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The government has rejected an amendment to the Queen's Speech tabled by the Labour Party, which called for a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies to support struggling families, as 310 MPs voted against and 248 in favour…
Ed Miliband has accused Rishi Sunak of being "out of his depth" and compared the Chancellor to cryptocurrency, arguing that both "looked like the future" but "turned out to be one giant Ponzi scheme". The Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero…
Labour is looking to drive a wedge between the Conservative leadership and Tory backbenchers over the cost of living. The opposition party has tabled an amendment to the Queen's Speech – that MPs “respectfully regret” that the government…
Ed Miliband has urged Tory MPs to support a Labour amendment calling for a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies, describing the government's refusal to back Labour's proposal as "shameful". Labour's amendment will be voted…
Sunday Morning Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband said Labour would not nationalise the big six energy companies but added that the market "isn't working" and that the party is "looking at the whole issue of common…
Ed Miliband has criticised the government for "negligently failing" to act on rising energy bills and reiterated Labour's call for a windfall tax on energy companies after BP reported its highest quarterly profits in more than a decade. The…
"Our energy policy is being held to ransom by Tory backbenchers," said Ed Miliband in an appearance on BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning. The Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary argued that the government's new energy…
Ed Miliband has accused ministers of "bowing to their own backbenchers" by launching a study into the impacts of fracking two days before the government is due to publish its long-awaited energy strategy. Kwasi Kwarteng today announced that…
Nigel Farage is back. The vital fight against climate breakdown is the latest target in his never-ending culture war. The commodities broker turned “man of the people” is demanding a referendum on the UK’s commitment to achieving net zero…
Yvette Cooper has urged the government to bring in the armed forces to ensure that Ukrainian refugees are processed as rapidly as possible and slammed the current system as a "total, total disgrace". Home Secretary Priti Patel announced…
Ed Miliband is set to unveil Labour's five-point plan for a "secure route to energy security and sovereignty", calling for a "national sprint" to build a greener, cleaner and more secure energy system in the UK. In a visit to the University…
Keir Starmer is going to "definitively distance himself" from the last Labour manifesto, according to City AM. Sources close to Starmer told the paper he will do so from next week with a speech outlining his stance on some "meaty" economic…
