The energy supplier also reported a £362 million loss from continuing operations

The National Audit Office found households across Britain have paid at least £800m more because of weaker price controls set by the regulator

The party has announced the ‘People’s Power Plan’, aiming to deploy clean energy ‘at the scale and pace needed to deal with the climate emergency’

The announcement comes as Centrica reported a pre-tax loss of £446m in the first six months of 2019

The Big Six energy giant said the results “clearly fell well short” of what it hoped to achieve at the start of the year

The grid operator lost 31% of its profits before tax, down to £1.84 billion

The Big Six energy supplier has also lost 160,000 customers

The supplier plans to create a new company that will include its renewable energy assets in UK and Ireland

The energy giant has announced it remains on course operationally, financially and strategically

The firm boasted adjusted profits of $516m