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Luke Murphy's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Luke Murphy

• 24 Jun 2026: Parliamentary Speech

  “Nothing will distract us from achieving net zero or driving forward renewables…I want people to feel nothing but unadulterated optimism…We are absolutely committed to our targets.”

  The facts about climate change have not changed, yet the right hon. Member has changed her mind. Could that be because of those Members sitting on the Reform Bench?

  Full debate: Climate Change

  I agreed with the speech of the shadow Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho), in 2023, because she rightly argued—I did not agree with everything she said, but she made this central point—that while she agreed with the target for net zero, policy would be crucial to shaping whether it worked for families and business. However, rather than doing the hard work of designing policy to ensure that, the Conservatives have abandoned the target completely.

  Full debate: Climate Change

• 19 Mar 2026: Parliamentary Speech

  I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting time for this important debate. I am also grateful to the members of the all-party parliamentary group on climate change—of which I am the chair—whose commitment reflects the strength of feeling on this issue in this House and across our constituencies. I also thank the APPG’s secretariat for their dedication to ensuring we have the evidence and expertise to drive forward meaningful discussion on climate progress.

  Some still ask why progress on tackling climate change matters at a time when living standards, economic growth and public services are much higher up the list of the public’s priorities. The truth is that action on climate change is inextricably linked to those priorities. Just in the past few weeks, it has been demonstrated that our energy security and living standards are indivisible from our climate ambitions. Many of our constituents are already feeling, or worrying about, the severe instability that the Iran war has caused for prices at the pump, heating oil and future energy bills, as well as its wider indirect impacts on the cost of things like the food they put on the table.

  That is because this is not an energy crisis; it is an oil and gas crisis, one that comes only a few years after the last oil and gas shock, which was caused by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. That crisis caused household energy bills to soar by 80% and inflation in the economy to increase to 11%, and resulted in a taxpayer bail-out of nearly £60 billion. These crises are not new—history is repeating itself. Since 1970, half of our country’s recessions have been caused by oil and gas price shocks. The truth is that the UK is paying the price for a broken global energy system, upon which every household is dependent. Indeed, research has shown that the cost of cutting UK emissions to net zero is less than the cost of a single fossil fuel price shock.

  We see the consequences in our communities every day, with rugby and football clubs across the country unable to open daily as their energy bills rise, local pubs struggling to keep the lights on and established industries and start-ups alike struggling to cope with energy costs, yet there are those inside and outside of this House who argue for yet more dependence on this broken system. They call for us to slow down our action on climate change—to slow the sprint to clean energy or, worse, to hit reverse gear. They believe that more oil and gas will solve our problems, ignoring the fact that our reserves are heavily depleted and extracting what remains is far more expensive than it is in other North sea nations. They ignore the fact that even if we increased oil production today, it would take five to seven years before any new oil supplies became available, far too late to help families facing costs right now. Even then, UK-produced oil would still be sold into global oil markets, where international supply and demand set the price.

  Full debate: Climate Change

  I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I do not know the circumstances of that particular issue, but I agree that renewable energy companies, like all companies, should act in the public interest.

  Those who actively oppose the transition to clean energy, such as Reform, prefer instead to expose every family, business and community in Britain to the boot of the fossil fuel dictator stamping on their neck forever. More broadly, tackling climate change matters because its impacts are no longer a distant threat—they are part of everyday life. Across the country, extreme weather means more patients on hot hospital wards, children struggling to learn in stifling classrooms, and families worrying about how to protect and insure their homes from flooding.

  Full debate: Climate Change

  In my constituency of Basingstoke, we have already seen the reality of our changing climate, with more than 500 heat-related deaths in the south-east in 2022 alone. In 2023, extreme weather caused a landslip that severed our town’s rail connectivity for days, and in 2024, the south-east NHS saw a 13% increase in emergency hospital admissions for a respiratory condition linked to rising temperatures. Climate change is already affecting our health, our infrastructure and our economy, placing immense pressure on the public services we rely on. That is before we even consider the other serious economic risks posed by climate change.

