Our politicians need to be where the conversations are happening… but is Ed Miliband taking it too far? To hear more from Deputy Director of Uplift @robertnpalmer.bsky.social, catch up with the pod now. We discuss Rachel Reeves' potential cuts to the Warm Homes Plan. #ASMR #Politics #UK

Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵

The Scottish Affairs Committee's report on North Sea policy is absolutely right to conclude that, in recent years, there has been a disastrous failure to plan for job losses at Grangemouth and in North Sea oil & gas. But its findings are unfortunately already out of date. More detail in the 🧵:

Read this sorry story about how an academic was axed from conference panels because he was deemed too interesting. He was told no one on the panel was expected to air difficult opinions in front of MPs that could damage the oil and gas sector www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Scotland has everything it needs to win big from the energy transition: a proud industrial heritage, skilled energy workforce & world class renewable resources. As the 2026 elections approach, Uplift has developed our proposals for making energy work for Scotland: 🧵 www.upliftuk.org/post/make-en...

A good news story! I spoke to The Standard Tech Science Daily podcast on how renewables have now surpassed coal for electricity generation this year

For ~20yrs the Climate Change Act has powered clean growth & climate action Proud to co-ordinate 124 MPs & Peers to urge the Conservatives, don’t scrap it Turning climate leadership into a political football puts our economy, security & children’s future at risk #ClimateAction

While the Tory party's energy & climate policy grows increasingly detached from reality, worth reflecting on a remarkable, under-reported event at Labour conference: the launch of Climate Jobs UK, a campaign by GMB, Prospect & other TUs focused on the creation of good jobs in the energy transition 🧵

Nick Robinson on Today this AM was completely wrong to suggest that pumping more oil & gas from the North Sea would lower bills, something even former Tory Energy Secretaries have accepted. We’ve burned most of the gas and export the vast majority of the oil—and oil is basically what’s left…

"The reality is that the small print in the industry's own reports show that there is vanishingly small amounts of gas thats left to be extracted from the North Sea." Tessa Khan, Executive Director & Founder at Uplift, @tessakhan.bsky.social. On LBC with Clare Foges @lbc.co.uk.

Some highly questionable industry assertions about ‘tiebacks’ and new oil & gas exploration licensing covered by the Sunday Times this morning, incl. the volume of potential production & the impact on jobs & supply chains. Let's take a closer look: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

The FT’s John Gapper has offered his advice on North Sea oil and gas drilling this morning. Let’s start with what we agree on: The UK government needs a proper plan for the future of the North Sea. This is unarguable. 🧵

Somewhat sensationalist headline here obscures some really interesting research - which tallies with other available tracking data - on shifting attitudes to climate in the UK. Below are a few quick thoughts on how to understand this, in my view 👇 t.co/gDqlQgQBHn

How much oil and gas is REALLY left in the North Sea? 🤔 According to a new report by oil and gas lobby group @oeuk.bsky.social, loads!!!! *As long as they get subsidies and deregulation* Is this true? And if so, would it lower bills? Let's investigate...

This is such a bizarre pitch

This would be laughable if it wasn't so serious: yet again, the Tories are claiming that we can get "all our oil and gas" from the North Sea and that we should be doing even more to support the industry to extract. There are several reasons why we should treat this with maximum scepticism:

Trump’s Scotland visit wasn’t just about golf. His call to "Get rid of the windmills and bring back the oil" is an attempt to meddle in our energy transition. We have abundant wind resources which can provide us with energy security, lower bills, and good jobs. @jeremyvine.bsky.social

Remarkable how often this is missed in political debates on energy. Farage and Badenoch are allowed to repeatedly imply drilling more can fix everything, but it is highly probable there is not much gas left to drill. www.businessgreen.com/news/4516717...

🚨For 60 years, the North Sea powered the UK, but the gas is running out - fast Even if every new gas field is approved, UK production won’t meet our heating needs by 2027, and by 2050 94% of our gas will have to be imported. That’s not a policy choice, it’s geological reality [1/3]

BREAKING 🚨: We've just dropped a massive banner off Westminster Bridge to demand the UK Government #StopRosebank It's time for Keir Starmer make the right choice 👀

JUST RAISE TAX After last night’s U-turn, Rachel Reeves cannot tweak her way out of this crisis. The system must be torn down.

🚨BREAKING Multiple British Overseas Territories just missed their deadline to expose the £billions being stashed away in secret offshore accounts by super rich tax dodgers, corporates, and criminals. This is the third such deadline they’ve missed. 1/4 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"This is not just a usual British warm summer and it's being driven by climate change." 💯 @robertnpalmer.bsky.social on @lbcnews.bsky.social

🚨 REMINDER: This is not normal. People across the world are sweltering under record temperatures, and new oil and gas will only crank up the heat. Yet Equinor and Ithaca want to develop the climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field. We won't let them.

