise to seven | :38:46. | :38:51. | |
years. -- I welcome. Now to the fortunes of the Labour Party. The | :38:51. | :38:55. | |
party has a lot to do in this region after losing all but two of | :38:55. | :39:00. | |
its seats in the last election. It has poured more resources into | :39:00. | :39:05. | |
these and has already chosen its candidate in key seats. Is it | :39:05. | :39:14. | |
making a real difference? Earlier this month, members of the trade | :39:14. | :39:17. | |
union movement gathered at Burston in Norfolk to commemorate a strike | :39:17. | :39:24. | |
that it placed -- took place almost 100 years ago. These people have | :39:24. | :39:29. | |
always been traditional supporters for Labour. Very few are happy with | :39:29. | :39:36. | |
the direction the party is taking. They mock -- they are not moving | :39:36. | :39:43. | |
towards working people, they are moving away from it. No pay freezes. | :39:43. | :39:49. | |
Get a handle on utility prices. Get a handle on the pensions. They have | :39:49. | :39:54. | |
made a good start recently. Some of the things they are doing... People | :39:54. | :40:00. | |
are not aware of. It is a real privilege to speak here today to | :40:00. | :40:06. | |
you all. The face of Labour is changing. Clive Lewis is the | :40:06. | :40:11. | |
party's candidate for Norwich South. A formal -- a former journalist, | :40:11. | :40:17. | |
who has only been actively involved in politics for the last few years. | :40:17. | :40:22. | |
The party is changing. I am very happy with the direction Ed | :40:22. | :40:32. | |
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Miliband is taking the party. is another new face. She is | :40:35. | :40:43. | |
standing in Norwich North. She is a former adviser to Tessa Jowell. | :40:43. | :40:49. | |
Polly Billington, a former adviser to Ed Miliband, will fight back. | :40:49. | :40:56. | |
bigger say hello to the students at the University. -- we will say | :40:56. | :41:00. | |
hello. They are also electing former MPs to stand in seats they | :41:01. | :41:08. | |
lost two years ago. Some people will say it proves Labour does not | :41:08. | :41:12. | |
change. I think we did the right thing and and we should not | :41:12. | :41:17. | |
apologise for it. If we understand that implement and people giving | :41:17. | :41:20. | |
their homes is an important priority for any government, I hope | :41:20. | :41:30. | |
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we don't change. Bob Blizzard is To put it bluntly, you lost the | :41:34. | :41:39. | |
seat last time. Why do you think you can win it this time? I know I | :41:39. | :41:44. | |
lost it. I lost it narrowly. It was a horrible feeling. A lot of people | :41:44. | :41:49. | |
who did not vote for me last time have talked to me and say they | :41:49. | :41:53. | |
regretted it. They thought I would win anyway even though they did not | :41:53. | :41:58. | |
vote. Labour says its membership has increased nationally by 30,000 | :41:58. | :42:03. | |
since the last election. We still do not know much about what the | :42:03. | :42:07. | |
party stands for. Several candidates have said they are | :42:07. | :42:11. | |
binding that frustrating. Earlier this week, Andrew Met Ed Miliband. | :42:11. | :42:16. | |
He told him he will not count out the unions it and he does not | :42:17. | :42:22. | |
support the idea of a general strike. I will make the decisions I | :42:23. | :42:27. | |
think are right for the country. I'm not in favour of general | :42:27. | :42:31. | |
strikes. That is not what we need in this country. I do not think | :42:31. | :42:38. | |
that most union members think that. On pay, these are hard decisions. | :42:38. | :42:44. | |
With Labour, it will be fair. Any tough settlements on pay make sure | :42:44. | :42:47. | |
that low-paid and middle-income earners are protected and do better | :42:47. | :42:53. | |
than higher earners. We want to put jobs as a priority. Part of the | :42:53. | :42:59. | |
problem on this government is we have an economy that is not growing. | :43:00. | :43:03. | |
There is an alternative to get growth going and get people back to | :43:04. | :43:09. | |
