The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Opposition vows to tackle rural connection delays to the grid while Conservatives call for offshore network to preserve landscapes Labour is promising to “rewire Britain”, making its case to the UK’s rural communities that it will connect farmers and businesses to the National Grid at record-breaking speed.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Rishi Sunak made the wrong call on his green policy rollback - now Labour needs to punish him and show green politics is growth politics, argues Alastair Campbell in his speech at the Net Zero Festival 2022

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Keir Starmer’s party has put company chiefs on a waiting list after a special conference event – costing £2,520 a head – sells out Labour is having to turn away business leaders who want to attend special events at its party conference in Liverpool next month because too many have applied in the belief that Keir Starmer will form the next government. (..)

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Terra Infirma

JANUARY 8, 2024

I’m sad about his departure, not because I agree with Skidmore’s politics – he’s a dry as dust economic Conservative – but because I don’t. This is something that the blindly tribal don’t understand – we need a diversity of voices calling for climate action, not just those we feel comfortable with.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Much-trumpeted legislation on new drilling will achieve nothing, but PM is hoping to put Labour on the spot UK politics live – latest updates Just over three weeks from now, King Charles will make the keynote address at the crucial Cop28 climate summit in Dubai, urging heads of government from around the world to act decisively on the climate emergency (..)

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2022

LIVERPOOL, UK – Heathrow was a major presence at the Labour Party’s annual conference, held this week in Liverpool, where the theme was “A Fairer, Greener Britain”. A sign in the Heathrow Lounge at Labour conference promoted sustainable aviation fuel. The Labour Party did not respond when contacted for comment.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Decision to abandon key policy decried as ‘economically illiterate’ reaction to short-term political pressures Colder, damper, sicker, poorer and less employed: Britons in the near future are likely to be worse off if the next government fails to invest in a cleaner and greener economy, business experts and green campaigners have said.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Cash injection in Great British Energy should be increased to £30bn, thinktank says after Keir Starmer U-turn Keir Starmer is being urged to more than double Labour’s investment in publicly owned renewable energy to save consumers billions of pounds on their bills, despite the party drastically scaling back its plans last week.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Labour officials confirmed on Wednesday the party would not spend the full £6bn previously promised for home insulation until later in the parliament, and might not at all if it were to result in rising levels of government debt.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 29, 2024

Shadow chancellor says flagship green policy must be approached in a ‘way where the numbers add up’ The economic picture is “very different” from when Labour set out its green investment plan , Rachel Reeves has said, as she refused to repeat her party’s £28bn spending commitment.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

CBI warns political leaders need to realise UK's net zero potential and avoid 'sleepwalking into low growth and lost opportunities', as Labour ramps up green infrastructure plans

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Government’s Energy Company Obligation has managed to upgrade only 65,000 homes since April 2022, figures show Labour has attacked the Conservatives over the speed of government efforts to upgrade Britain’s draughty housing stock, as analysis showed a leading household energy efficiency initiative was proceeding at what the party called a “glacial (..)

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 12, 2024

Speaking on the BBC’s Politics Live, Kwarteng said: [Those comments] are clearly racist, and they’re clearly sexist. But he said he did not know for sure that Hester actually used those words. And I think Diane [Abbott] was right to point out that the call to violence, even in a flippant way, is really inappropriate.

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Financial Times: Energy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

UK opposition’s stance on warming homes is sign of fraught politics around UK move away from fossil fuel heating

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Labour leader says he has been ‘unwavering’ on green plans after party sources suggested policy would be dropped UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has said Labour’s policy pledge to spend £28bn a year on green investment is “desperately needed,” as he re-opened an issue that has become a source of tension in the party.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Exclusive: Party will keep plan to invest in green infrastructure but will in effect cut green ambitions by about two-thirds Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are ditching Labour’s flagship policy pledge to spend £28bn a year on green investment, party sources have said.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Key architect of the 2008 Climate Change Act returns to frontline politics, as Sir Keir Starmer unveils Labour's new front bench team. We must also return to climate change as the unavoidable long-term issue of our time, including with a recovery based on providing economic justice through a Green New Deal.".

