£300 bills pledge goes missing

Anger as PM’s election promise fails to make GB Energy announcement

- Steph Spyro and Sam Stevenson

SIR Keir Starmer's election pledge to slash energy bills by £300 was in doubt last night after he failed to recommit to the promise.

The figure was missing from the Government's official announcement of its plans for the new stateowned company GB Energy.

A Downing Street spokesman repeatedly declined to use the number when asked by journalists about it yesterday.

Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho said: "New Labour MPs said to their voters that they would save them £300 off their energy bills. They said it on leaflets, in hustings, on local radio.

"They were lied to and so they lied in turn. Instead Ed Miliband's energy plans will heap huge costs on struggling families."