work. Your strategy is to tell you need to win about eight to 10 seats | :43:09. | :43:13. | |
in the east, places like Milton Keynes and Cambridge, if you want | :43:13. | :43:19. | |
to form a government. Are you there yet? We are two-and-a-half years | :43:19. | :43:23. | |
into a parliament. The British people are, I think, growing tired | :43:23. | :43:26. | |
of a coalition government that promise change. Things are getting | :43:27. | :43:31. | |
worse and not better. We will be showing them how we can make a | :43:31. | :43:34. | |
difference to lives, when it comes to jobs and living standards. | :43:35. | :43:39. | |
Energy bills is a big highlight of what we are talking about. How we | :43:39. | :43:43. | |
can strengthen our economy. Improving skills for young people | :43:43. | :43:48. | |
and making a difference to how banks serve small businesses. It | :43:49. | :43:54. | |
must not just work for some people at the top of the society but work | :43:54. | :43:59. | |
for everyone. Let me ask you about local issues. Airport expansion. | :43:59. | :44:04. | |
Last time he said you were not for a second runway at Stansted. How | :44:04. | :44:09. | |
about now? A commission has been set up by the Government. We will | :44:09. | :44:14. | |
look to see if that works. Here are my principles. Unique to respect | :44:14. | :44:19. | |
the environment. We have clear Climate Change targets. We have | :44:19. | :44:23. | |
local environmental issues we need to face. Those must be respected. | :44:23. | :44:29. | |
We should not rule out extra runway capacity in certain places. I am | :44:29. | :44:33. | |
sceptical that he slowed but we should look at other places. We | :44:33. | :44:37. | |
need to look at him by Mensa and business case. That is something we | :44:37. | :44:43. | |
are doing and something we hope the review we have set up will also do. | :44:43. | :44:51. | |
We are joined from the Labour Party conference by our correspondent. We | :44:52. | :45:00. | |
heard Ed Miliband say he was not in favour of strikes. Are you? -- by | :45:00. | :45:07. | |
the Labour MP for Luton South. people are being forced with their | :45:07. | :45:12. | |
backs against the wall. It is not surprising for people to come out | :45:12. | :45:15. | |
and fight this government all the more effectively. Let's speak about | :45:16. | :45:21. | |
local issues. What about not ruling out his new runway at Stansted | :45:21. | :45:26. | |
questionnaire you like to see more development at Luton. -- a new | :45:26. | :45:33. | |
runway. We do support development at Stansted? I am an environment | :45:33. | :45:38. | |
minister. For me, the priority is using the capacity we have got well. | :45:38. | :45:43. | |
You mentioned Luton with its plans to go for 9 million to at 18 | :45:43. | :45:49. | |
million passengers. It is using existing capacity well. No | :45:49. | :45:53. | |
additional ground works. Just using the capacity in the first place. If | :45:53. | :45:57. | |
we can do that in the south-east, we can help with the broader | :45:57. | :46:03. | |
capacity issue. Let's speak about the plight of Labour in the region. | :46:03. | :46:08. | |
You represent 50% of Labour MPs in the east. What do you think needs | :46:08. | :46:14. | |
to be done now to improve on that? This is now an annual occasion | :46:14. | :46:19. | |
where I get to fill a state to support on the Labour Party. I | :46:19. | :46:23. | |
would rather speak about the economy. What you want us to do to | :46:23. | :46:30. | |
get us into government? -- what do you want? You want us to select | :46:30. | :46:36. | |
great candidates. Andrew alluded to many of the great candidates we | :46:36. | :46:40. | |
have selected. We need to deliver in terms of policy as well and | :46:40. | :46:47. | |
paint a picture of the vision we have four hour country in the east. | :46:47. | :46:53. | |
-- our country. The poll's a good but there are no clear policies. | :46:53. | :46:59. | |
When will these come? The most important policy of all is to get | :46:59. | :47:04. | |
the economy moving. That is why we said these Tory economic plans are | :47:04. | :47:10. | |
causing so much pain and hassle. We point to the fact we're in the | :47:10. | :47:14. | |
