Labour promised a state-owned energy company. Can it work?
U.K. general election: Keir Starmer’s Great British Energy firm is designed to cut bills and get to net zero.
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U.K. general election: Keir Starmer’s Great British Energy firm is designed to cut bills and get to net zero.
Dozens of Conservative MPs in traditionally safe seats are looking nervously at large, unpopular solar developments in their constituencies.
U.K. politicians have pledged to quadruple solar generation by 2035. There is one problem — no one wants to live next door to acres of fields crammed with solar panels.
Any move leading to higher bills would be controversial during a cost-of-living crisis.
U.K. opposition party set out new pledges for a “proper windfall tax” on oil and gas companies on Thursday.