Alexander Dustan

2 months ago | sustainability.slaughterandmay.com | Hywel Davies |Oliver Moir |Alexander Dustan |Aaron Wu

The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information regarding other sector developments, please click here. North Sea Transition: Balancing energy jobs and Net Zero objectivesThe new Labour government has committed to ensuring a “phased and responsible transition” in the North Sea, the stated aim of which is to balance job protection while recognising oil and gas’s ongoing role in the UK’s energy mix.

Oct 31, 2024 | sustainability.slaughterandmay.com | Michael Corbett |Hywel Davies |Oliver Moir |Alexander Dustan

On 30 October 2024, the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered the first Budget under a Labour government since 2010, emphasising in her speech that “the only way to drive economic growth is to invest, invest, invest”.

Jul 22, 2024 | sustainability.slaughterandmay.com | Hywel Davies |Michael Corbett |Isabel Taylor |Alexander Dustan

For industry, investors and the public alike, the King’s Speech delivered at the State Opening of Parliament serves as a useful barometer of government priorities for the coming year. The first King’s Speech under a new Labour government on 17 July 2024 was no exception, setting out an ambitious legislative agenda of 40 bills.