first double dip recession for 37 years. That is why the up in a | :47:14. | :47:20. | |
deepening recession that we need to get out of. -- why we are in a | :47:20. | :47:24. | |
deepening recession. Over the coming year, a year and a half, we | :47:24. | :47:27. | |
will see more specific sum that as you realise the scale of the mess | :47:27. | :47:37. | |
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we have to clear up. -- the specifics that you realise. Could | :47:39. | :47:47. | |
the latest addition to the windfarm family be the last? We now have | :47:47. | :47:51. | |
four in the east. The Next Generation include the Plough and | :47:51. | :48:00. | |
East Anglia the RAE. Critics say it is expensive. There is growing | :48:00. | :48:04. | |
concern in the industry that future subsidies for wind power, to be set | :48:04. | :48:09. | |
in the forthcoming energy bill, could be capped. The Crown Prince | :48:09. | :48:13. | |
of Norway and the Cup -- the Climate Change Secretary arriving | :48:13. | :48:19. | |
for the opening of the region's latest offshore wind farm. 88 | :48:19. | :48:23. | |
turbines off the Norfolk coast of Sheringham. The industry is | :48:23. | :48:32. | |
becoming one of the region's major employers. On board, there is no | :48:32. | :48:38. | |
time to be lost. The support boat needs urgent repairs. They had some | :48:38. | :48:43. | |
halt damage which has had to be fixed. We have done quite a bit of | :48:43. | :48:48. | |
electronic upgrade. We have 15 staff on windfarm work at the | :48:48. | :48:53. | |
moment. That looks likely to be growing as well. The base at Great | :48:53. | :49:00. | |
Yarmouth has just opened. It is a �1 million investment. Down the | :49:00. | :49:02. | |
road, they are working flat-out building catamarans to service the | :49:02. | :49:08. | |
wind farms. Three years ago, they employed for people. That has risen | :49:08. | :49:16. | |
to 45. -- four people. We are redeveloping and changing our | :49:16. | :49:20. | |
facilities. We're changing the service we offer. Hopefully the | :49:20. | :49:25. | |
windfarm development will continue. Will it? Huge wind farms are | :49:25. | :49:30. | |
planned in the coming years of the East Anglian coast. The industry is | :49:30. | :49:33. | |
growing increasingly concerned that the enthusiasm of the Government | :49:33. | :49:37. | |
for renewables is on the wane. The Treasury wants to cut subsidies | :49:37. | :49:42. | |
paid to the industry. That, in turn, could put shut the cost of such | :49:42. | :49:46. | |
huge investments. With the energy bill due before Parliament this | :49:46. | :49:50. | |
autumn, leading figures within the Conservative Party a concern the | :49:50. | :49:54. | |
Treasury is interfering, threatening the commitment to cut | :49:54. | :50:00. | |
carbon emissions. It is not being given top priority by the | :50:00. | :50:03. | |
Government. It is incredibly important for the future of our | :50:03. | :50:09. | |
economy. There is a bit of an Inter departmental battle in Whitehall | :50:09. | :50:17. | |
between the Department of Energy and the Treasury. -- if you want to | :50:17. | :50:22. | |
improve the quality of life where you live, the vote blue and Grove | :50:22. | :50:27. | |
Green. A far cry from the pledge by the Conservative Party to be the | :50:27. | :50:32. | |
greenest government ever. industry based on subsidy always | :50:32. | :50:39. | |
must be wary of a government changing its mind on providing that | :50:39. | :50:44. | |
subsidy. The taxpayer pays all this money. The subsidy comes from tax | :50:44. | :50:50. | |
payers and the energy produced is very expensive. One sure it is fair | :50:50. | :50:55. | |
game. At the end of the day, offshore does produce energy that | :50:55. | :51:02. | |
is twice as subsidised as onshore. Backing Great Yarmouth, business is | :51:02. | :51:07. | |
buoyant. -- back in Great Yarmouth. Vessels are due to be built and | :51:07. | :51:12. | |
maintained wind turbines. It has high hopes for a windfarm plant of | :51:12. | :51:17. | |
East Anglia. What is needed from the Government is a long-term | :51:17. | :51:21. | |
