'Clean energy harnessed for national renewal': Keir Starmer confirms GB Energy to be headquartered in Aberdeen

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'Clean energy harnessed for national renewal': Keir Starmer confirms GB Energy to be headquartered in Aberdeen

Prime Minister's speech to Labour Party Conference places clean energy at heart of government's plans to build 'a Britain that belongs to you'

Keir Starmer has today confirmed the government's new publicly-owned GB Energy venture will be headquartered in Aberdeen, where it will look to draw on the experience and skills of the city's oil and gas...

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