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Miliband visited RWE's Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm last week | Zara Farrar / No 10 Downing Street
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Miliband visited RWE's Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm last week | Zara Farrar / No 10 Downing Street

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary expected to hit back at 'global network of right-wing billionaires' and launch renewed push for unionisation across the clean energy industry

Ed Miliband is expected to use his speech to the Labour Party Conference tomorrow morning to mount a robust defence of the government's net zero plans, accusing Reform UK, the Conservatives, and a "global...

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