  The Climate Change Committee estimates that unchecked climate change could impact UK economic output by up to 7% of GDP by 2050. Businesses and investors already recognise that climate risk is economic risk, and small businesses are already feeling the impact. Shops on Pontypridd high street in Wales are finding it impossible to get insurance; flooding in Yorkshire and Cumbria is disrupting national supply chains; and whisky distilleries in Scotland face water scarcity. Failure to manage these challenges today will only increase costs and disruption later.

  Climate change is also a critical matter of national security. For decades, and notably in the Pentagon’s 2014 quadrennial defence review, security experts have identified climate change as a major threat multiplier—it drives instability, heightens resource pressures and accelerates displacement. The Ministry of Defence’s 2021 “Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach” document warns that climate change increases the risk of conflict through competition for scarce resources and undermines military effectiveness.

  Then there is the impact on nature and our wider environment. There are those who try to separate the issues of climate and nature—the Reform party, for example, claims to care about nature while planning to tear up legislation, policies and investments to tackle climate change—but this is a false choice. Climate change is inseparable from the health of our wider environment; the stability of our forests, rivers, soils and seas is inextricably linked to our climate. As temperatures rise, we see damage to biodiversity and agriculture. The Government’s own nature security assessment warns that on our current trajectory, every critical ecosystem across all regions is heading towards collapse. Nature also plays a crucial role in safeguarding us. Our forests and wetlands absorb carbon; chalk streams, like the beautiful ones we have in Hampshire, support drainage; and urban trees help cool our temperatures. Protecting the climate and restoring nature must go hand in hand, as the resilience of one depends on the health of the other.

  Full debate: Climate Change

  I completely agree. If my hon. Friend will forgive the pun, the land use framework is a landmark document. It reflects the Government’s acknowledgement that the public understand many of the threats that we face and want to see climate action. Polling shows that 70% of the British public say that tackling climate change is important to them, with more than two thirds supporting ambitious action. For years, there was a broad cross-party political consensus on such measures. That consensus stretches back all the way to Margaret Thatcher, who said:

  “The problem of global climate change is one that affects us all”.

  That consensus delivered. We implemented the world’s first Climate Change Act in 2008 under Gordon Brown, and built on it under Theresa May. In 2015, we announced that we would phase out coal by 2025, which was brought forward to 2024. With the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, the target was met. Domestically, we have more than halved our emissions since 1990 while growing our economy by nearly 80%. Clean energy drives economic growth, with the clean economy growing three times as fast as the rest of the economy.

  Our leadership has secured action around the world. The Climate Change Act 2008 inspired nations such as Denmark, Mexico, Sweden, France, New Zealand, Ireland and Germany to adopt similar measures, and has contributed to reductions in emissions around the world. Successive Governments have shaped the global agenda, but that leadership is now at risk. The current leader of the Conservative party, the right hon. Member for North West Essex (Mrs Badenoch), would scrap the vital Climate Change Act, as would Reform, sacrificing the health of our environment, economy and society at home, and Britain’s global climate leadership and action abroad. Such action is reckless.

  We have the capacity to drive meaningful progress at home and abroad, and we must continue to exercise our leadership. I was really proud to hear the Prime Minister say at COP30 that the UK is doubling down on the fight against climate change, and I am pleased that that commitment has been met by decisive action over the past 20 months

  Full debate: Climate Change

  Current events demonstrate that, through their ambitious commitment to clean energy and tackling climate change, the Government are on the right track. If anything, we must go further and faster. In an unstable world, where energy prices are rocketing, the most effective step we can take is to get off the fossil fuel rollercoaster.

