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Red Wall Chair Joins Labour MPs Calling For Net Zero Rethink
Red Wall Chair Joins Labour MPs Calling For Net Zero Rethink
Energy
The chair of the Red Wall caucus of Labour MPs has called on ministers to keep British oil and gas in the energy mix as the government's net zero policy comes under backbench pressure. 
Ex-Energy Minister And Burnham Ally Says Tony Blair Is Wrong About Net Zero
Energy
Ex-Energy Minister And Burnham Ally Says Tony Blair Is Wrong About Net Zero
China And Clean Energy: Is Britain Swapping One Dependency For Another?
Energy
China And Clean Energy: Is Britain Swapping One Dependency For Another?
Private Sector Offered To Lend Government Experts To Help Design Energy Bill Support
Energy
Private Sector Offered To Lend Government Experts To Help Design Energy Bill Support
Rail And Bus Fares Should Be Cut To Protect Public From Iran Petrol Spike, Says Ed Davey
Economy
Rail And Bus Fares Should Be Cut To Protect Public From Iran Petrol Spike, Says Ed Davey
PM Warns Reopening Strait Of Hormuz 'Will Not Be Easy'
Economy
PM Warns Reopening Strait Of Hormuz "Will Not Be Easy"
PM Says Iran Conflict Is 'Not Our War'
Energy
PM Says Iran Conflict Is "Not Our War"
Opinion
Operational national infrastructure systems: maintain, repair, refurbish, renew versus cost, value and investment Partner content
Economy
By UKCRIC
Operational national infrastructure systems: maintain, repair, refurbish, renew versus cost, value and investment
We need a clean heating plan for commercial buildings, not just homes Partner content
Energy
By Mitsubishi Electric
We need a clean heating plan for commercial buildings, not just homes
Building Jobs, Skills and Growth in Wales and Scotland Partner content
Energy
By Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Building Jobs, Skills and Growth in Wales and Scotland
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Lord Heseltine: 'We Must Not Have Reform Or Restore Anywhere Near The Corridors Of Power'
Lord Heseltine: "We Must Not Have Reform Or Restore Anywhere Near The Corridors Of Power"
Home affairs
Andy Burnham: The Makerfield Campaign, The Aftermath And His Prep For Government
Andy Burnham: The Makerfield Campaign, The Aftermath And His Prep For Government
Political parties
Reform Council Leader George Finch: Nobody Deserves To Be In No 10 More Than Farage
Reform Council Leader George Finch: Nobody Deserves To Be In No 10 More Than Farage
Political parties
Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Awards ##sash##
Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Awards
Health
Britain doesn't need fewer graduates, it needs better ones
Britain doesn't need fewer graduates, it needs better ones
By Dr Michael Spence, President and Provost | UCL
Education
We must scrap the triple lock
We must scrap the triple lock
By David Gauke
Economy
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Anas Sarwar: 'I'm Not Willing To Wait For Someone Else To Fix Our Problems'
Energy
Anas Sarwar: "I'm Not Willing To Wait For Someone Else To Fix Our Problems"
Sienna Rodgers talks to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar about the UK government’s ‘teething problems’, a bespoke immigration solution for Scotland and how to fight Reform
Interview: Joe Fortune, the quietly powerful Co-operative Party general secretary
Economy
By Sienna Rodgers
Interview: Joe Fortune, the quietly powerful Co-operative Party general secretary
An actual giant of the labour movement? Sienna Rodgers speaks to the tall and quietly powerful Co-operative Party general secretary, Joe Fortune. Photography by Elio Zhang
A nuclear kettle of fish at Hinkley Point C
Environment
By Tali Fraser
A nuclear kettle of fish at Hinkley Point C
Is a trawler’s worth of fish getting in the way of our nuclear ambitions? Tali Fraser investigates something fishy going on around Hinkley Point C
Energy news
Partner content
Energy
By Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Landmark decommissioning milestone reached at Trawsfynydd
Major milestone at Trawsfynydd as a 20-year decommissioning programme ends, completing work on the highest hazards and paving the way for the next phase.
Scotland's industrial future Partner content
Energy
By Forth Ports
Scotland's industrial future
Scotland’s industrial future depends on energy balance, planning reform and offshore wind delivery.
Partner content
Energy
By Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Sellafield pioneers safer, smarter ‘flat pack’ approach
Sellafield has shown a new remote method to cut up contaminated gloveboxes, improving safety and making waste easier to store.
The energy bills support package must do more than deal with current volatility
Energy
By Polly Billington MP
The energy bills support package must do more than deal with current volatility
The decision by the Chancellor last year to move some of the policy costs of the green energy transition into general taxation was welcome, cutting the average annual bill by around £150.
Partner content
Energy
By Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
NRS socio-economic funding supports 129 UK community projects
Almost £2 million was invested by NRS last year in socio-economic initiatives, supporting good causes in communities local to its 14 decommissioning sites.