1/ The Rosebank oil field is a very bad deal for the UK. Generous tax breaks mean the UK public would shoulder over 80% of the costs – and the vast majority of risk – from developing this massive oil field. How much we lose out depends on what oil prices might be in the future. 🧵

Another day, another story from the oil & gas industry that's all spin. The latest claim is there's an extra 3.5-ish bn barrels of O&G there for the taking in the North Sea, which would generate huge riches for the UK. Except the underlying analysis confirms this is "beyond realistic assumptions" /1

Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf

The UK gov has just published new guidance for environmental impact assessments for oil & gas projects. Despite reports/industry spin, it includes a genuinely robust, credible approach to assessing the emissions caused by burning oil & gas. Let's take a look! 🧵 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2525207...

Treasury 'poised to miss out on £250m in tax receipts from Rosebank oil development'

The UK heatwave is a directly linked to climate change. We're running out of time to act if we want a liveable climate. While some like the heat (I'm a sweaty mess today!) the heatwave is bad news for all of us - hurting people's health, increasing the risk of drought and harming farmers.

Today’s £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan is a huge step forward and other progress has been made:
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The UK govt softened tax reforms on the superrich because of a widely reported “exodus” of millionaires fleeing the UK. Our new study w/ @patmillsuk.bsky.social & @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social shows that the "exodus" was a complete fiction. #BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich taxjustice.net/press/millio...

Your latest reminder that the oil & gas industry is not interested in reducing emissions & will lobby govt/ regulators until it get its way. Great reporting from the @scotsman.com on how BP successfully weakened the UK oil & gas regulator's plan to reduce emissions: www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...

A major deal might be on the cards. After public and political pressure, the media are reporting that the Energy Security Secretary and Chancellor may have struck a deal — ensuring that the £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan can be delivered. [1/3]

Addressing wealth inequality must be at the heart of racial justice 💰 Structural and historic wealth imbalances - rooted in slavery and colonialism - still impact the wealth of people of colour in the UK today. Our new report with @lseinequalities.bsky.social shows how Read here: ow.ly/L26L50W1sfB

🧵New polling from @investinbritain.bsky.social by @survation.bsky.social reveals a majority of Labour MPs want the Chancellor to change course on fiscal policy. 1/8 thetimes.com/article/6448...

I'm very pleased to see Dr Faiza Shaheen appointed as the head of @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social. Faiza brings amazing experience as a political campaigner, inequality researcher and organisational leader. Exciting times!

When it comes to Labour's fiscal rules, more Britons see the priority as improving public services, even if it means abandoning their promises on taxation and government borrowing Improve public services: 37% Keep promises on fiscal rules: 22% yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

from all the calls I have been getting from journalists Reform UK seem to be quoting an @instituteforgovernment.org.uk explainer from 2021 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/expl...

An annual 2% wealth tax on assets over £10m could raise £6.1bn from the top 20 billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List alone. That’s enough to fully reverse cuts to winter fuel payments *and* PIP disability benefits 🤯

New polling reveals a clear warning to ministers: backtrack on the Warm Homes Plan, and you risk losing the trust of your voters. [1/4]

Among his other interesting comments today, President Trump has alleged that there's a century worth of oil & gas drilling left in the North Sea that the UK should incentivise in order to get energy costs down. Let's take a closer look at the veracity of that idea, shall we? /1

Another day, another multi-million pound green supply chain investment. www.businessgreen.com/news/4413815...

Pandering to the far right will only serve to normalise the far right, and nobody but the far right wins in that scenario. All you do is compromise what you’re meant to stand for and throw marginalised and demonised communities under the bus in the process. It’s cowardly and electorally futile.

NEW Reform’s green energy assault in Lincolnshire ‘puts 12,200 jobs at risk’ Party intends to block projects despite net zero industries contributing nearly £1bn to local economy, analysis shows www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Very strong defence of renewables and net zero from Starmer at PMQs - reading our quotes from Badenoch and Stride backing green energy and saying they were “right then”

🚨Reports in the FT suggest that Labour could axe its £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan are deeply alarming. "Any dilution of this Plan will have long term consequences." [1/3]

This is why mooting 'ditching net-zero' as the solution to Labour's woes is so silly. It's a policy that is popular with their core voters, critical to progressive voters they need to woo back, and Reform voters are sceptical but it's way down their priority list.

The closure of Grangemouth refinery is a devastating blow for Scotland that must act as an urgent wake up call. Read our full response: www.futureeconomy.scot/press/117-re...