UK must ‘move at speed’ on renewables but energy absent from spring statement
The UK needs to “move at speed” with renewable energy to boost energy security independence and cut bills, according to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
His comments were meant to be a taster ahead of the eagerly awaited spring statement from Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, who is in charge of the UK government finances – but as it happens, they were the only reference to energy throughout proceedings in the House of Commons today.
The Chancellor’s half-hour statement made repeated references to global uncertainty as the main reason for the UK’s ongoing economic challenges. Trading patterns “were becoming more unstable,” but there was nothing specifically on broader energy policy, much less on specific technologies such as hydrogen or carbon capture and storage.
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