  Sitting in this House is a privilege that comes with responsibility. Every one of our constituents is affected by climate change, as future generations will be. We often talk about the economic inheritance that we leave behind—public finances, growth and opportunity—and we should talk about those things, but what about everything else that our children and grandchildren will inherit? The choices we make today will determine the environment that we leave for generations to come. It is our duty to ensure that those who come after us are not left to shoulder a far greater burden than the one that we face today. I want to leave my nephews, and my friends’ and neighbours’ children, a world that is safe, healthy and sustainable. We must reject those who want to turn the clock back, or to use climate as a wedge issue. The stakes are too high to leave this to those who will come after us. The responsibility is ours, and the time for bold action is now.

  Full debate: Climate Change

  I, too, celebrate the achievements under the previous Government. Why, then, given that those achievements came about under the framework of the Climate Change Act, which was then recognised internationally and led to progress elsewhere, are you now going to throw that framework in the bin?

  Full debate: Climate Change

  I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting the debate, and all colleagues who contributed. There was broad agreement that it is important to make progress on tackling climate change, not least because it means progress on economic growth, on living standards, on delivering national security, and on leaving a better inheritance for future generations—and who would not want that?

  Full debate: Climate Change

• 10 Feb 2026: Tweet

  ???? 3/5 The Local Power Plan will bring about the largest public investment in community energy in UK history, backed up by £1 billion through GB Energy. By 2030 every community should have the opportunity to own its own clean energy project so that we all benefit from net-zero [Source]

• 20 Jan 2026: Tweet

  It was great to host Minister Macdonald to brief the Climate Change APPG on the government's Clean Energy Jobs Plan. I asked the Minister about how the transition to clean jobs can support bringing down energy bills and ease the cost of living. https://x.com/LukeMLabour/status/2013621378704920862/photo/1 [Source]

• 17 Dec 2025: Tweet

  Great to chair a meeting of the @ClimateAPPG with @mgshanks, Minister for Energy Talking Govt’s North Sea Future Plan. Managing existing oil & gas fields responsibly; delivering on Labour's commitment to not issue new licences; protecting jobs & creating jobs of the future https://x.com/LukeMLabour/status/2001315156568035481/photo/1 [Source]

• 22 Oct 2025: Tweet

  Great to host a cross-party roundtable with Climate Minister, Katie White, ahead of COP30 ???? Great that Keir is confirmed for COP30 & to hear the work @energygovuk is doing to accelerate the transition to clean energy Katie talked about: ✅Leading the Global Clean Power Alliance ✅Driving climate finance ✅Reversing deforestation ✅Building resilience and funding adaptation [Source]

• 11 Oct 2025: Tweet

  Met with Network Rail and South Western Railway this week to talk about how they’re preparing our rail network for the impact of climate change. We’ve seen in recent years how heavy rain and land slippages can cause real disruption on local lines. Network Rail talked me through their plans to protect our infrastructure and keep our trains safe - while SWR’s managing timetables to keep trains running when faults occur. Building resilience now means fewer delays and safer journeys for pass [Source]

• 03 Oct 2025: Tweet

  RT @YuanfenYang: The Conservative plan to abolish the Climate Change Act is just bizarre. Since it was introduced by Labour in 2008, both C… [Source]

• 03 Oct 2025: Tweet

  Thanks for this message and others on climate action. But I respectfully disagree. The costs of not acting are considerably greater than acting, moreover, the clean economy is now worth billions to the British economy and employs nearly a million people. The climate change act has also had a massive impact abroad with dozens and dozens of other countries following our lead and global emissions reductions happening as a result. The UK does make up only a small amount of emissions, you're right, [Source]

• 03 Oct 2025: Tweet

  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 https://x.com/LukeMLabour/status/1974031925632242155/photo/1 [Source]

• 02 Oct 2025: Tweet

  The Climate Change Act has been the heart of the cross-party consensus on tackling climate change for nearly two decades - this is a sad day for the Conservatives. Scrapping the Climate Change Act while claiming to believe in climate change is like admitting gravity exists, jumping out a plane and then throwing away your parachute. Belief without action isn’t belief, it’s denial in disguise. The Act gives investors the certainty they need, supporting jobs and billions of pounds of investme [Source]

