![]() ![]() The party will hope the latest announcement builds confidence in its commitment to green energy initiatives after recently drawing criticism from environmental campaigners for retreating from its £28bn-a-year green prosperity plan spending pledge. This is the race of our lifetime – and the prize is real.” Pulling together for a simple, unifying priority: British power for British jobs. A clear direction across all four nations. In his speech, Sir Keir also made promises on planning reform, procurement and long-term finance, saying: “A new plan for a new settlement. I’m not going to accept a situation where our planning system means it takes 13 years to build an offshore wind farm.” “If the status quo isn’t good enough, we must find the reforms that can restart our engine. “We’ve got to roll up our sleeves and start building things, run towards the barriers – the planning system, the skills shortages, the investor confidence, the grid. Speaking in Scotland with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves, shadow energy secretary Ed Miliband, and Labour leader Sir Keir said: “We can cut bills, create jobs and provide energy security for Britain – that’s what a Labour government will deliver. The party says its plan will take up to £1,400 off household bills and £53bn off energy bills for businesses by 2030. The ban on new onshore wind would also be axed within months of a Labour government coming to power and measures would be introduced to ensure relevant regulators have a net-zero mandate. This would deliver three key benefits for Scotland, according to Labour: building on Scotland’s energy and industrial history doubling the number of jobs in low carbon sectors, and creating a clean power system by 2030 saving Scottish households £8.4bn in that time. The new publicly owned clean-energy firm's headquarters would be based in Scotland, creating thousands of jobs locally. GB Energy will make available up to £600m in funding for councils and up to £400m in low-interest loans each year for communities, it is claimed. The power plan would be directly owned by local people, with profits from the energy sold to the grid from local renewable energy schemes being returned to the community through discounts on bills for households in need, Labour said. ![]() Sir Keir will set out how a new public body, called Great British Energy (aka GB Energy, an idea previously announced in September 2022), will collaborate with councils, communities and the private sector to bring down energy costs. The party has also committed to a local power plan which it says will allow households across the UK to receive discounts on their bills if their area signs up to new green initiatives. In a speech given in Scotland today (Monday), the Labour leader set out new targets to reduce the time taken to complete clean power projects from “years to months”, as one aspect of the party's 'Green Prosperity Plan'. ![]()
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