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The UK Parliament was recalled to debate the renationalisation Of British Steel on Saturday (Picture: Getty)

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The sun sets behind Burbo Bank wind farm and 'Another Place', an art installation by Anthony Gormley, at Crosby Beach on Merseyside

Public debate on net zero is finally opening up – this is a good thing Paul Wilson

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband during a meeting of the National Wealth Fund Taskforce in 11 Downing Street. PIC: Justin Tallis/PA Wire

Ed Miliband reveals deadline for Scotland's carbon capture approval

There is a drive to reskill North Sea oil and gas workers to undertake renewables work.

Labour's North Sea plan to create new energy jobs despite oil decline

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Tice's Scotland trip was mortifying but that won't worry Reform Alexander Brown

Analysis Reform UK's Richard Tice gets battered at chaotic Glasgow chippy visit

The UK Government said it would unleash the North Sea’s clean energy future

Scotland faces ‘dole baby dole’ under North Sea oil plan, Tories say

Donald Trump is greeted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace during his previous state visit in June 2019 (Picture: Victoria Jones/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Personal values don't apply in international relationships

Wind power is an important part of Scotland's renewables project (Picture: Andy Buchanan / AFP)

Exclusive How Labour hopes its clean power strategy will reduce bills by 2030

Hundreds of jobs will be lost at Grangemouth

Trade union chief tells Labour 'do your jobs' on Grangemouth

There is a drive to reskill North Sea oil and gas workers to undertake renewables work.

North Sea workforce will be 'lost for good' unless energy transition speeds up

Petroineos will close Scotland’s only oil refinery at Grangemouth (Picture: Lisa Ferguson/National World)

SNP warn over Labour's carbon capture and Grangemouth 'betrayal'

Keir Starmer’s government faces a clash of ideologies between Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband

Labour gives oil licences vow as Reeves set for Rosebank clash

Wind power is an important part of Scotland's renewables project (Picture: Andy Buchanan / AFP)

Exclusive Renewables warning over energy price plan that would cut Scots' bills

The coffin of Lord John Prescott is carried into Hull Minster, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire for his funeral service. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Mourners pay tribute to 'working-class hero' John Prescott at funeral

Kemi Badenoch is yet to find the right tone

Analysis PMQs: Kemi Badenoch starts well but then ruins it. The next lettuce?

First Minister John Swinney delivers a speech in Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin

Readers' Letters: John Swinney won't be able to stem tide of Trump in Scotland

John Swinney speaks in the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Readers' Letters: There’s no need for a new law around non-fatal strangulation

Offshore wind farm crane firm to create 25 jobs in Scottish city

Torness nuclear power station in East Lothian

Energy giant set to extend lifespan of nuclear power plants

The oil refinery at Grangemouth is set to close in spring 2025.

Exclusive Grangemouth: Labour MP 'incredibly disappointed' in his own government

Chancellor Rachel Reeves poses outside 11 Downing Street with her ministerial red box before delivering her Budget in the House of Commons

£2.8 trillion: Why Labour can't ignore UK's eye-watering national debt Paul Wilson

Donald Trump's US election win will have ramifications for Sir Keir Starmer and the UK government

Analysis What a Donald Trump win means for Westminster's new Labour government

The Grangemouth oil refinery is to close with the loss of hundreds of jobs as the UK Government strives to achieve its net-zero goals (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Exclusive Petroineos poised for tax breaks despite refinery closure

Workers survey the offline turbine hall in the UK’s last coal-fired power station (Picture: Darren Staples/AFP/Getty)

Transition to smart energy systems is the only way forward new - John Forster

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with First Minister John Swinney during the Council of the Nations and Regions in Edinburgh. Picture: Andy Buchanan/PA Wire

Analysis Why the SNP is now singing the praises of Labour's GB Energy strategy

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at the Port of Greenock while on the General Election campaign trail in May

Ministers speed up ‘skills passport’ for workers to move to green jobs

The Grangemouth oil refinery is to close with the loss of hundreds of jobs as the UK government strives to achieve its net zero goals.

Starmer will pay heavy price for North Sea and Grangemouth shutdowns Paul Wilson

The Viking Wind Farm on the Shetland Islands. Energy giants at SSE have announced the completion of what is expected to be the most productive onshore wind farm in the UK. Picture: SSE/PA Wire

The massive 103-turbine wind farm with a 160-mile underwater cable

Global energy price falls are not reaching UK consumers, says reader (Picture: Adobe)

Readers' Letters: Why are UK consumers paying so much for energy?

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to the Beatrice wind farm off the coast of Caithness.

Have your say on the GB Energy Scotland base

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Picture: James Glossop/PA

Business chiefs in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen in bidding war over GB Energy

Analysis Why Shell pulling out of North Sea wind farm plans would be nightmare

Several long-term options could revive Grangemouth (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

The 5 options being investigated to save Grangemouth’s future

Ed Miliband’s pledge to hundreds of Grangemouth workers

North Sea oil and gas reserves are dwindling (Picture: STF/AFP via Getty Images)

New row over North Sea oil licences misses the most important point Scotsman comment

Government denies Miliband ordered immediate ban on new North Sea oil

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray. Image: Getty Images.

'Positive' update on Grangemouth jobs to be made soon

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer says he's already had talks on securing Grangemouth jobs

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Energy is no longer simply a national business matter - Jeremy Grant

How has Keir Starmer turned the tables on 'complacent' SNP? Euan McColm

Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the Scottish Labour Party conference in Glasgow. Image: Andrew Milligan/Press Association.

Miliband: Labour will create 'hundreds of thousands' of renewables jobs
The shadow climate change and net zero secretary promises to make Scotland the ‘clean energy capital’ of the UK

If Labour keeps moving right, disillusionment with democracy will grow Joyce McMillan

Despite Ed Miliband's ukulele ode to windfarms, nuclear is the answer to net zer... Paul Wilson

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer conducted a reshuffle on Monday.

Analysis: Keir Starmer's reshuffle purges left with right in complete control

The average energy bill will drop to below £2,000 from October. Image: Peter Byrne/Press Association.

Why homeowners may not be any better off despite energy price cap cut

Starmer and Yousaf must find a way to face down right-wing climate sceptics Joyce McMillan

Green policies are now up for debate following the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election.

Analysis: Political parties unsure as cost of living battles climate crisis

Campaigners have protested against the potential development of the Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea. Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images

Rosebank oilfield, net zero targets and what it all means for households

BP's profit haul was more than half a billion pounds more than expected in the opening quarter of the year as the business continued to benefit from elevated energy prices.

Huge BP profit of $5bn in just three months sparks outrage and praise

BP has reported that underlying profit more than doubled to 27.7 billion dollars (£23 billion) last year after energy prices surged higher following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Energy giant BP's profits double to £23bn

An offshore oil platform at sunset. Picture: Getty Images

Increasing windfall tax won’t suddenly fix prices, academic warns

BP have announced profits amid the cost of living crisis.

BP sees huge profit surge due to high oil and gas prices

Rishi Sunak during a hustings event in Darlington, County Durham, as part of the campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister. Picture date: Tuesday August 9, 2022.

UK braces for blackouts as leadership candidates clash over support measures

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Windfall tax on oil and gas companies is 'bad idea', insists Kwasi Kwarteng

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit at the Field End Infant school, in South Ruislip, following the local government elections. Picture: PA

Johnson urges BP and Shell to invest in wind farms to drive down energy bills

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