• 02 Oct 2025: Tweet

  Was great to attend so many brilliant events during this years Labour Party Conference ???? From climate and net zero, to housing, to raising living standards, I have had so many inspiring conversations. I’m glad to be back in Basingstoke, motivated and full of ideas! https://x.com/LukeMLabour/status/1973647933762380224/photo/1 [Source]

• 01 Oct 2025: Tweet

  Had a brilliant time at Labour Party Conference 2025 ???? To recap, here are some of the things I got up to on day 1: ???? I chaired a Labour Housing Group panel on how to build sustainable homes ???? I spoke on a panel with Startup Coalition on how we can reach net zero ???? I talked about raising living standards with the Fabian Society and the Living Standards Coalition And much more ... [Source]

• 09 Sep 2025: Tweet

  I'm proud to have been re-elected today as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change As Chair, I’ve had the privilege of working cross-party to: ✅ Champion a just transition for workers and regions currently dependent on high-carbon sectors ✅ Support new MPs through the Climate & Nature Leadership Programme ✅ Press for stronger UK leadership on the international stage at COP29 ✅ Push for faster, fairer action to cut emissions and expand clean energy Thank you to c [Source]

• 05 Sep 2025: Tweet

  ????️ I asked Bob Ward this week about the damage misinformation is doing to public trust in climate policy Today, Farage told Reform UK's conference he’d scrap net zero, part of a deliberate effort to drag climate action into a culture war - fuelled by misinformation https://x.com/LukeMLabour/status/1963951512373109159/video/1 [Source]

• 15 Jul 2025: Tweet

  Yesterday I challenged the denial and delay we’re seeing from the Conservatives and Reform UK on climate. Calling science 'garbage' and net zero 'impossible' isn't just wrong — it's dangerous. Only Labour has and is acting on a credible plan to tackle the climate crisis and create tens of thousands of good green jobs for the future. ????⚡️ [Source]

• 14 Jul 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, not least because I called for such a measure before I was elected to this House, under the previous Conservative Government. This is a really important thing to do, not least because it underscores the Government’s approach to clean energy, and to wider climate action to tackle and mitigate the many climate impacts that we already see; we have just had three heatwaves. This action will also lower bills, strengthen our economy and, in a patriotic way, ensure our national security. Does he, like me, lament the loss of the cross-party consensus that he mentioned? The leader of the Conservatives says that net zero is impossible, and the deputy leader of Reform says that climate science is garbage. One denies urgency, while the other denies reality, and both deny the evidence from the Met Office and climate scientists—and, indeed, the experience of their constituents. Does the Secretary of State agree that when young people and future generations ask who stood in the way of their precious inheritance of cleaner air and local green space, it will be the Conservatives and Reform—

  Full debate: State of Climate and Nature

• 02 Jul 2025: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: We were delighted to host Minister for Industry @LabourSJ for a cross-party meeting on supporting the workforce for a clea… [Source]

• 12 Jun 2025: Tweet

  As Chair of , @ClimateAPPG I was pleased to host @mgshanks for a roundtable to discuss the government’s plans for the future of the North Sea. This is a vital opportunity to deliver for workers and communities who rely on the North Sea, and to meet our climate commitments. https://x.com/LukeMLabour/status/1933176537190166861/photo/1 [Source]

• 12 Jun 2025: Tweet

  On Tuesday, I asked the Minister for Energy about the importance of energy security to our national security. Since Putin invaded Ukraine, energy bills have skyrocketed, due to how the Tories handcuffed our economy to volatile oil and gas markets. The Tories have spent the last 11 months backtracking on their net zero commitments, talking down the energy infrastructure this country needs, while Labour has spent the last 11 months honouring its commitments, and taking decisive action to improve [Source]

• 10 Jun 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I welcome the investment in our energy security and jobs. I know from my visit to Sizewell with the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee that jobs in the nuclear industry are good, well paid and highly skilled. Does the Secretary of State agree that that is in part thanks to the strong relationship between business, trade unions and the Government in that sector, and that there is much to be learned from that relationship in other parts of the energy sector and beyond?

