Labour unveils plan to nationalise energy networks and drive 'Green Industrial Revolution'

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Party fleshes out plans to take control of electricity and heat networks from 'profiteering' private firms

Labour has unveiled detailed plans to nationalise large parts of the UK's energy sector in a move it claims will vastly boost the pace and scale of the low-carbon transition. In leaked documents reported...

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