Ed Miliband, the UK’s new Secretary of State for Vitality Safety and Internet Zero, has outlined his priorities in a message to employees, which was posted on the UK authorities web site.
“Our division shall be on the coronary heart of the brand new authorities’s agenda, main one of many Prime Minister’s 5 nationwide missions, to make Britain a clear power superpower with zero carbon electrical energy by 2030, and accelerating our journey to internet zero,” Miliband stated within the message.
“The job of our division shall be to ship our mission so we will make the UK power unbiased, deliver down power payments for good, create good jobs, and sort out the local weather disaster,” he added.
“We are going to get began instantly, and my priorities are – delivering our mission to spice up power independence and chopping payments by way of clear energy by 2030; taking again management of our power with Nice British Vitality; upgrading Britain’s properties and chopping gas poverty by way of our Heat Houses Plan; standing up for customers by reforming our power system; creating good jobs in Britain’s industrial heartlands, together with a simply transition for the industries primarily based within the North Sea; main on worldwide local weather motion, primarily based on our home achievements,” Miliband continued.
Miliband highlighted within the message that the division shall be “mission-driven … mobilizing residents, companies, commerce unions, civil society and native authorities in a nationwide effort, the place everybody has a job”.
Miliband was appointed Secretary of State for Vitality Safety and Internet Zero on July 5. The Secretary of State has total accountability for the Division for Vitality Safety and Internet Zero, in response to the federal government’s web site. Claire Coutinho beforehand held this position from 2023 to 2024. Previous to that, Grant Shapps held the position in 2023.
In an announcement posted on his X web page on July 5, Miliband stated, “it’s a privilege and honor to have been appointed as Secretary of State for Vitality Safety and Internet Zero”.
“This authorities has received a mandate to ship a daring plan for power independence, decrease power payments, good jobs and to sort out the local weather disaster. That work begins now,” he added.
Sarah Jones was appointed Minister of State on the Division for Vitality Safety and Internet Zero, and the Division for Enterprise and Commerce, on July 8. The minister is accountable for – geospatial plan and wider planning coverage, grid, evaluate of electrical energy market preparations (REMA), oil and fuel, COP and worldwide local weather coverage, Internet Zero Technique, carbon budgets, worldwide local weather finance, multilateral negotiations (G7 and COP), carbon leakage, Ofgem (shared with the Minister for Vitality Shoppers and Affordability), the UK authorities website states.
In an announcement posted on her X web page on July 8, Jones stated “such an honor to be appointed by the Prime Minister to be Minister of State for Trade and Decarbonization in @biztradegovuk and @energygovuk”.
“Tons to do,” Jones added.
A UK Normal Election befell on July 4. With all 650 seats declared, Labour received 411 seats, the UK Parliament web site confirmed, highlighting that this was up 209 on Labour’s complete from the earlier UK election in 2019.
Trade physique Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) congratulated Labour Social gathering chief Keir Starmer on the UK Normal Election lead to a launch despatched to Rigzone by the OEUK workforce. The group additionally warned within the launch, nevertheless, that “lots of the business’s expert folks and buyers stay deeply involved about Labour proposals for an extra windfall tax on homegrown oil and fuel manufacturing and to finish new oil and fuel licenses in UK waters”.
Rigzone has requested the Labour Social gathering for touch upon OEUK’s launch. On the time of writing, the social gathering has not but responded to Rigzone’s request.
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