  Full debate: Nuclear Power: Investment

• 10 Jun 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  The strategic defence reviews of this Government and the previous Government highlighted the risks posed to our security by climate change. Does the Minister agree that the increasing opposition by the Conservatives and other Opposition Members to clean power infrastructure and increasing our grid capacity across the country is not just economically illiterate but a risk to our national security?

  Full debate: Grid Capacity

• 10 Jun 2025: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: Climate change is a national security risk. During DESNZ questions today, our Chair @LukeMLabour highlights that opposing… [Source]

• 10 Jun 2025: Tweet

  Clean power is the foundation of prosperity in the 21st century Yet it’s been decades since the last UK nuclear plant opened, harming energy security, growth & efforts to curb climate change Today’s investment is the difference a @UKLabour makes ???? @Ed_Miliband @RachelReevesMP https://twitter.com/rachelreevesmp/status/1932317062929481747 [Source]

• 06 Jun 2025: Tweet

  The energy transition can deliver a brighter future for the North Sea and those who work in it. That’s why I’m really proud that the @ClimateAPPG is setting out an ambitious, transformative plan to deliver for workers while meeting our climate commitments. https://x.com/LukeMLabour/status/1930941727507886161/photo/1 [Source]

• 05 Jun 2025: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: @carla_denyer 'Group of cross party MPs calls for more detailed plan and funding to accelerate fair transition from oil an… [Source]

• 13 May 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  It is disappointing that the shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, is not here to explain further his comments in the newspapers today. He has moved from saying that he opposes electricity pylons to the issue of scientists themselves, suggesting that climate targets are not, in fact, science-based. It is disappointing that he is not here to defend his amendment, but I very much welcome the Government’s proposal.

  Full debate: Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Fifth sitting)

  I rise briefly to welcome the clause, which underlines the Government’s commitment both to tackle climate change and to restore and protect nature. As the Minister said, we have seen how Forestry and Land Scotland has been able to make use of its estate to install more than a gigawatt of generating capacity, which has been a major source of revenue for it to continue its conservation, preservation and reforestation mission. Once again, it underlines the Government’s commitment to protect nature while tackling climate change.

  Full debate: Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Fifth sitting)

• 13 May 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  It is a delight to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I welcome these proposals. This is a major reform that will allow the Government to speed up the delivery of vital electric vehicle infrastructure, to deliver on our climate targets and ensure that we can meet the growing demand for electric vehicles.

  Full debate: Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)

• 29 Apr 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. Might it not be that the hon. Member for Hamble Valley is embarrassed by his party on net zero? After all, on 17 January he said:

  “I will conclude—many will be pleased to hear—by reaffirming the Conservative party’s strong commitment to the UK’s target of reaching net zero by 2050” —[ Official Report , 17 January 2025; Vol. 760, c. 650.] —

  Full debate: Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)

• 24 Apr 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  Dhara Vyas: I think it links neatly to the last question around demand. The reality is that we need to decarbonise business in a significant way. Right now, what businesses in this country are paying is among the highest of OECD countries, if not the first or second highest in that group. This is a big part of the discussion with the Department for Business and Trade around the industrial strategy.

  Full debate: Planning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)

• 18 Mar 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  Now that the Conservative party opposes large-scale solar, net zero and onshore wind, I am tempted to ask the Minister what he makes of that party’s new energy policy, which is to take us back to the past, rub two sticks together and hope for the best. Instead, will he update the House on the progress of Great British Energy in delivering our clean energy mission?

