Great British Energy: Keir Starmer promises to launch publicly owned UK energy firm
Guardian, 27 Sep 2022
Keir Starmer used his speech on the third day of the Labour conference in Liverpool to outline the party's plans for clean power in the UK.
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He said that within a year of being elected, Labour would set up Great British Energy, a new publicly owned company that would supply the UK with clean power.
The Labour leader said it was time for the party to start a new chapter 'about how we build a fairer, greener, more dynamic Britain by tackling the climate emergency head on, and using it to create the jobs, the industries and the opportunities of the future'
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