Keir Starmer tries to calm rift with GMB over energy policy

Labour leader makes move as union leader renews attack on plan to ban new North Sea oil and gas extractionKeir Starmer has moved to calm a growing rift with the GMB union over Labour's energy policy, even as its leader renewed his attack on the party's plan to prohibit new North Sea oil and gas developments.The Labour leader has pledged to enact the ban if his party wins power, proposing to invest instead in renewable sources, such as wind farms, and in nuclear power. Continue reading...