Labour should also drill for oil and gas in North Sea, says former health secretary and leadership candidateWes Streeting has called for national insurance tax cuts for businesses, and for the government to drill for oil and gas...
Read MoreClimate and transport organisations warn ministers not to ‘sleepwalk into crisis’ amid Iran war oil and gas shortagesPrivate jets should be banned and the speed limit on UK motorways reduced to 60mph as part of a...
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Read MoreGDP reading ties in with some surveys suggesting UK plc has kept up momentum despite rising fuel costsThe UK economy unexpectedly grew during the first full month of the Iran war, according to official figures, suggesting the...
Read MoreUnintended consequence of US president’s actions will be boon for China, the leading renewables manufacturerOperation Epic Fury has thus far achieved none of Donald Trump’s war aims, but it may well accelerate the...
Read MoreAs fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will sayEd Miliband will double down on Labour’s commitment to net zero in the face of the Middle East conflict...
Read MoreChancellor wants to reduce impact of gas on market prices, as it almost always sets price of electricity in UKThe chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has said she and Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, are looking at ways to break the...
Read MoreAlongside the oil and gas stranded in the strait of Hormuz is another commodity vital to today’s economy: helium. It is a critical element in all kinds of areas from MRI machines to the Large Hadron Collider, and even...
Read MorePrime minister says conversation with US president on Thursday night focused on need for ‘practical plan’ to open strait of HormuzTony Blair, the former Labour prime minister, has joined those saying the government...
Read MoreSenior climate figures warn North Sea drilling would encourage fossil fuel exploitation by developing countriesOpening new oil and gas fields in the North Sea would “send a shock wave around the world”, imperilling...
Read MoreExclusive: research finds Jackdaw field would provide only about 2% of current demand, and Rosebank only 1%Opening major new fields in the North Sea would make almost no difference to the UK’s reliance on gas imports,...
Read MoreUN says record numbers of people could face acute hunger if conflict continuesThe world has become well versed in the importance of the strait of Hormuz to the world’s energy flows, but attention is increasingly turning to...
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