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Households living near new pylons could get £250 a year off bills for a decade

Government plans would see families getting discounts on bills every six months to help push forward new electricity transmission infrastructure.

Evening Standard

Renewables and fossil fuels not ‘either-or’, says Reeves after Trump comments

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ appearance in Scotland followed a five-day visit from US President Donald Trump.

Evening Standard

PM urged to review oil policy after Trump labels North Sea ‘a treasure chest’

Shadow Scottish secretary Andrew Bowie has called for a meeting in London to review policies affecting the oil and gas industry.

Evening Standard

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Tory peer apologises for helping set up ministerial meeting for firm he advises

Deputy speaker Ian Duncan found to have breached rules by providing parliamentary service for Terrestrial Energy

The Guardian - UK

Tory benches almost deserted as Philp cops a lesson on small boats

Shadow minister crashes and burns as Yvette Cooper makes statement on new Channel crossing arrangements

The Guardian - UK

Ed Miliband says Tories are ‘anti-science’ for abandoning net zero consensus

Energy and net zero secretary lays out stark picture of how climate crisis and nature depletion is affecting UK

The Guardian - UK

'Bizarre': Question Time called out as Reform councillor joins Scottish panel

THE BBC’s decision to platform Reform UK in Scotland when the right-wing party has no elected members has been branded “bizzarre”.

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Who is on tonight's BBC Question Time panel in St Andrews?

The BBC's Question Time programme is returning to Scotland on Thursday evening

The National (Scotland)

Expand grooming gangs inquiry to Scotland, UK Government urged

Shadow Scottish secretary Andrew Bowie said victims north of the border ‘must not and cannot be overlooked’.

Evening Standard

Bowie challenges Tories to ‘step up’ against Miliband’s ‘eco-zealotry’

Acting shadow energy minister Andrew Bowie accused the UK Government of ‘overseeing the wilful deindustrialisation of this nation’.

The Independent UK

Ministers should apologise to oil and gas workers who have lost jobs, Tories say

Andrew Bowie cites figures which suggest tens of thousands of jobs in Scotland could go as part of Labour’s green transition.

Evening Standard

Watchdog investigates Tory peer over nuclear firm’s meeting with minister

Lord Duncan of Springbank is the fourth peer to face a parliamentary inquiry after Guardian reporting

The Guardian - UK

Britain giving up on net zero is not an option

Letter: Sheila Rowan of the Royal Society and Dr Kerry Lawson respond to remarks by Andrew Bowie, the Conservative energy spokesman

The Guardian - UK

Measures to establish state-owned GB Energy on verge of becoming law

The Great British Energy Bill is ready for royal assent.

Evening Standard

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Tory energy spokesman claims UN climate experts are ‘biased’

Exclusive: Andrew Bowie says Kemi Badenoch could pull UK out of Paris climate agreement

The Independent UK

Britain’s electricity system is ‘highly resilient’, says minister

Michael Shanks said the UK was not affected by the power cuts in Spain and Portugal but the Government continues to prepare for ‘all eventualities’.

The Independent UK

Immigration no ‘quick-fix’ for aging population, says Bowie

The shadow Scottish secretary described high immigration north of the border as a ‘pyramid scheme response’ to an aging population.

Evening Standard

Running can help bridge Westminster divide, say MPs ahead of London Marathon

Sixteen MPs and one peer will be taking on the challenge of the London Marathon on Sunday.

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The Guardian - UK

Tory peer helped secure meeting with minister for Canadian firm he advises

Ian Duncan ‘facilitated an introduction’ for Terrestrial Energy, which was seeking government funding

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Tory MP defends Israel's 'right' to block MPs from entering West Bank

SCOTTISH Tory MP Andrew Bowie has defended Israel’s “right” to block two Labour MPs from entering the West Bank.

Evening Standard

Miliband accuses Tories of ‘Wacky Races’ approach as he defends net zero agenda

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch believes it is ‘impossible’ to reach net zero emissions by 2050 without hitting living standards.

The National (Scotland)

Tory councillors accused of 'sowing fear and creating division' with asylum leaflet

A REFUGEE charity has challenged a leaflet distributed by Conservative councillors aiming to “sow fear and create division”, stating locals have…

Evening Standard

Scotland faces ‘dole baby dole’, Tories say, as North Sea oil plan unveiled

Industry minister Sarah Jones pledged a ‘well-managed, orderly and prosperous transition’ away from oil and gas.

Evening Standard

Energy bill support will be ‘eaten up’ by price cap increase, Tories claim

Shadow energy minister Andrew Bowie said the Government’s response to Ofgem’s rise in the energy cap is ‘a sticking plaster approach’.

Evening Standard

Ofgem vows to end years-long wait for new wind farms to connect to power grid

Overhauling the ‘broken’ grid queue will treble the amount of new power reaching the system per year, officials say.

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