Keir Starmer is ramping up efforts to secure Britain’s clean energy future, with a bold new plan to boost jobs for welders, electricians, and engineers across the country. Speaking at a major energy summit in London, the Prime Minister unveiled £300 million in fast-tracked funding through Great British Energy to support offshore wind and other clean energy projects.
The idea? To turn the UK into a global hub for clean power while rebuilding domestic industry and creating thousands of high-quality jobs. “Delivering the plan for change means winning the race for the clean energy jobs of the future,” Starmer said. “Let my message to the world go out: come and build the clean energy future in Britain”, reported the Mirror.
The announcement came as the PM kicked off a two-day summit with Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, focused on energy security and economic growth. The investment aims to inject new life into Britain’s industrial heartlands and provide a major boost for companies working in the clean power supply chain.
Ed Miliband echoed the urgency, saying, “It is only by taking back control of our energy that we can protect families and businesses from the rollercoaster of global markets.” He added that the government is “doubling down” on turning Britain into a clean energy superpower.
Kate Bell from the TUC welcomed the move, calling it “an important step forward.” She pointed to the chaos in global trade and stressed the need for strong domestic supply chains that deliver “good quality jobs and energy independence.”
Alongside the jobs push, Miliband is also taking action to clean up the supply chain. On Thursday, it emerged he’s introducing a legislative change to ensure Great British Energy won’t use solar panels containing materials linked to forced labour in China.
The amendment is designed to stop any association with slave labour – particularly materials suspected of coming from labour transfer schemes where ethnic minorities in China are reportedly forced into factory work.
No10 insists the ethical move won’t slow progress. “We remain confident as we always have done in our sprint to clean power by 2030,” said the PM’s spokesman.
Luke de Pulford, who heads the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, warned that the problem runs deep in the renewables sector, saying, “Very often ethnic minorities… are forced to work against their will, and sadly, many such workers are placed within the renewable industry in China.”
The PM’s clean energy push is not just about tech and targets – it’s also about values. And now, he’s drawing a line in the sand.
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