commitment. For the developers of that zone, I think it is absolutely | :51:22. | :51:26. | |
vital that they have certainty of what they can expect from | :51:26. | :51:32. | |
government. That is through to 2025 and beyond. The build period is | :51:32. | :51:37. | |
eight years from 2015. The functional and operational period | :51:37. | :51:41. | |
takes them and another 20 years beyond that. The renewable sector | :51:41. | :51:45. | |
already employs thousands of people. Many more jobs right and the | :51:45. | :51:51. | |
outcome of the political battle now under way at Westminster. Our | :51:51. | :51:53. | |
political editor met up with the energy and Climate Change Secretary | :51:53. | :51:59. | |
at the official opening of the Sheringham wind farm in Norfolk. | :52:00. | :52:05. | |
She asked him whether the fight by the Chancellor to reduce subsidies, | :52:05. | :52:09. | |
criticism from back fences that Windows too expensive and and I'm | :52:09. | :52:19. | |
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sure -- and I saw, has turned -- caused concern in the industry. | :52:20. | :52:25. | |
lot of the media have made those comments. There is a lot of unity | :52:25. | :52:30. | |
behind this in a government. I support helping develop gas fields. | :52:30. | :52:36. | |
We need that gas for Aran Energy security. Gas is much cleaner than | :52:36. | :52:46. | |
coal and a lot of electricity is produced from coal. I support this | :52:46. | :52:50. | |
as the Liberal Democrat. It is not gas or renewables, it is gas and | :52:50. | :52:54. | |
renewables. The next round of development will cost �100 billion. | :52:54. | :52:59. | |
It has never been done before that deep and that far out with the | :52:59. | :53:03. | |
bigger turbines. They were not get the investment they need without | :53:03. | :53:07. | |
government support. Britain is seen as one of the best places in the | :53:07. | :53:12. | |
whole world to invest in offshore wind. We have more installed | :53:12. | :53:15. | |
working offshore wind farms than anywhere else in the world. We do | :53:15. | :53:19. | |
have the huge potential, I think that is behind your question, of | :53:19. | :53:24. | |
the Dogger Bank, the largest offshore wind farm in the world. We | :53:24. | :53:29. | |
are putting in place policies to attract that investment. Be | :53:29. | :53:32. | |
announced the review of the renewable obligations which | :53:32. | :53:42. | |
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supports offshore wind and 28 other renewable technologies. We announce | :53:42. | :53:46. | |
that in July. Later this year, I will announce the energy bill and | :53:46. | :53:50. | |
bringing it to Parliament, which will put him close the long-term | :53:50. | :53:54. | |
framework for supporting all low- carbon technologies. We have a very | :53:54. | :53:58. | |
ambitious framework. Industry is very supportive of the frame that | :53:58. | :54:05. | |
we are doing. The message they have given me is, just get on with it. | :54:05. | :54:11. | |
They folded in favour of gas exploitation. This could affect the | :54:11. | :54:15. | |
Government's carbon reduction targets. Nick Clegg, meanwhile, | :54:15. | :54:20. | |
says the need yellowed to make the Blues go green. Which is it? Are we | :54:20. | :54:25. | |
pandering to the coalition or is there a risk? Ed Davey is not | :54:25. | :54:30. | |
folding. He has always been clear that Gas has had an important part | :54:30. | :54:36. | |
to play in the mix. We will lose one-fifth of our power generating | :54:36. | :54:40. | |
capacity. That needs to be replaced. In the long term, our demand for | :54:40. | :54:46. | |
electricity will increase and we need to bring capacity online. Gas | :54:46. | :54:50. | |
has a very important role to play in the short to medium term. In the | :54:50. | :55:00. | |
long term, in order to meet our targets, we need to see a D | :55:00. | :55:04. | |
carbonised power-generation system. That is what the Lib Dem conference | :55:04. | :55:09. | |
signed up to. They're both perfectly compatible. They are not | :55:09. | :55:16. | |
pandering and there is not a risk? No. We need to invest in the whole | :55:16. | :55:21. | |
