UK plots 'landmark' global energy security summit for spring 2024

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Grant Shapps visiting Civil Nuclear Constabulary tactical firearms training this week | Credit: Rosie Hallam / DESNZ
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Grant Shapps visiting Civil Nuclear Constabulary tactical firearms training this week | Credit: Rosie Hallam / DESNZ

Governments and energy firms to be invited to London Energy Conference focused on preventing future energy system shocks following Russia's war in Ukraine

The UK government is plotting a global energy security conference in London next year in a bid to bring together senior politicians and industry figures from around the world to co-ordinate efforts to...

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