Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce that a Labour government would block all new North Sea oil and gas developments as he plans to make Britain a 'clean energy superpower'.
Sir Keir Starmer will make the policy a central part of the Labour party's promise to the electorate.A Labour source told the Sunday Times: "We are against the granting of new licences for oil and gas in the North Sea. "They will do nothing to cut bills, as the Tories have acknowledged."But Labour would continue to use existing oil and gas wells over the coming decades and manage them sustainably as we transform the UK into a clean energy superpower.
Jonathan Ashworth, Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary, told Sky on Sunday that his party will over the coming weeks outline "how we want to invest in green jobs of the future".
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