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The Latest Breaking News from Ed Miliband

Friday briefing: Despite Rachel Reeves’s enthusiasm there is still a long way to go to get this project off the runway

In today’s newsletter: The chancellor appears to be moving towards a final green light for the expansion of the UK’s busiest airport. But how will her plans align with her government’s plans to achieve net zero?

The Guardian - UK

Are Rachel Reeves’s efforts to win business confidence ‘fiddling while Rome burns’?

Pro-growth charm offensive aimed at getting Labour back on the front foot has drawn concerns and questions

The Guardian - UK

Ed Miliband won’t resign over Heathrow third runway despite environmental concerns

Energy secretary and former Labour leader pledged to vote against expansion six years ago saying ‘we owe it to future generations not just to have good environmental principles but to act on them’

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Ed Miliband says he will not resign if Government backs Heathrow expansion

The Energy Secretary has vocally opposed the west London airport’s expansion in the past.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves’s bid to expand Heathrow could add £40 to airline ticket

Treasury analysis shows ticket prices expected to go up across board with no plans for frequent flyers to shoulder more of the cost

The Guardian - UK

Burning wood for power not necessary for UK’s energy goals, analysis finds

Experts say UK should stop biomass burning as electricity sector decarbonisation by 2030 can be achieved without it

The Guardian - UK

Reeves risks Cabinet row as she says growth must trump green concerns over Heathrow third runway

Chancellor is gearing up for a potential row with cabinet colleagues over major expansion of London’s airports

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Reeves says need for growth trumps opposition amid Heathrow speculation

The Chancellor said opposition to measures that will boost growth have been a problem for too long in the UK.

Evening Standard

Labour split over support for Heathrow expansion with Reeves set to give backing

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to voice her support for a third runway at Heathrow despite opposition from cabinet collegue Ed Miliband and London mayor Sadiq Khan

The Independent UK

Wind farms and energy infrastructure will not dominate countryside, peers told

Ed Miliband and Chris Stark addressed concerns that new energy infrastructure projects could effect food security and nature restoration.

The Independent UK

Heathrow third runway plan labelled ‘desperate’ amid Labour divisions

Rachel Reeves hopes expansion will increase economic growth but Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan oppose it

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves ducks question over whether she backs Heathrow third runway but stresses economic growth key

A decision to push ahead with a massive expansion of Heathrow is likely to be strongly opposed by Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan

Evening Standard

Energy bills to soar again – why 90% of households are bracing for the worst

Energy bills rose again in January, as the new polling prompted fresh calls for a social tariff to help consumers

The Independent UK

Nine-in-10 people ‘as worried’ about paying energy bills as last year

Energy bills rose again in January, as the new polling prompted fresh calls for a social tariff to help consumers.

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The Guardian - UK

‘He’s one of the best’: the economist shaping Rachel Reeves’s growth plans

John Van Reenen believes he can help Labour solve the ‘peculiar British problem’ of chronically weak productivity

Evening Standard

Who is Torsten Bell? The new pensions minister pegged as Britain's future chancellor

From being one half of Britain’s most influential political twin duo, to his role in the infamous ‘EdStone’, Emma Loffhagen reports on Torsten Bell, the former think tank director promoted to pensions minister

The Guardian - UK

Ministers pledge record £410m to support UK nuclear fusion energy

Ed Miliband says funding pledge means Britain within ‘grasping distance’ of ‘secure, clean, unlimited energy’

The Independent UK

Reeves looking at regulatory reforms in search for economic growth

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she wanted to ‘tackle the barriers to investment’ ahead of the latest monthly GDP figures and a meeting with regulators.

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Evening Standard

Miliband confirms no plans for 2035 ban on gas boilers in homes

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said he was ‘wary’ of a ban without being able to guarantee that greener alternatives would be cheaper by the deadline.

The Independent UK

Miliband blasts Farage and Tories for turning net zero into a ‘culture war’

The energy secretary appealed for cross-party unity on net zero just hours after it was revealed Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attended the launch of a climate change denying lobby group

Evening Standard

Fact check: Sir Keir Starmer has criticised Donald Trump in the past

In 2016 Sir Keir called some of Mr Trump’s beliefs ‘absolutely repugnant’.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer faces test of climate leadership with big decisions on carbon budget

PM will have to respond to Climate Change Committee’s recommendations on future emissions cuts with drastic changes in many sectors of economy

Evening Standard

Pylon wars: Battle between builders and ‘blockers’ mounts across UK

Labour wants to rewire Britain by building thousands of new pylons – but it is prompting a local backlash across the country.

The Guardian - UK

Labour under fire over plans for 40 more ‘greenwashing’ waste incinerators

Communities across the UK are fighting ‘catastrophic’ proposals to build new energy-from-waste plants

The Independent UK

Millions of homeowners could be set to receive cheap loans and grants for solar panels

Ministers are drawing up plans to subsidise the cost of fitting solar panels and batteries in homes across the country in a bid to meet one of Sir Keir Starmer’s key election pledges

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