package - the whole mix of power generation technologies need to be | :55:21. | :55:28. | |
supported and invested in if we are to meet the targets of low-carbon | :55:28. | :55:35. | |
energy. Enthusiasm for this vote blue, go green, it seems to be on | :55:35. | :55:41. | |
the wane. The Treasury wants to cut subsidies. It could have a knock on | :55:41. | :55:46. | |
effect to jobs in the east. We have under invested in our energy | :55:47. | :55:54. | |
structure. In 13 years, Labour did nothing. We faced the demand to | :55:54. | :56:01. | |
replace the renew the National Grid. -- we face. Also to renew 60% of | :56:01. | :56:05. | |
our power stations. At the same time, all Ed Miliband did was | :56:05. | :56:08. | |
signed us up to green turrets and leave us to deal with it. The | :56:08. | :56:15. | |
Chancellor has said we need to generate a good -- energy security | :56:15. | :56:22. | |
and clean green energy. The CBI has explained that green energy, at the | :56:22. | :56:25. | |
moment, is driving growth in Britain. There are over 30 billion | :56:25. | :56:32. | |
of GDP from the green economy. This is gross. The question of subsidies. | :56:32. | :56:37. | |
What we inherited from Labour is appalling a framed subsidies. They | :56:37. | :56:43. | |
start the market. As the cost of technology falls, so does the | :56:43. | :56:48. | |
subsidy. What about the effect on jobs in the East? We have a huge | :56:48. | :56:53. | |
role to play in green energy in terms of offshore wind and in terms | :56:53. | :56:56. | |
of the University of East Anglia and the science and technology | :56:56. | :57:02. | |
behind it. Wind is an expensive option - particularly offshore wind. | :57:02. | :57:07. | |
We heard it was twice as expensive as the alternative. I am afraid | :57:07. | :57:15. | |
George is talking at the top of his solar panel. -- out of the top. We | :57:15. | :57:19. | |
set in place the framework. We are competing nations all around the | :57:19. | :57:29. | |
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world for the mess that we need to Green our economy. -- there is a | :57:31. | :57:34. | |
lack of policy and clarity which means we are not getting the | :57:34. | :57:40. | |
investment we need. Wind is an important part of the mix. If we do | :57:40. | :57:43. | |
not have clear and consistent leadership from this government, we | :57:43. | :57:50. | |
will not attract the mess and we require. What about the maths? Does | :57:50. | :57:56. | |
that add up? Others are saying it is not feasible at this time. | :57:56. | :58:00. | |
the moment we are borrowing to pay for the costs of economic failure. | :58:00. | :58:06. | |
We need to invest. This is some of the tragedy and many of the cats. | :58:06. | :58:10. | |
It has a chilling effect among the investor community. The minute we | :58:10. | :58:15. | |
pay people to stay on the dole when we should be investing in the | :58:15. | :58:20. | |
future. Can we afford it? We cannot afford not to direct. We have to | :58:20. | :58:26. | |
make the transition. They are legally binding targets. It has | :58:26. | :58:33. | |
been the only sector growing in this rubbish economy. Thank you. | :58:33. | :58:38. | |
After the Lib Dem party conference, it is all yellow in the round-up of | :58:38. | :58:48. | |
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the week by Deborah McLaren in 60 Stone-clad scabbard over Brighton | :58:48. | :58:58. | |
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most of the week, admit warnings of a cold front among delegates. -- | :58:59. | :59:08. | |
storm clouds gathered. We have been very badly damaged. Also a motion | :59:08. | :59:14. | |
to oppose huge runways in the east. It got huge support. A warm welcome | :59:14. | :59:20. | |
to the Lib Dem candidate come standing in Milton Keynes. It is | :59:20. | :59:28. | |
power in the Open. As opposed to the power of police austerities. | :59:28. | :59:35. | |
Keep going and do not give up. advised to the party leader. The | :59:35. | :59:39. | |
attempts of a revival taking things a little too far. We are halfway | :59:39. | :59:44. | |
through the parliament and it is what happens at the final whistle | :59:44. | :59:52. |