Sir Keir Starmer will vow to cut bills and create jobs when he sets out his party's green energy plans.
Labour will end new North Sea oil and gas exploration, but help communities profit from clean power projects, Sir Keir Starmer is to pledge.
Sir Keir will say: "Labour will deliver lower bills, good jobs, and energy security for Scotland and the whole UK, as Britain leads the world in the fight against climate change." These community loans would be designed to ensure small projects could benefit from the expertise of GB Energy while also generating money for local areas.But Offshore Energy UK's chief executive David Whitehouse told the BBC that Labour's plans to move away from the reliance of North Sea oil and gas "would create a cliff edge". deterring investment and heightening the risk of energy shortages.
Labour's opposition to new exploration licences represented "genuine leadership" he added, and the party was right "to debunk scare stories being peddled by climate delayers".Mike Childs, head of science, policy and research at Friends of the Earth, welcomed Labour's latest ideas but warned "there can be no backsliding on pledges to stop new oil and gas extraction and invest in green growth".
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