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- Offshore energy workers call for public ownership in UK’s net-zero carbon transition Mon, 6 Mar 23, 5:00pmCoalition of workers, unions and climate campaigners aims to safeguard shift from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy sources
- Green party conference opens with call for wealth tax to fund renewables Sat, 1 Oct 22, 1:09amIn Harrogate, Green co-leaders pledge to target richest 1% and biggest polluters with ‘dirty profits’ tax
- Labour’s low-carbon plans look like sensible economic policy Wed, 28 Sep 22, 3:23amKeir Starmer’s proposals closely match advice given by energy economists and won praise from unions and business
- Jeremy Corbyn unites with direct action group Just Stop Oil Thu, 16 Jun 22, 7:00pmFormer Labour leader’s Peace and Justice Project to be part of new climate and social justice movement
- Labour conference: ‘wrong time’ to change leadership rules, says Burnham – as it happened Mon, 27 Sep 21, 3:38amLabour party conference delegates debate Starmer’s proposed changes
- Labour conference: ‘wrong time’ to change leadership rules, says Burnham – live Mon, 27 Sep 21, 3:38amLabour party conference delegates debate Starmer’s proposed changes
- Jennifer Arcuri says any trade help she got not down to Johnson links – as it happened Wed, 22 Sep 21, 3:02amThis live blog is now closed. For coronavirus news head to our Covid blog
- Jennifer Arcuri questioned over trade missions while Johnson was London mayor – politics live Wed, 22 Sep 21, 12:59amLondon assembly questions businesswoman who says she had an affair with Johnson at the time
- Starmer set for battle with Labour left as he unveils plan to change leadership election rules – politics live Tue, 21 Sep 21, 9:55pmStarmer tells colleagues he wants to change rules for electing leader and deputy and to limit role of party conference in deciding detail of policy
- Ineos accused of 'greenwashing' over Daily Mile sponsorship Sat, 6 Apr 19, 3:39amTeaching union to debate call for schools to oppose fossil fuel giant’s backing of school fitness event
- Why are unions so keen on nuclear jobs? | Letters Thu, 5 Apr 18, 3:43amAndy Stirling and Phil Johnstone reply to criticism of their analysis of the government’s infatuation with nuclear powerThanks to Mike Clancy (Letters, 2 April) for responding to our analysis that intense UK government...
- Chances for progress towards a nuclear-free world | Letters Mon, 2 Apr 18, 3:17amBruce Kent of CND and Linda Rogers respond to Owen Jones’ article on Jeremy Corbyn and the UK’s nuclear weapons. Plus letters from Mike Clancy of Prospect, Frank Jackson and David LowryCan Owen Jones (Corbyn has to lead...
- Labour's Clive Lewis accuses nuclear unions of being 'voice for big business' Tue, 26 Sep 17, 11:15pmCorbyn ally says unions are failing to speak up for renewable energy because they do not have members in that sector
- Hinkley Point C: fresh strike threat over pay dispute Fri, 22 Sep 17, 4:26amNuclear plant construction facing further delays as unions declare plans to ballot civil engineers in row over bonuses
- UK’s rail network suffering from lack of joined-up thinking | Letters Tue, 25 Jul 17, 4:23amReaders respond to news of scrapped rail electrification plans and the folly of HS2The transport secretary’s announcement (Fury as soaring cost halts electrification, 21 July) is disastrous for the UK – on economic,...