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Starmer plans to block all new North Sea oil and gas developments [1]

['Caroline Wheeler', 'Political Editor', 'Ben Spencer', 'Science Editor', 'Greig Cameron', 'Kieran Andrews']

Date: 2023-05

Sir Keir Starmer will announce plans to block all new North Sea oil and gas developments and limit borrowing to green investment only as part of a radical blueprint to make Britain a “clean energy superpower”.

The Labour leader is expected to set out his net zero energy policy when he launches his latest “national mission” in Scotland next month. It will include a pledge to ban all new North Sea oil and gas licences, signalling a seismic shift in decades of UK energy policy.

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It will be one of Starmer’s five key pledges to the electorate and opens up a clear dividing line with the Conservative Party over a critical issue facing the UK as next year’s general election approaches. Rishi Sunak has backed

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[1] Url: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/starmer-plans-to-block-all-new-north-sea-oil-and-gas-developments-lqr2tc66k

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