  Full debate: Large-scale Solar Farms

• 18 Mar 2025: Tweet

  Kemi Badenoch has said she’ll scrap the Net Zero 2050 target but then says she’ll set a new one if experts agree I don’t know about you, but if I were making a decision to scrap such a big policy, I’d have consulted experts & business *before* I made it… ???? https://x.com/LukeMLabour/status/1901976744027975753/photo/1 https://twitter.com/lukemlabour/status/1901902201154371744 [Source]

• 06 Mar 2025: Tweet

  7/ Want to have your say? The consultation is open until April 30. Read more & share your views here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-the-north-seas-energy-future #NorthSea #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition #NetZero [Source]

• 25 Feb 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  Skills England will replace the current fragmented system with one that properly assesses national and regional skills needs, which will be absolutely crucial if we are to meet the challenges of the future. That will ensure we are training people for the jobs that actually exist in the places where they are actually needed. This is not just about cutting red tape; it is about making sure that our approach to apprenticeships and technical education is fit for the modern economy. For years, the system has been tied up in rigid, outdated rules that make it harder to respond to the fast-changing needs of industries such as digital, green energy and advanced manufacturing. The changes in this Bill will allow for a more flexible, forward-thinking approach that actually meets the needs of employers and workers alike. A big part of that is replacing the old apprenticeship levy, which has been too restrictive, with a new growth and skills levy, which will give employers the freedom to invest in a wider range of training opportunities.

  Full debate: Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]

• 25 Feb 2025: Tweet

  The UK’s green sector is growing three times faster than the wider economy, according to the CBI. Developing domestic supply chains for clean energy isn’t just about achieving net zero - it’s a major economic growth opportunity. The OECD has emphasised that secure and competitive clean energy supply chains are critical to a resilient energy transition and long-term economic security. Building on pre-election inquiry findings, we will be holding a one-off hearing to assess the UK’s Indu [Source]

• 25 Feb 2025: Tweet

  4/ We’ll also tackle unsustainable energy debt. Labour will accelerate a debt relief scheme to cut bad debt built up during the energy crisis—helping lower bills for everyone by £25-£30 per year. [Source]

• 24 Feb 2025: Tweet

  RT @jessralston2: The net zero economy grew 10% last year???? so it's now worth over £80bn GVA and supports nearly 1 million jobs would be m… [Source]

• 12 Feb 2025: Tweet

  ???? Retrofit failures: How do we move forward on warm homes? At 3pm today, the Energy Security & Net Zero Committee will hear from those directly affected by solid wall insulation failures under past Government schemes. With widespread poor installations uncovered, we’ll be asking: who is responsible, and how will this be fixed? A second panel at 4pm will then assess how we reshape industry regulation to ensure the Government’s Warm Homes Plan delivers on its promise of safe, high-qua [Source]

• 11 Feb 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  From what I am hearing, the hon. Member is making an anti-renewables, anti-action on climate change speech. She mentioned that electricity prices are some of the highest in Europe, but her party had been in government for 14 years when the Government inherited those high prices. Could you confirm on the record that you think it is the Conservative party’s position that all levies on bills to support renewables should be scrapped?

  Full debate: Cost of Energy

• 10 Feb 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  The Minister should be commended for ending the terrible deal negotiated by the previous Conservative Government, which led to higher bills, excess profits and poor sustainability standards, but it is worth saying again that there seems to be no end to the Conservatives’ rank hypocrisy on energy policy. In government, the then Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, the right hon. Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho), signed off planning consent for the Drax carbon capture project, saying that

  Full debate: Biomass Generation

• 06 Feb 2025: Tweet

  RT @energygovuk: Today we've relaunched the Net Zero Council. Consisting of leaders in key sectors across civil society, businesses, trade… [Source]

• 04 Feb 2025: Tweet

  Can the UK really reach Clean Power by 2030? Tomorrow, with the Energy Security & Net Zero Committee I'll be putting questions to Mission Control for Clean Power 2030 on whether this ambitious target is achievable - and how we get there. Read more: ????https://committees.parliament.uk/event/23222/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/ [Source]

• 03 Feb 2025: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: Today our Chair @LukeMLabour has written to @thetimes calling for a rethink of coverage that links fossil fuels and growth… [Source]

• 29 Jan 2025: Tweet

  Brilliant visit to Port of Lowestoft w/ @britishports and @SPRenewables on Friday w/ the ESNZ Select Committee, seeing amazing work they're doing to deliver the renewables we need for the clean grid of the future. Incl. what will be the world's 2nd largest wind farm & a world 1st direct air capture trial - helping meet our climate goals & make use of the waste heat from @sizewellc [Source]

