Keir Starmer pledges to end North Sea exploration and let areas profit from clean power
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2023 6:01 am
By James Cook
Scotland editor
Labour will end new North Sea oil and gas exploration, but help communities profit from clean power projects, Sir Keir Starmer is to pledge.
Speaking in Edinburgh later the Labour leader will vow to "cut bills, create jobs and provide energy security".
He will also announce a publicly-owned green energy company based in Scotland.
Sir Keir is under pressure from environmentalists and the oil industry over the scale and pace of Labour's planned transition to cleaner power.
Climate campaigners have criticised the party for rowing back on a pledge to invest £28bn a year in green industries.
In England, rules banning new onshore wind farm developments will be scrapped if Labour wins the next election.
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