Nick slams Government over Dungeness silence

Nick is angry at Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband MP's failure to respond to correspondence in the wake of the recent decision not to build a new power station at Dungeness.

He said: "I am appalled that I have had no response from the Minister on these important issues. He is clearly too busy writing Labour's election manifesto to care about job prospects in the energy industry for Ryers."

Nick is campaigning for a capacity survey for the area which provides workers to Dungeness.

The survey would look at the options for new renewable energy projects, to be located on the unused site at Dungeness, or elsewhere.

He said: "I have been speaking with the office of Simon Hughes MP - the Lib Dem shadow minister for Energy and Climate Change - and he will be putting down questions in the House of Commons to try to get the DECC to commit to this."