Burnham to unveil public body to invest in electricity grid

Image source, Jeff Overs/BBC By Paul Seddon and Jennifer McKiernan Published 9 minutes ago Andy Burnham is expected to announce a new government body to invest in Britain's electricity grid in his first party conference speech as Labour leader on Tuesday.

The prime minister will tell party activists in Liverpool that the new publicly owned company, branded Great British Grid, will speed up grid hook-ups by driving up competition for connection projects.

He is expected to put the proposals at the heart of a new goal to bring UK energy costs in line with other nations in Europe within ten years.

He has also promised to use the address to give details of how he intends to pay for the new NHS-style social care system for England he announced over the weekend.