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Former Conservative party chairman Richard Holden has said energy ministers have “refused to repeat this claim” that Labour’s clean energy plans will knock £300 off bills.

Holden told the Commons on Friday:

It’s been causing quite a lot of confusion in the national media over the last couple of days when Downing Street have been saying one thing, [energy minister Michael Shanks’] department have been saying another.”