Labour’s Burnham to announce North Sea drilling plans after manifesto no-new-licences pledge
Why this next policy move matters now: the Labour party’s 2024 pledge clashes with the politics of energy security.

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Why this next policy move matters now: the Labour party’s 2024 pledge clashes with the politics of energy security.
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