Vera Weghmann

Jun 24, 2024 | theconversation.com | David Hall |Vera Weghmann

With Great British Energy, a publicly owned company that would invest in clean power, the UK Labour party pledges to “take back control of our energy”. But will it, as promised, enable Labour to decarbonise electricity by 2030? And how much control would it give the government over the energy system anyway? Enough to lower bills? The Labour party manifesto claims that GB Energy would receive funding of £8.3 billion over the course of a five-year parliament.