TENS of thousands of energy jobs could be created with a socialist Green New Deal without the need of new nuclear reactors, the bakers’ union said today.

Delegates from the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) passed a motion calling for the democratic public ownership of all forms of energy.

They condemned the loss of skilled jobs in North Sea industry and Grangemouth oil refinery, saying they have “no faith” in private firms to tackle the climate crisis “nor do we accept that nuclear power is a clean form of energy production.”

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced last week that £14.2 billion would be put towards the construction of a new Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk.

Moving the motion at BFAWU’s annual congress in Staffordshire, Chris McGill said that a socialist Green New Deal would also slash heating bills and help reverse the decades of environmental damage caused by profiteers.