The Labour party is to ban new oil and gas fields in Britain.
Ed Miliband and the UK’s Labour Government have been accused of trying to “kill off” Scotland’s North Sea oil and gas industry after confirming a block on handing out new licenses.
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Despite pleas from the industry, the Government confirmed it would continue its ban on new oil and gas drilling which will make it harder for any future government to reopen the North Sea.
Miliband has insisted that rapidly moving to renewable energy was the only way to bring down bills for good and take back control of our energy.
The Telegraph reports: A legal prohibition on new drilling will be included in the energy independence bill, part of the raft of new legislation set out by the King in his speech opening Parliament on Wednesday.
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The bill will make Ed Miliband’s temporary moratorium on new drilling permanent, ensuring it would be far harder for a future government to reverse the ban. Labour also plans to legally ban onshore fracking.
A detailed note released by the Energy Secretary’s officials after the King’s Speech said the bill would “meet [Labour’s] manifesto commitment not to issue new licenses to explore new fields, including delivering the commitment to ban fracking”.
However, the timing is controversial because the Iran war has choked off supplies of fuel from the Middle East and created a global oil crisis.
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Leading executives, including the bosses of British Gas and Octopus Energy, have urged Mr Miliband to rethink his North Sea policy as a result.
The Energy Secretary’s plan won praise from environmental campaigners but generated a backlash from his political rivals, the offshore industry and Sir Tony Blair’s think tank.
Claire Coutinho, the shadow energy secretary, said the policy would amount to the wilful destruction of our own domestic energy supplies and people’s livelihoods.
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She added: It is utterly shameful and we Conservatives will fight them every step of the way. Richard Tice, Reform’s energy spokesman, called the plan ludicrous.
The fate of the energy independence bill is uncertain given that Sir Keir Starmer is fighting to save his premiership.
However, Mr Miliband is expected to be among the challengers seeking to replace him in any Labour leadership contest. If successful, Mr Miliband is very likely to push ahead with the legislation.
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Under the plans, existing licensed oil and gas fields will be allowed to keep going till depleted.
However, the fate of the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields – two significant North Sea oil and gas projects that the Energy Secretary has yet to approve – remains uncertain.
News Punch / ABC Flash Point News 2026.
Well done, I guess welfare and democracy do not fit together?
Agenda 2030 at warp speed?
What is not being spoken about in the media in the UK is the fact this country is having its culture and heritage removed and replaced by “American Values ” which are the population reduced from moderately intelligent beings to a downmarket version of “Joe Public ” . In other words mental ability is much reduced to conform with typical “American consumerism ” you dont think you just buy whatever the now US adverts tell you to buy -that doesn’t need brains only the willingness to get yourself into massive debt –then the Banks have you in their control as… Read more »
Wow not even disputable or digestible anymore, governments are just like businesses spending (profiteering) the largest free budget (peoples tax money) available giving away permits and subsidies to those privatizing the peoples land and properties.
Its a pyramid construction (*for capitalists and democracy) directing money from the poor to the rich. Its a complete scam, especially when we take and swallow the media propaganda working at their service.
Your last paragraph is proved by the constant increase in millionaires and billionaires –thats reality –so is the real life fact that as the rich get richer the poor get poorer .
Far right Capitalism has reached its zenith in policy it has no answers for the population at large only death and destruction hence the wish of the WEF to reduce the world population –it all fits.
So Labour wants to get rid of all the jobs? Brilliant, jew K. The real reason to depopulation of the White man. Bring in more dark-skinned immigrants. We need more brown folks to mix with. “The ultimate goal is the forcible-coordination of all countries of the world: That shall be achieved by mixing the races with the goal to create a light brown race in Europe. For that reason 1.5 million immigrants from the third world shall migrate to Europe every year. The result would be a population with an AVERAGE IQ OF 90 that is so dumb to grasp… Read more »
Yes I know this I also have been getting an email every two months for 2 decades from an Australian of German extraction who would agree with you . Starmers wife is a Zionist , yes I am anti-woke as its brainwashed into toddlers the same as Herr Himmler,s “Hitler Youth ” its a modern social dogma originating in the USA and exported to the UK and now after many decades nearly a quarter of young people in the UK need psychiatric help and 82 % of actual suicides in the UK are young white males who woke gives the… Read more »
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