The UK's critical whole energy system Partner content
Energy
By Port of Milford Haven
The UK's critical whole energy system
Energy security concerns amid global instability underline the urgent need for a whole-system approach – integrating oil and gas, hydrogen and renewables – to deliver a resilient future
Partner content
Energy
By Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Nuclear Waste Services
LLW Repository Environmental Safety Case submitted to the Environment Agency
NTS delivers landmark HALEU shipment, reinforcing global leadership in advanced nuclear fuels transport Partner content
Energy
By Nuclear Transport Solutions
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
NTS delivers landmark HALEU shipment, reinforcing global leadership in advanced nuclear fuels transport
Nuclear Transport Solutions delivers landmark HALEU shipment, reinforcing global leadership in advanced nuclear fuels transport
Partner content
Economy
By Chemical Industries Association
Q1 2026 CIA Business Survey: Dramatic change of policy direction needed to save Britain’s chemical industry
The latest business survey from the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) exposes a sector facing unprecedented pressure, with soaring energy, raw material and trade related costs pushing many UK chemical businesses to the brink. Already contending with long standing competitive disadvantages at home, the industry is now being hit by global instability and sharply rising input prices, deepening concerns over further site closures, lost investment and the long term viability of one of Britain’s most strategically important manufacturing sectors.
NTS engineers adapt ship for new nuclear transport package Partner content
Energy
By Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Nuclear Transport Solutions
NTS engineers adapt ship for new nuclear transport package
Now is the time to strengthen the UK's longer-term fuel resilience Partner content
Energy
By Fuels Industry UK
Now is the time to strengthen the UK's longer-term fuel resilience
As conflict in the Middle East sharpens the UK’s energy security concerns, ministers should use this year’s Finance Bill to extend the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to refined products and protect vital domestic refining capacity
We need energy sovereignty now – which means oil and gas
Energy
By David Smith MP
We need energy sovereignty now – which means oil and gas
In 1953, Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown as prime minister of Iran in an Anglo-American coup.
The UK is at risk of turning its back on its tides
Energy
By Alistair Carmichael MP
The UK is at risk of turning its back on its tides
Does this government want to lead the world in green energy innovation? On at least one front, the jury is still out.
Britain can’t drill its way out of this oil shock – here are five better ideas
Energy
By Nick Davies
Britain can’t drill its way out of this oil shock – here are five better ideas
Since the beginning of the war in the Gulf, gas prices have risen over 80 per cent and petrol and diesel prices have hit eye-watering highs.
Fears that data centres will hog energy are overdone - they will revive our economy
Economy
By Kenneth Stevenson MP
Fears that data centres will hog energy are overdone - they will revive our economy
The government must be bolder on the energy crisis
Energy
By Polly Billington MP
The government must be bolder on the energy crisis
This Labour government must emulate the boldness shown by Gordon Brown nearly two decades ago and convene an International Energy Summit.
Energy switching has failed – regional public ownership is the answer
Energy
By Chris Hayes
Energy switching has failed – regional public ownership is the answer
The UK is now in the midst of its second fossil fuel price spike in five years, exposing again how woefully underprepared the country is.
Government needs to take cyber security in our energy system seriously
Defence
By Saqib Bhatti MP
Government needs to take cyber security in our energy system seriously
The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill must go further to bolster our energy security in the face of growing digital threats.
The North Sea still matters
Energy
By Graeme Downie MP
The North Sea still matters
North Sea extraction won't bring down energy bills or fund government subsidies. But, done responsibly, it has a role to play in our national security.
Would New North Sea Drilling Protect Households From The Iran Energy Shock?
Energy
Would New North Sea Drilling Protect Households From The Iran Energy Shock?
There are growing calls, including from US President Donald Trump, for the UK to allow new drilling in the North Sea in response to the spike in energy prices triggered by the Iran war. How much difference would it make?
Partner content
Energy
By Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Nuclear Transport Solutions
Third and final shipment of vitrified waste from the UK to Germany
Sellafield Ltd and Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) are making preparations for the third and final return of high-level waste (HLW), in the form of vitrified residue, to Germany.
Britain quit coal – so why are our pensions still funding it?
Economy
By Lord Sharkey
Britain quit coal – so why are our pensions still funding it?
For more than a decade, the UK has spoken with rare political unity on one issue: thermal coal has no place in a modern economy.
Hunterston B power station moves to NDA group as decommissioning gears up Partner content
Energy
By Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Hunterston B power station moves to NDA group as decommissioning gears up
The UK Government’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is set for the biggest transformation in its 21-year history next month, as a major Scottish nuclear site is transferred to its ownership for decommissioning.
From Heritage Care to Energy Insight: The Evolving Role of Dalkia UK at Parliament Partner content
Energy
By EDF
From Heritage Care to Energy Insight: The Evolving Role of Dalkia UK at Parliament
There is a particular stillness to the Parliamentary Estate before the working day begins. The river sits quietly, the courtyards rest in the half-light and deep within the buildings the systems that heat, cool and protect the estate begin their morning routines. It is in these hidden, early hours that our team often finds itself hard at work, tending to the mechanical and electrical heart of a World Heritage Site that remains central to national life.
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Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Awards
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Speaker's House, Palace of Westminster, London
Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Awards
Net Zero Week 2026
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Net Zero Week 2026
Back Nuclear Energy 2026
2026
Online and In-Person
Back Nuclear Energy 2026