The Sovereign Energy Programme:
Energy is the lifeblood of our economy and our daily lives. Demand for energy is not going away, yet we continue to behave as if it were.
This proposal is ambitious – but it is not only achievable, it is absolutely crucial to the long-term success of the United Kingdom.
What it does:
It stops the UK paying to import energy it could produce at home – and pays for itself. Britain sends tens of billions abroad each year for imported gas while simultaneously paying to switch off clean electricity it already generates. This programme captures that wasted energy, stores it, and displaces imports year by year – saving an estimated £22 billion annually while rebuilding the UK's energy base.
Crucially, it comes with its own funding model. Rather than relying on new government debt, it redirects a small fraction of the £2 trillion held in UK household savings into a sovereign-backed national investment scheme – turning idle capital into national infrastructure, and savers into stakeholders in the country's future.