AROUND three-quarters of voters prioritise cheaper energy over greener electricity, polling shows.
Only 23 per cent of Brits think it is more important to remove fossil fuels from the supply chain than prevent increases to bills
The results are another blow to Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband.
The YouGov survey found a lower costs preference across a majority of supporters of all but one of the main political parties.
But it ranges from 90 per cent of Reform voters and 79 per cent of Tories to 55 per cent of Labour supporters and 50 per cent of Lib Dems.
It comes after it was reported the PM may ditch plans to completely decarbonise the electricity system by 2030.
The pressure intensified when Sir Tony Blair’s think tank called on Mr Miliband to abandon his clean energy mission in favour of a cheap power goal.
Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho called it a “bad week for Ed Miliband”.
She added: “Energy bosses have said bills will go up under him and the Tony Blair Institute said junk Ed’s Clean Power 2030 plans.
“We need to make electricity cheap.”
In more bad news for Mr Miliband, the expert behind the Energy Secretary’s pledge to cut bills by £300 revealed he fears it will be wiped out by increasing electricity costs.
Economist Pawel Czyzak came up with the savings plan in 2023.
Earlier this week, the expert told the BBC that if the cost of upgrading the electricity grid increased but wholesale prices don’t go down “then it’s going to be hard to generate savings”.
