Behind Keir Starmer’s plan for a national green energy firm
The Labour leader’s team has devised a policy that is radical, green and even popular with Tory voters.
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The Labour leader’s team has devised a policy that is radical, green and even popular with Tory voters.
ByThe Labour leader has benefited from a new speechwriter and a willingness to confront difficult political issues.
ByCould hydrogen be the key to achieving net zero?
ByFrom fracking to farm subsidies, degrading nature is no way to guarantee supply.
ByThe cost-of-living crisis hits harder for those without emergency savings.
ByLiz Truss’s energy policy will send the UK’s climate leadership up in smoke.
ByQuestions about how to pay for the multi-billion pound plan were quickly overshadowed by the Queen’s ill-health, but they will…
ByReports suggest the new Prime Minister will freeze our bills – but we’ll still pay for it.
ByThe whole of European capitalism is facing the spectre of price controls, windfall taxes and even nationalisation.
ByEnergy bills for the average small business have quadrupled in the last 18 months.
ByEnergy suppliers and banks are in a pinch that looks a lot like 2008.
ByBoris Johnson has said negotiations could be finalised in the coming weeks.
ByMore people support the non-payment of bills than oppose it.
ByA third of the country may soon be under water. Will we ever decide it is time to force down…
ByLocal groups are often the only thing enabling a family to eat that week, a mother to take on work,…
ByTypical energy bills are forecast to be more than £3,000 a year until at least 2024.
ByBP, Centrica and Shell have announced more record profits and share buy-backs as energy bills become unaffordable.
BySix months into the Ukraine war, the shock that temporarily banished pro-Russian views from European politics is wearing off.
ByIt would be an act of corporate welfare to privatise when the good times return.
ByWhile Berlin is investing heavily to boost energy efficiency and cut usage, the British government is in denial.
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