Labour Party

Labour reshuffle: Ed Miliband handed new Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary role

Politics

Labour reshuffle: Ed Miliband handed new Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary role

Role will see him closely with new Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds while Louise Haigh takes on Shadow Transport brief

clock 30 November 2021 • 4 min read
'Warm words don't cut it': Latest UK trade pledges derided by green groups and farmers

Politics

'Warm words don't cut it': Latest UK trade pledges derided by green groups and farmers

Campaigners express frustration with 'strengthened' Trade and Agriculture Commission unveiled by government to help maintain green standards in trade deals

clock 22 October 2021 • 6 min read
Keir Starmer touts net zero transition as 'full of promise for Britain'

Politics

Keir Starmer touts net zero transition as 'full of promise for Britain'

Labour leader pledges major green home upgrades drive and public funding for clean tech innovation in party conference speech

clock 29 September 2021 • 4 min read
Green North Sea: Tory MPs launch proposals to accelerate clean energy transition, as Cambo row intensifies

Policy

Green North Sea: Tory MPs launch proposals to accelerate clean energy transition, as Cambo row intensifies

Conservative Environment Network publishes new collection of essays exploring how the UK can manage the shift away from North Sea oil and gas

clock 06 August 2021 • 5 min read

Automotive

'Green and red together': Labour steps up critique of a government 'asleep at the wheel' of the green recovery

Ed Miliband is to unveil sweeping plans for an electric vehicle revolution, as opposition accuses government of delivering a badly 'underpowered' green industrial strategy

clock 25 March 2021 • 5 min read

Energy

'Now turn to page 104': Where green energy policies go to die?

The Green Homes Grant Scheme is not the only policy on page 104 of the recent Energy White Paper in danger of being cut back and watered down, warns Labour's Shadow Energy Minister Alan Whitehead MP

clock 18 March 2021 • 3 min read

Buildings

Labour slams 'shambolic delivery' of Green Homes Grants, as reports suggest scheme could be axed

Intervention comes as Labour leader Keir Starmer laments businesses 'waiting for politicians to catch up' on climate action

clock 19 February 2021 • 6 min read

Politics

Offshore wind - Failing the connection test

The government's offshore wind ambitions risk being undermined by poor delivery planning, argues Alan Whitehead - Labour's Shadow Minister for Energy and the Green New Deal

clock 28 January 2021 • 6 min read

Policy

Poll: Two-thirds of adults believe UK government should do more to combat climate change

New survey reveals 60 per cent of voters agree UK should strive to be a global leader on climate action, as Labour sets out 'crunch test' for government's COP26 climate diplomacy efforts

clock 17 January 2021 • 5 min read

Politics

Keir Starmer: Climate action must be 'at the heart' of Covid-19 recovery

Labour leader promises climate change and the green economy will be central to Party's plans 'now and at the next election'

clock 13 January 2021 • 3 min read