Labour energy mission ‘raises more questions than answers’ for North Sea
Labour has proposed a ‘national mission’ to boost clean energy, but failed to address uncertainty around the future of North Sea oil and gas.
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Equinor given assurances Labour wont block Rosebank project, according to reports
Keir Starmer has further toned down the Labour party’s position on future North Sea oil and gas developments.
Labour to unveil plans for public energy body based in Scotland
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
Update: Labour would ‘honour’ Rosebank approval, confirms Sarwar
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says the party would honour any new oil and gas licences granted in the near future, including for the controversial Rosebank field.
Unite, UK’s largest offshore union, hits out at Labour over North Sea plans
“Grabbing the headlines is easy, developing a serious plan for more renewable energy is not."
Scottish Labour rally around Starmer’s plans to end new oil and gas
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has backed plans set out by Keir Starmer to end licensing for new oil and gas fields.
Opinion: Starmer’s North Sea plan is only a threat if we let it be
Starmer's North Sea plan is a threat to the north-east Scotland economy, writes Dick Winchester, but radical action could get us better prepared.
Starmer says ‘proper’ North Sea levy could fund council tax freeze
A Labour government would freeze council tax bills this year, Sir Keir Starmer will say as he launches his party's campaign for the May local elections.
Sunak urged to scrap ‘absurd’ windfall tax ‘giveaway’
Rishi Sunak has come under fire over a windfall tax on oil and gas firms enacted during his time as Chancellor, as Shell confirms it made no additional payments thanks to generous investment rebates.
Liz Truss rules out further windfall tax on North Sea operators
Liz Truss signalled support for the North Sea oil and gas industry during her first Prime Minister's Questions in the top job.
45 million in UK to be plunged into fuel poverty in winter
An estimated 45 million people in the UK will be forced into fuel poverty and struggle to pay energy bills this winter, new research has found.
Hydrogen can save ‘100,000’ gas jobs, Starmer told during Rough visit
The GMB union has said that a national hydrogen programme could provide jobs for 100,000 people, as Keir Starmer visits the shuttered Rough storage facility in Yorkshire.
Video: Sturgeon confronted by climate activists on Cambo oil field plans
Nicola Sturgeon has been questioned by climate activists on her stance towards plans to develop the Cambo oil field in the West of Shetland.