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Sir Keir Starmer pledges publicly-owned energy company

A Labour government will create a publicly-owned energy company within its first year in office, Sir Keir Starmer has announced. The Labour leader said Great British Energy will take advantage of opportunities in clean British power. He won a ...

27 Sept 2022 at 17:42

Sunak ‘hasn’t a clue’ on climate, says scientist

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak does not understand climate breakdown and should revoke all new oil and gas exploration licences, an expert has said. Professor Bill McGuire, of University College London, said he was not surprised that Mr Sunak ...

05 Jan 2023 at 15:03

Senior Scottish Labour councillor quits over Starmer’s oil and gas ban

A senior Scottish Labour councillor has resigned from the party as he condemned Sir Keir Starmer’s “brutal putdown” of the oil and gas industry. Barney Crockett had two spells as his local party leader and served as Aberdeen City Council ...

21 Jun 2023 at 11:58

Starmer confirms floating offshore wind will be GB Energy’s ‘priority’

Sir Keir Starmer has said he wants the UK to lead the world on floating offshore wind, which he confirmed will be the “priority” of a Labour government’s publicly-owned clean energy company. On a visit to North Wales with new First ...

25 Mar 2024 at 18:30

Publicly owned clean energy firm to be based in Scotland, says Starmer

Thousands of jobs could be created in Scotland under a Labour proposal to create a publicly owned clean energy company and establish its headquarters north of the border, Sir Keir Starmer will say. The Labour leader set out his ...

19 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Any delay to green energy shift would be ‘historic mistake’, says Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer sought to reassure industrial communities that his party’s green energy plans would not leave them behind, as he warned that the “moment for decisive action is now”. Labour’s plans to ban new North Sea oil and ...

19 Jun 2023 at 13:38

GB Energy announcement welcomed as Starmer urged to ‘accelerate’ action

The announcement of GB Energy being based in Aberdeen has been welcomed, as ministers were urged to “accelerate” the creation of the agency. Sir Keir Starmer used his first conference speech as Prime Minister to announce the ...

25 Sept 2024 at 11:26

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Swinney vows to work with GB Energy on ‘unrivalled opportunity’ of renewables

The Scottish Government will “work constructively” with GB Energy, John Swinney has said after it was confirmed the agency will be based in Aberdeen. The First Minister said Scotland has an “unrivalled opportunity in ...

25 Sept 2024 at 15:20

Britain’s last coal-fired power station set to close in landmark moment

The UK’s last remaining coal-fired power station is to shut at the end of September, drawing to a close Britain’s 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel to produce electricity. Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station has been ...

26 Sept 2024 at 00:01

Starmer uses keynote speech to offer light amid gloom of fiscal black hole

Sir Keir Starmer said there will be difficult decisions ahead but he insisted there is light at the end of the tunnel in a conference speech aimed at injecting some hope into his warnings over Labour’s economic ...

24 Sept 2024 at 18:39

GB Energy to be headquartered in Aberdeen, Starmer confirms

GB Energy will be headquartered in Aberdeen, Sir Keir Starmer has said. Sir Keir and Labour had promised in the lead-up to the election that GB Energy – which he has described as an “investment vehicle” – ...

25 Sept 2024 at 11:23

Britain’s last coal-fired power station set to close in landmark moment

The UK’s last remaining coal-fired power station will shut down on Monday, drawing to a close Britain’s 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel to produce electricity. Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station has ...

30 Sept 2024 at 13:30

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