'British power to the British people': Keir Starmer unveils plans for publicly-owned clean energy company

Cecilia Keating
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Great British Energy would cut energy bills and deliver energy independence for the UK, Labour Leader tells party conference

Labour Leader Keir Starmer has pledged that a Labour government would set up a publicly owned clean energy company within a year of being elected to power. Addressing the Labour Party Conference in...

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