Unite launches bid to persuade Keir Starmer to invest more in north-east ScotlandThe UK’s oil and gas workers risk becoming “the coal miners of our generation,” Unite’s general secretary, Sharon Graham, has warned, urging Labour not to ban new North Se…
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Tory candidate for London mayor has Trumpian attitude to climate, says Khan
London mayor expected to criticise Susan Hall in speech launching panels on school roofsSadiq Khan will accuse his Conservative rival in the race to be London’s next mayor of being “Trumpian” over the climate crisis, as he announces plans for solar pan…
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Tory candidate for London mayor has Trumpian attitude to climate, says Khan
London mayor expected to criticise Susan Hall in speech launching panels on school roofsSadiq Khan will accuse his Conservative rival in the race to be London’s next mayor of being “Trumpian” over the climate crisis, as he announces plans for solar pan…
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Starmer: Labour plan for state-backed offshore windfarms a ‘gamechanger’
Plan follows slashing of £28bn green pledge, which Ed Miliband denies having considered resigning overLabour’s plan for state-backed offshore windfarms will be a “gamechanger”, Keir Starmer has said, as the party seeks to regain the initiative on green…
Read moreLabour would lift block on onshore windfarms, says Ed Miliband
Tory government has ‘ducked’ difficult decisions, leading to higher bills, says shadow energy secretaryBusiness live – latest updatesLabour has claimed a “culture of inertia and stasis” has blocked renewable energy projects under the Conservatives and …
Read moreLabour urged to double funding in publicly owned renewables
Cash injection in Great British Energy should be increased to £30bn, thinktank says after Keir Starmer U-turnKeir Starmer is being urged to more than double Labour’s investment in publicly owned renewable energy to save consumers billions of pounds on …
Read moreKeir Starmer: Labour’s £28bn green investment ‘desperately needed’
Labour leader says he has been ‘unwavering’ on green plans after party sources suggested policy would be droppedUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has said Labour’s policy pledge to spend £28bn a year on green investment is “desperately need…
Read moreRayner says Labour still wants to spend £28bn on green investment but won’t be bound by ‘arbitrary’ number – as it happened
Labour deputy leader says green spending would depend on state of public finances during visit to Scotland Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, says reports that the government is giving up on plans for a returns agreement with Turkey are “very…
Read moreLabour to ditch £28bn annual green investment pledge, party sources say
Exclusive: Party will keep plan to invest in green infrastructure but will in effect cut green ambitions by about two-thirdsKeir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are ditching Labour’s flagship policy pledge to spend £28bn a year on green investment, party sou…
Read moreWhat is Labour’s £28bn green plan – and could it be shelved?
Party’s pledge to invest in a low-carbon economy looks to be at risk amid nervousness over making spending commitmentsBusiness leader urges Labour to stand by £28bn pledge for green economyLabour committed in 2021 to spending £28bn a year if it got int…
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