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Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband is MP for Doncaster North and Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero. Ed served as Minister for the Cabinet Office under Gordon Brown in 2007 and then as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2008 to 2010. In this role, Ed oversaw the introduction of the Climate Change Act 2008. As well as his Parliamentary work, Ed is the co-host of popular current affairs podcast ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’ and has recently written a book, Go Big: How To Fix Our World.
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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.

April 25, 2025 4:28 pm CET
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UK in talks to buy back nuclear sites from French firm EDF

“Discussions are continuing” between the two governments on the U.K. acquiring three sites, an official told POLITICO.

April 25, 2025 4:11 pm CET

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.

April 25, 2025 4:30 am CET

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.

April 24, 2025 8:47 pm CET

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.

April 24, 2025 4:44 pm CET

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.

April 24, 2025 3:39 pm CET

Trump official rips climate policy at London energy summit

Acting Assistant Secretary Tommy Joyce also took aim at Joe Biden’s climate legacy.

April 24, 2025 12:42 pm CET

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.

April 24, 2025 4:24 am CET

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.

April 22, 2025 4:01 am CET

Von der Leyen to attend UK energy security summit

Commission president’s visit comes as the U.K. and EU explore closer ties.

April 17, 2025 5:24 pm CET

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.

April 17, 2025 4:40 am CET

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.

April 15, 2025 8:00 pm CET
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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.

April 4, 2025 3:53 pm CET

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.

March 31, 2025 9:00 pm CET

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. …

March 18, 2025 9:29 am CET

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.

March 10, 2025 4:15 am CET

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.

March 7, 2025 4:20 am CET

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.

March 5, 2025 1:03 pm CET

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.”

February 21, 2025 2:43 pm CET

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.

February 13, 2025 4:00 am CET

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.

February 5, 2025 2:29 pm CET

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.

January 30, 2025 11:01 am CET

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.

January 30, 2025 4:30 am CET

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.

January 24, 2025 4:43 am CET
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