Sir Keir Starmer has warned it will “take time” to reap the benefits of clean power initiatives but stood by a claim that Labour’s plans will eventually drive down household bills by £300 a year amid confusion over the commitment.
The first move by newly created Great British Energy is prompting the industry to question the priorities and purpose of the state-backed company.
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Great British Energy will allow Scotland to “lead the clean energy revolution”, Sir Keir Starmer said as further details about the publicly-owned company are set to be announced.
With Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosting EU leaders last week, all eyes are on the relationship between the UK’s new government and its European neighbours. While there will be a lot to discuss, from security to the economy, it is important that there is clarity on the UK’s collaboration with Europe in terms of the energy transition and security.
Labour promised to “take the brakes off Britain” as it unveiled its energy policy priorities in the King's Speech today.
Labour has promised to headquarter its public energy firm in Scotland - but is yet to stay where exactly it will be based.
As the new Labour Government looks to get the ball rolling on Great British Energy, Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce (AGCC) have called for the firm to be based in the north-east of Scotland.
The new Labour government under Prime Minister Keir Starmer is looking to firm up a structure for the UK’s National Wealth Fund in time for an investment summit planned for the autumn, in a bid to showcase the initiative to an international audience.
Business and council chiefs have teamed up to persuade Ed Miliband to bring it north.
We analyse which hotly anticipated locations in Scotland now most likely be chosen for the headquarters of GB Energy
Ed Miliband says appointment to lead DESNZ feels like "coming home" after previously serving as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change between 2008 and 2010.
The Labour Party has achieved a landslide victory in the UK general election, however, as it forms the next government clarity is needed on GB Energy.
Keir Starmer must now pay attention to the energy sector or risk the UK becoming a renewables backwater, writes Nick Dalgarno, Eastern Hemisphere managing director, energy & power, Piper Sandler.
Labour has pledged to establish a publicly-owned energy company in Scotland as well as extend the so-called windfall tax on oil and gas producers, scrap investment incentives and end new North Sea licences.
By this weekend, only one poll will have mattered. The implications for the energy sector will be massive; for relative degrees of good or ill.
GB Energy’s investments in infrastructure for the renewables industry could one day provide funding for local services, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said.
New report calls for UK green industrial strategy to ramp up wind turbine manufacturing.
A debate of Scottish political leaders ahead of the UK General Election on 4 July revealed more details about the parties' energy policy, including a proposed state-owned energy firm.
People across Scotland have backed Aberdeen as the headquarters for GB Energy, the Labour Party’s proposed publicly-owned energy company, according to new figures released by advisory firm True North.
Keir Starmer put Scottish voters at the heart of his campaign to become prime minister, urging them to vote for his opposition Labour Party to end the Conservative Party’s 14-year grip on UK power.
UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will be joined by new Welsh first minister Vaughan Gething to unveil 'Great British Energy' plans.
The government is guilty of “sluggish decision making”, Ed Miliband, shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, said this morning, setting out some plans for a change of pace under a potential Labour administration.
Ed Miliband has promised Labour will deliver where the SNP has failed with its planned publicly-owned energy company.
The taxpayer-owned company would be created to build jobs and supply chains, together with a National Wealth Fund to invest alongside the private sector