Keir Starmer

Anneliese Dodds steps down as Minister for International Development and Women and Equalities over plan to raid UK aid budget to boost defence spending

Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirms increase in defence spending will be delivered through cuts to development funding, just months after government backed international deal to increased climate finance for developing economies

Keir Starmer confirms fresh funding and new 'training guarantee' ahead of Grangemouth oil refinery closure

Government reveals planning revamp and new task force to make it easier to bring new nuclear plants and SMRs on line

Prime Minister announces plan to tackle ‘excessive’ legal challenges to major infrastructure projects, promising to accelerate development of wind farms and airports

CEOs, politicians, civil servants, and green campaigners among those honoured for services to business and the environment

The accusations that Labour has U-turned on its clean power target are wide of the mark, but the government needs to be clearer in communicating its genuinely ambitious plans

Prime Minister confirms precise target for Labour's Clean Power Mission, as government promises to fast-track 150 key infrastructure decisions

Keir Starmer: 'Clean energy is creating the jobs of the future and putting money back in the pockets of working people'

UPDATED: Countries join new push to tackle barriers to the clean energy transition, as Ministers at COP29 wait on fresh negotiating texts to be released overnight