Corbyn calls on Johnson to ban fracking
Jeremy Corbyn has called on Boris Johnson to ban fracking “immediately”, as fresh research by Labour reveals that…
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The Tories must stop the opening of all new UK coal mines
It’s twenty eight years since the first IPCC report that united world scientists in warning that burning fossil…
Fabian Hamilton: Labour’s fracking ban will halt slide to fossil fuel future
Fracking locks Britain into an energy infrastructure that is based primarily on the use of fossil fuels. This…
Shadow ministers pen open letter to Tories over shale gas drilling dangers
To: The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change The Rt Hon…
Andy Burnham: “No fracking should go ahead until we have much clearer evidence on the environmental impact”
Andy Burnham is to say that there should be a moratorium on fracking until there is more evidence…
Decisions on fracking in Wales will be devolved under Labour
Decisions on fracking in Wales would be devolved to the Welsh Assembly under Labour, it has been announced.…
The Government have tried to quietly remove Labour’s safeguards from the fracking bill
Two weeks ago, in a huge u-turn by the Tories and Liberal Democrats and a big victory for…
Majority of LabourList readers agree with statement from left-wing MPs
At the start of this week, 15 MPs issued a statement calling for an alternative to Labour’s current…
Weekly survey: Changing policy direction, fracking and the general election
This week, a group of 15 Labour MPs published a joint statement urging the party to change course in…
Labour will force a vote to stop shale gas extraction
Update: The government u-turned this evening and decided to accept Labour’s amendment to the Infrastructure Bill (introducing new protections before…
