Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor said to have identified seats where MPs would step aside to allow leadership bid The Guardian - UK · May 1
Where does Starmer’s leadership stand – and who are his potential challengers? With PM on shaky ground as May elections approach, we take a look at who could take a run at the Labour leadership The Guardian - UK · Apr 30
Solar panel installations surge to pass two million across UK for first time Ed Miliband says rising interest in solar helps families weather energy shocks and bring down bills. Evening Standard · Apr 30
Thousands more Britons install solar panels as Iran war sends fossil fuel prices soaring sky-high The total number of solar arrays across the UK has now reached two million The Independent UK · Apr 30
Who could replace Starmer as prime minister? Here are the top contenders for a Labour leadership battle Angela Rayner said Keir Starmer should consider resigning, while Wes Streeting has now resigned and is expected to launch a leadership bid, and reports suggest that Andy Burnham might have found a seat to run in The Independent UK · Apr 30
Traditional tumble dryers ‘phased out’ under Labour in favour of green alternatives Government to push for more energy efficient heat pump dryers to be sold in the UK The Independent UK · Apr 30
Starmer ‘offers Rayner Cabinet job’ in bid to avert coup after Mandelson vote Sir Keir Starmer has offered Angela Rayner a Cabinet return to avert a potential leadership challenge, according to a report in The Telegraph. Ms Rayner, the former deputy prime minister, left Cabinet in September after admitting to underpaying stamp duty on her new flat in Hove. The offer comes amid… The Independent UK · Apr 29
PMQs latest: Starmer refuses to say if Rachel Reeves will keep job as chancellor in rumoured reshuffle Sir Keir Starmer took questions from MPs the day after avoiding an inquiry into claims he misled Parliament over the Peter Mandelson vetting saga. The Independent UK · Apr 29
Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in parliament In today’s newsletter: As Labour braces for heavy local election losses, senior figures are signalling unease and morale is sinking, can the prime minister hang on? The Guardian - UK · Apr 29
Partygate v Mandelson: Keir Starmer faces attack from his own playbook Some familiar, arcane terms are returning to the fore as the Tories study the tactics Labour used against Boris Johnson The Guardian - UK · Apr 25
Leading contender emerges to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister IN FULL The Independent UK · Apr 24
Ed Miliband emerging as top contender to replace Starmer As Keir Starmer fights to survive, Labour MPs believe that the energy secretary and former party leader is positioning himself to take over The Independent UK · Apr 24
Warm Homes Plan update: how this green energy rollout will affect you and your energy bills New legislation is designed to make energy cheaper – but is it likely to cut costs meaningfully? We asked the experts Woman & Home · Apr 24
Keir Starmer Is Facing Calls to Resign From His Own Party Two Weeks Before Local Elections That Labour Is Expected to Lose Badly Calls for United Kingdom Prime Minister Kier Starmer to resign have begun to rise following revelations about former Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson's appointment, with Labour also facing falling support ahead of local elections. International Business Times UK · Apr 22
Evening Standard · Apr 21 Regulator to get power to ban energy bosses’ bonuses under reforms Ofgem is to be ‘transformed’ to strengthen consumer protection under the first major update to its scope since it was founded in 2000.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21 As the PM’s fate lay in doubt, Labour MPs plotted the party’s future direction Former ministers rounded on government’s fiscal rules and called for new policies on tax and the economy
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21 Miliband’s ‘break the link’ plan is not a magic formula for lowering energy bills The government’s plan to de-link gas and electricity prices will have a modest effect – more promising are plans on EVs and heat pumps
The Independent UK · Apr 21 Government to ‘double down not back down’ on clean energy in face of gas spike Key to the plans is breaking the link between gas and electricity prices
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21 Ed Miliband says he and Lammy feared Mandelson appointment could ‘blow up’ Energy secretary says he and the then foreign secretary were worried making Mandelson US envoy was risky
The Independent UK · Apr 21 Ed Miliband: I feared Mandelson’s appointment appointment would ‘blow up’ Asked if Sir Keir should lose his job, Ed Miliband said: ‘I don’t think so, no. Obviously I don’t.’
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21 Labour’s great green energy plan could be a legacy as vital as the NHS Ed Miliband has a rare chance to do for the climate what Nye Bevan did for health: create something future generations will be proud of, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - UK · Apr 20 Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock As fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will say
The Independent UK · Apr 16 Reeves vows to break link between cost of gas and electricity prices in boost for UK households “When gas prices are high, we end up paying more for our electricity, even though the cost of producing it doesn’t change,” the Chancellor said
The Guardian - UK · Apr 14 Surrounded by windfarms but out of work: the reality of the green jobs boom on England’s east coast The government hails the ‘green revolution’ as a solution to economic decline, but some young jobseekers say the rhetoric does not match their experience
Evening Standard · Apr 13 Reeves: Mini nuclear reactor deal ‘more important than ever’ amid Iran crisis The Chancellor said driving forward nuclear power was ‘always the right thing to do’.