Keir Starmer to 'throw everything' at plan to get UK to net zero

Labour leader will use speech in Scotland to lay out new green strategy for energy industryKeir Starmer will pledge to "throw everything" at net zero and the overhaul of the UK's energy system and industries, promising new jobs in "the race of our lifetime" to a low-carbon future.The Labour leader will seek to regain the initiative on his plan for green growth on Monday, having rowed back earlier this month on a pledge to invest ?28bn in a green industrial strategy, a figure that will not now be reached until the second half of a Labour parliament, as well as damaging rows with trade unions over the future of the North Sea. Continue reading...