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2023

This net zero scepticism has quickly entered the upper echelons of Westminster politics, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying that policies to achieve the UK’s legally binding climate targets shouldn’t “hassle” households and should be “proportionate and pragmatic”. It claims to have the support of 140 MPs and “key media”.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

With PM’s electoral options narrowing, strategists came to conclusion policy could help create dividing line with Labour Isaac Levido, the strategy guru behind Boris Johnson’s 2019 victory, has spent much of the summer working on the overhaul of Rishi Sunak’s green policies.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Ed Miliband has been handed the newly created role of Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero in Labour's frontbench team, passing his previous business brief on to Jonathan Reynolds, as the party seeks to laser-in on the government's post-COP26 green agenda. That's the work I'll lead/2.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The political consensus on the UK's climate strategy has never looked more frayed at precisely the same time as public support for bolder climate policies has never been higher - and the opposition is seeking to take full advantage of that fact. Labour's new green energy policy is a case in point.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Labour leader to say move is down to economic uncertainty caused by Tory government, sources say Keir Starmer will announce on Thursday that he is scaling back Labour’s £28bn green investment programme after weeks of uncertainty surrounding the scheme.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Labour will later today attempt to force the introduction of a bill to ban fracking in the Commons, in a bid to stop the government pressing ahead with its controversial plans to overturn the moratorium on shale gas extraction in England. COP26 President Alok Sharma broke with the party line of Friday to criticise the government's plans.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

UK prime minister delays ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars as he pushes back net zero goals UK politics live – latest updates Rishi Sunak has announced a major U-turn on the government’s climate commitments as he promised to put his party on a more radical path in an attempt to close the gap with Labour before the next general election.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Images and messages reviewed by this newspaper show racist comments about public figures and politicians including a black Labour politician as well as homophobic images and conversations about the paedophiles Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris. Continue reading.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

Newly appointed Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer completed his front bench team late last week, handing key green positions to a raft of experienced MPs. But announcing the new shadow ministerial line-up on Thursday, Starmer said it represented a "new team that will take the Labour Party forward in a new era".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves sets out intention to become the first ‘green chancellor’ as shadow business secretary Ed Miliband announces Labour would prioritise ‘climate justice and economic justice’. Labour will meet the challenge head on and seize the opportunities of the green transition.". No dither, no delay.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Ed Miliband asks for urgent assurances about government and regulators’ actions after vulnerabilities at nuclear site are revealed Ministers are under pressure to explain the actions of the government and regulators over cyber security at Europe’s most hazardous nuclear site after a Guardian investigation revealed disturbing vulnerabilities in its (..)

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

When you think of Green Parties, no matter the country you're in, you instinctively associate them with left-wing politics. The party's formation was off the back of discontent towards the existing Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand and its dedication to always siding with the New Zealand Labour Party. Bright Blue's Patrick Hall.

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Business Green

JULY 25, 2022

Labour leader places net zero at centre of Party’s plan to grow UK economy as he pledges to establish government industrial strategy advisory body. Starmer also said that should Labour win the next general election it would draw up a new industrial strategy in order to help oversee the government's growth plans. "It

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

The opposition is set to step up its critique of the government's green plans today, as Labour unveils a sweeping package of new measures designed to turbocharge the development of the UK's nascent electric vehicle (EV) sector. This is the DNA of Labour: Green and fair. Green and red together.".

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Party urged to commit to revoking licence for site in North Sea and back comprehensive Green New Deal Young climate activists staged sit-down protests outside the offices of every member of Labour’s shadow cabinet on Friday, calling on the party to take a tougher line on the proposed new Rosebank oilfield and back a comprehensive Green New Deal.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Downing Street says it was ‘legitimate’ for PM to highlight Starmer’s ‘U-turns’ despite strong condemnation Sunak’s comments Rishi Sunak starts by wishing the king a speedy recovery. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question at PMQs. Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Labour leader aims to set up ‘British jobs bonus fund’ to challenge oil firms to accelerate shift to clean energy Keir Starmer has challenged the oil industry to dramatically speed up its shift to clean energy by offering up to £2.5bn to subsidise new jobs in renewables for North Sea workers.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Ahead of that speech, Campbell sat down to offer is views on the state of UK green politics today, why the Conservatives' recent shift in strategy could prove a major political - as well as an economic - error, and why UK politicians jobs should be 'leading a mission of change' by accelerating the net zero agenda.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Sunak, as well as Labour, could learn something from his successes and failures. It seems that Rishi Sunak has not just recycled David Cameron back into his cabinet, he has recycled Cameron’s energy policies, too. But Cameron’s approach to climate policy was more nuanced than many give him credit for.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2024

A new campaign is calling on MPs to break the fossil fuel sector’s “chokehold” on politics in a critical election year. Lawmakers returning to work today (Monday) were greeted with smoke flares and a demand to “Stop Polluting Politics” from a banner hung off London’s Westminster Bridge.

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