With the 2017 General Election looking likely to lead to no overall majority for any party, Energy Voice takes a look at the energy manifesto commitments of the two main parties - which both have a chance of power in the event of a hung parliament.
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has hailed the party’s UK manifesto, including a promise to safeguard the North Sea oil industry, as "a radical vision for the country".
The future of Britain's oil and gas industry will be safeguarded under Labour, the party has pledged.
People earning more than £70,000 a year could face being asked to pay more tax under a Labour government, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has hinted.
A bid to ban fracking in Scotland has been backed by the majority of respondents to a public consultation, according to the Scottish Labour party.
The UK shadow energy minister has warned against profiteering from early decommissioning in the North Sea at the expense of achieving the maximum recovery of resources.
A Norwegian politician has launched a new working group to produce a white paper on offshore safety in the region.
Labour is aiming to ramp up pressure on the SNP Government by putting forward its own plan to MSPs to ban fracking.
Jeremy Corbyn will pledge to create an energy policy “for the 60 million, not the Big Six” if he becomes prime minister, including the creation of 300,000 jobs in the renewables sector.
Labour has offered to work across party lines to allow the UK to follow the lead of the US and China in agreeing to ratify the Paris agreement on climate change.
Labour's shadow Scottish Secretary said it would be a "crying shame" if the government failed to support the North Sea oil and gas industry as it tries to remain buoyant amid the global decline in oil price.
Labour's shadow Scottish Secretary will meet with shop stewards from the North Sea oil and gas industry as strike action rumbles on across seven of Shell's North Sea assets.
Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system has been given a strong vote of confidence by MPs - including 140 Labour MPs who backed renewing the deterrent.
Leaving the EU would threaten investment in energy, hitting jobs and pay in the industry, Labour has warned.
The number of labour disputes in Norway has tripled since the global decline in oil price, according to new figures.
Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP has won an historic third term in government at Holyrood, as Labour suffered further losses in its former Scottish heartlands.
Labour has vowed not to uphold a Scottish Government multibillion-pound investment agreement with two Chinese firms if it harms Scottish workers.
Labour has warned lessons must be learned from the Tories' "mistakes" in their handling of plans for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point.
Nicola Sturgeon has insisted fracking in Scotland “ain’t allowed to happen“ as Labour announced its opposition to the controversial process.
Buildings should be subject to emissions taxes like cars to help Britain meet its climate change obligations, an MP has said.
Scottish Labour have claimed the Scottish Energy Jobs Taskforce does not "even keep track" of whether any energy jobs have been saved since the global decline in oil price. The criticism comes after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon revealed the taskforce, which was set up last year by the Scottish Government, would be continuing indefinitely.
The Scottish Government has cut funding for fuel poverty by more than a 10th, according to Labour.
Callum McCaig has branded the Labour Party “shameful” amid claims the SNP failed to act to protect North Sea oil and gas jobs. The Aberdeen South MP told a packed conference hall he would have “appreciated some help” from other MPs in his efforts to protect the “vital industry”. Mr McCaig was responding to comments from Kezia Dugdale reported in Energy Voice's sister publication the Press and Journal.
Plans for public ownership of power plants to challenge the dominance of the Big Six energy suppliers will be set out by Labour.
Halliburton is set to pay back $18.3million to more than 1,000 oil and gas workers after they were improperly exempted from overtime pay. The US Department of Labour said the oil company had improperly identified workers in 28 job categories as exempt from additional earnings under the Fair Labour Standards Act. Halliburton has already begun the process of paying back the accrued overtime for one of the largest settlements for the Labour Department in recent years.