Thursday 25 March 2021 Business / Ed Miliband / Energy Full text of Ed Miliband’s speech on how Labour would invest in jobs through our green economic recovery Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 March 2021 Business / Energy / Lucy Powell / Steel British steel needs “guarantees, not guff” as Labour accuses Prime Minister of “playing fast and loose with reality” Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 March 2021 Ed Miliband / Energy Ed Miliband responds to Government announcement of two new offshore wind projects Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 February 2021 Ed Miliband / Energy Ed Miliband comments on reports of funding cut to Green Homes Grant scheme Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 February 2021 Ed Miliband / Energy Ed Miliband comments on Cumbria County Council’s decision to reconsider the West Cumbria coal mine Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 December 2020 Alan Whitehead / Energy Alan Whitehead responds to Citizens Advice research showing 600,000 more households are behind on their energy bills Continue Reading
Tuesday 6 October 2020 Alan Whitehead / Energy Alan Whitehead responds to Prime Minister’s plans for offshore wind energy Continue Reading
Thursday 3 September 2020 Alan Whitehead / Energy Alan Whitehead responds to Government review of oil and gas licensing regime Continue Reading
Thursday 30 July 2020 Ed Miliband / Energy Ed Miliband comments on the Government’s annual UK energy statistics Continue Reading
Wednesday 4 March 2020 Andy McDonald / Energy / Environment Government still way off track to meet climate targets – Andy McDonald responds to cleaner fuels consultation Continue Reading
Friday 29 November 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long-Bailey on Npower’s plans to cut up to 4500 jobs Continue Reading
Sunday 3 November 2019 Energy / Environment / Jeremy Corbyn / Rebecca Long Bailey Warm Homes for All – Labour’s plan to reduce energy bills, create jobs and tackle the climate emergency Continue Reading
Thursday 24 October 2019 Energy / Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Labour welcomes report putting UK onto the path to net zero energy emissions in the 2030s Continue Reading
Wednesday 23 October 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey HMG does not know who is responsible for decommissioning fracking sites – Rebecca Long Bailey responds Continue Reading
Tuesday 24 September 2019 Energy / Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Electric Car Revolution – Labour’s plan to strengthen the UK automobile industry, creating and safeguarding 220,000 jobs Continue Reading
Friday 20 September 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Offshore wind now cheapest electricity source – Rebecca Long Bailey responds Continue Reading
Tuesday 17 September 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Delayed smart meter rollout – Long Bailey responds Continue Reading
Wednesday 11 September 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Energy customers are overpaying by £2.2 billion annually Continue Reading
Tuesday 10 September 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Treasury announcement on green technologies – Rebecca Long Bailey responds Continue Reading
Thursday 22 August 2019 Energy Government doing little to deliver on net zero emissions – Danielle Rowley Continue Reading
Saturday 10 August 2019 Business / Energy / Press Releases / Rebecca Long Bailey National Grid must provide a full account of what went wrong and why – Long Bailey Continue Reading
Tuesday 30 July 2019 Business / Energy / Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Fears Johnson will scrap energy price cap – Rebecca Long Bailey responds Continue Reading
Friday 26 July 2019 Climate Change / Energy / Jeremy Corbyn Labour announces multi billion pound investment in Mersey Tidal Power Project to reverse years of decline in the North and tackle the climate emergency Continue Reading
Monday 22 July 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey No energy white paper – Rebecca Long Bailey responds Continue Reading
Monday 10 June 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long Bailey responds to the government’s “Smart Export Guarantee” Continue Reading
Thursday 30 May 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long Bailey responds to utilities customers being overcharged by £24.1bn Continue Reading
Thursday 16 May 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey National Grid profits cut straight through the PR bluster Continue Reading
Thursday 16 May 2019 Energy / Jeremy Corbyn / Rebecca Long Bailey Jeremy Corbyn and Rebecca Long Bailey announce plans to reduce energy bills by installing solar panels on nearly two million homes Continue Reading
Thursday 16 May 2019 Energy / Public Ownership / Rebecca Long Bailey Labour will take the national grid out of the hands of private shareholders and use it to make heat and electricity a human right and tackle climate change Continue Reading
Sunday 17 March 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Tory energy cancellations risk power for 20 million homes – Rebecca Long-Bailey Continue Reading
Thursday 7 March 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey The government’s offshore wind deal is lacklustre: We need a green industrial revolution – Rebecca Long Bailey Continue Reading
Friday 11 January 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long Bailey: Nuclear power station cancellation reports are worrying Continue Reading
Tuesday 1 January 2019 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey This cap is too little too late – Rebecca Long-Bailey Continue Reading
Friday 23 November 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Government will not meet its smart meter target – Rebecca Long Bailey Continue Reading
Thursday 8 November 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Today’s announcement by Toshiba is hugely concerning for the future of the sector and the thousands of jobs it would bring to Cumbria – Long Bailey Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 October 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Energy market failing households – Long Bailey Continue Reading
Friday 7 September 2018 Energy / Karl Turner The announcement that Vivergo Fuels is easing production is devastating news for the workforce in the North Continue Reading
Friday 7 September 2018 Energy / Jeremy Corbyn / Rebecca Long Bailey Jeremy Corbyn slams private water companies for running ‘crumbling’ system as Labour analysis reveals water lost through leakages is equivalent to the total volume of Loch Ness Continue Reading
Thursday 6 September 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long Bailey responds to the proposed energy price cap by Ofgem Continue Reading
Wednesday 8 August 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey The energy companies have gone way too far in ripping off their customers – Rebecca Long Bailey responds to British Gas energy price hike Continue Reading
Sunday 5 August 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Bring energy jobs and contracts back to Britain Continue Reading
Tuesday 19 June 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey E.ON attempting to squeeze in as much profit as they can before the Tories’ half-baked price cap is finally introduced – Long Bailey Continue Reading
Wednesday 30 May 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long Bailey response to SSE price rises Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 May 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Consumers will pay an extra £1.5bn on their electricity bills – Rebecca Long Bailey Continue Reading
Wednesday 11 April 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey The Government has not acted to fix our broken water market – Rebecca Long-Bailey Continue Reading
Tuesday 6 March 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long-Bailey comments on Domestic Gas and Electricity Bill Continue Reading
Thursday 1 March 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long-Bailey responding to National Grid warning Continue Reading
Saturday 24 February 2018 Energy / Rebecca Long Bailey The Government must act to urgently fix our broken energy market – Rebecca Long Bailey Continue Reading