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Max Wilkinson has called for new builds to come with solar panels as standard amid efforts to reduce carbon emissions and cut bills (Liberal Democrats/PA)
BuildingsConstructionEfficiencyElectricityNewsPoliticsSolarUtilities

Lower housebuyers’ bills with solar panels on newbuild roofs, UK ministers urged

The 'Sunshine Bill,' a U.K. private member's bill would would bake into law a standard for newbuilds to come with solar panels on...

The Finance Bill, if passed, would raise the rate of energy (oil and gas) profits levy (Andrew Milligan/PA)
BusinessEconomyNatural GasNewsOilPoliticsRegulations

Tax rise for North Sea oil and gas could ‘kill goose that lays the golden egg’

Raising tax on North Sea oil and gas profits could “kill the goose that lays the golden egg” and threaten the transition to...

Miatta Fahnbulleh said a new framework to regulate third-party intermediaries could end hidden fees (PA)
BusinessNewsPoliticsRegulations

UK energy price comparison websites set for new regulations

Price comparison websites and energy brokers will be regulated in a bid to end their alleged “license to scam”.

A Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spokesperson said the Government is ‘committed’ to the 3.2 gigawatt power station project (PA)
EconomyElectricityNewsNuclear PowerPolitics

UK govt unlocks up to £5.5bn for new nuclear power station subsidy scheme

The UK unlocks up to £5.5 billion in subsidies for the Sizewell C nuclear plant, despite financial and environmental concerns.

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