The battle for the Strait of Hormuz
Iran has discovered a new weapon, much more powerful than its nuclear programme
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Oil prices mean Starmer must raise tax or face recession
The Iran war is a tax hike imposed by Donald Trump on consumers across the planet
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Exclusive: Miliband’s clean jobs plan wins over the unions
The Energy Secretary’s plan has been backed by some of net zero’s loudest critics in the trade union movement
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Long live the solar power revolution
It’s time to get smart about British summers.
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How Ed Miliband can deliver cheaper energy bills, today
The time is now for a progressive pricing system.
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Will Iran inflict oil inflation on the West?
The country has little to lose by restricting shipping and triggering an energy price shock.
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Can Labour take the credit for falling energy bills?
The EU can’t save us from high energy costs.
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Anas Sarwar: “Energy security is national security”
The leader of Scottish Labour is diverging from his party in Westminster when it comes to fossil fuels.
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Zonal pricing for energy would be a disaster
Clean power is a golden economic opportunity for Britain – don’t blow it now.
The case for a state-owned energy sector
What does GB Energy need to drive decarbonisation?
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Can GB Energy make Britain an energy superpower?
Labour’s partnership with the Crown Estate will bring its grand ambitions closer to reality.
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Britain will never be an energy superpower
The Labour government’s net zero policies are based on a delusion.
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The UK can lead a new Anglosphere
In office, Labour should embrace the virtues of a medium-sized great power.
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The UK doesn’t need to invest in wind farms
For Keir Starmer’s state-owned company Great British Energy to be successful it may need to make unpopular decisions.
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The other side of net zero
If the UK is to reach its climate targets, delivering carbon removals is essential.
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The Research Brief: “optimistic assumptions” are holding back heat pump progress
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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New gas power plants won’t bring us energy security
Continued reliance on imported fossil fuels weakens our national resilience and makes us even more vulnerable to price shocks.
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Decarbonising the grid without large-scale public investment is impossible
Research shows that using public borrowing to fund renewable energy projects is cheaper than relying on the private sector.
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Net zero’s dirty secret
Britain’s green transition is powered by Chinese coal.
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Why new oil and gas licences have nothing to do with energy security
In the run-up to Cop28, the government has the opportunity to show climate leadership. Instead we’ve had political pantomime.
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