Ed Miliband

Missions impossible: Can Starmer’s Cabinet get behind his plan?
Ministers have been fighting the Treasury as Labour MPs grow increasingly restless.

Here comes the sun: Vast majority of new UK homes to be fitted with solar panels

Britain prepares to go all-in on nuclear power — after years of dither

Here’s the climate toll of Britain’s new Heathrow runway

UK local elections 2025: How to watch like a pro

Tony Blair targets Ed Miliband

Keir Starmer bets on green patriotism to beat fossil fuels — and Farage
Trump’s efforts to split Europe and China on clean energy fall flat
The U.S. argument against the green transition felt “quiet and out of place,” said one official.
Trump officials pressure world’s top energy agency to drop climate mission
U.S. and European officials are sparring in meetings of the International Energy Agency, which helps guide global investments and policies.
Ed Miliband buys off his critics on Chinese forced labor … for now
The U.K. energy secretary has U-turned on government rules for buying solar supplies — but politicians and human rights campaigners want him to go further.
Europe faces ‘decisive moment’ in energy security battle, von der Leyen warns
Without action, twin threats of Russian sabotage and high prices will batter the bloc, the Commission President said.
UK’s Miliband: We can work with US and China on energy security
The U.S. has used the U.K.-hosted energy summit to boost fossil fuels over the transition to net zero.
Trump official rips climate policy at London energy summit
Acting Assistant Secretary Tommy Joyce also took aim at Joe Biden’s climate legacy.
Pope Francis, the isolated climate moralist
In the weeks before his death, Francis repeated a decade-old plea for a break from both Trumpian greed and the left’s economic rationalism.
UK Greens spy their chance as Labour freaks out about Farage
The left-wing outfit hopes to scoop up disillusioned former Labour voters in next month’s local elections.
Von der Leyen to attend UK energy security summit
Commission president’s visit comes as the U.K. and EU explore closer ties.
Thousands of British oil workers are set to lose their jobs. No one has told them.
Government advisers north and south of the border worry workers are being failed by shifting policies and poor communication.
Britain braces for a Trump hand grenade at London energy summit
The U.K. wants to use an energy security summit next week to showcase its net zero push. Trump’s America just wants to sell fossil fuels.
Trump administration will head to London energy summit … and into a row
Europe and Washington will come together at a time when their leaders are radically divided on energy and climate policies.
Can Keir Starmer bring down bills before bills bring him down?
Downing Street is worried about rising energy bills. Every option for bringing them under control could bring political pain.
Kemi breaks the net zero spell
Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy present their guide to the day ahead in British politics. It’s a big day for more than one reason. …
How Britain’s slickest energy lobbyist wooed Labour
Octopus Energy boss Greg Jackson says he knows how to bring down bills. Others claim his ideas will starve the U.K. of green investment.
This newbie UK minister faces a baptism of fire on a key Labour promise
Miatta Fahnbulleh, left-wing-economist-turned Labour minister, has been tasked with cutting Brits’ energy bills. But convincing the Treasury to budge makes it a mammoth task.
How Keir Starmer’s aid cuts threaten Britain’s climate mission
The Labour government has promised to lead the world on climate change, but its renewed focus on defense has thrown those plans into uncertainty.
UK minister met Chinese turbine company amid security concerns
The U.K. Home Office warned last month about foreign states seeking to “gain control of supply chains through investment or monopolisation.”
Keir Starmer plots visit to China. He just needs a policy first
Trip would be first by a UK prime minister in more than seven years — but there is still a live debate about the Labour government’s “audit” into its China policy.
PMQs: Starmer wins as Badenoch’s scattergun approach falls flat
The Tory leader went for the government on the Chagos Islands and oil drilling — but didn’t hone an effective argument.
UK push for North Sea oil and gas drilling was unlawful
A fresh decision on Rosebank and Jackdaw will now be made by Labour Energy Secretary Ed MIliband.
Nigel Farage’s next act: Hammer Labour on energy costs
Reform UK has started tying green policies to grimly high energy bills — and some government MPs are getting nervous.
UK climate chief Ed Miliband is fighting a losing battle
The Treasury is gung-ho about airport expansion — despite longstanding climate concerns of the government’s energy secretary.