• 29 Jan 2025: Tweet

  Absolutely brilliant to visit the Port of Lowestoft w/ @britishports & @SPRenewables on Friday w/ the Energy Security & Net Zero Select Committee. Amazing work delivering renewables for a clean grid, incl. the world's 2nd largest wind farm & a world-first air capture trial using waste heat from @SizewellC [Source]

• 28 Jan 2025: Tweet

  This Labour government's top priority is delivering growth – but it's prosperity for a purpose Last week @sizewellc w the Energy Security & Net Zero Committee, I saw how clean energy can drive growth: meeting climate goals, creating skilled jobs, and building the infrastructure we need for a greener, fairer future. [Source]

• 24 Jan 2025: Tweet

  RT @sizewellc: ????️ Yesterday, we had a fantastic visit with members of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, who joined us at Sizewell… [Source]

• 23 Jan 2025: Tweet

  Last Wednesday, at the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee hearing, in one of my questions, I asked Energy Secretary @Ed_Miliband about public messaging on clean power and how the Government plans to ensure the transition to net zero brings everybody along https://x.com/LukeMLabour/status/1882457311198822743/video/1 [Source]

• 14 Jan 2025: Tweet

  I’m looking forward to taking part in tomorrow’s DESNZ Committee session with @Ed_Miliband. We’ll discuss: ✅ Reducing bills through the energy transition ✅ Scaling renewables & grid planning ✅ Role of carbon capture ✅ Balancing costs for net zero https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/664/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/news/204695/when-will-the-energy-transition-bring-down-bills-secretary-of-state-ed-miliband-makes-first-select-committee-appearance-on-wednesday/ [Source]

• 13 Jan 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  In government, the Conservatives saw the closure of Rough and reduced gas storage. In opposition, they oppose our proposals for clean power, and would see this country more reliant on volatile gas markets and higher energy prices. Is it not the truth that the Conservatives want us more reliant on gas, with higher bills and more likelihood of blackouts, because they oppose our plans for clean power and tackling runaway and accelerating climate change?

  Full debate: Gas Storage Levels

• 18 Dec 2024: Tweet

  A fantastic night co-hosting the @ClimateAPPG reception with @andrewpakes_ & @EnvironmentAPPG. Thanks to @ELPinchbeck and @ruthdavis27 for helping to galvanise this parliament's climate and nature champions https://x.com/LukeMLabour/status/1869444862854193657/photo/1 [Source]

• 18 Dec 2024: Tweet

  RT @andrewpakes_: It’s such an honour to work alongside the brilliant @LukeMLabour as chairs of @EnvironmentAPPG @ClimateAPPG We have an… [Source]

• 05 Dec 2024: Tweet

  RT @youngfabians: Thank you so much to everyone who joined us yesterday evening for a wide ranging discussion on COP29 and the state of cli… [Source]

• 3 Dec 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  I apologise for being late, and I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. I agree that the market of critical minerals is intensely concentrated in China. Therefore, for security reasons, for economic opportunities and to achieve net zero, it is vital to secure the domestic supply chain. Does he welcome, as I do, the recent memorandum of understanding between Cornish Lithium and LevertonHELM, which produces speciality lithium chemicals, in my constituency? That will help to secure a domestic supply of lithium to support the development of the UK’s battery sector, which in turn will help to maintain the competitiveness of our automotive sector.

  Full debate: Critical Minerals: Domestic Production

• 14 Nov 2024: Tweet

  Honoured to meet His Majesty the King last week at his International Sustainability Reception with global climate leaders. King Charles III has championed this cause for decades. Proud to work in Parliament to protect our planet for future generations. ????: Jordan Pettitt/PA https://x.com/LukeMLabour/status/1857046545956282574/photo/1 [Source]

• 12 Nov 2024: Tweet

  RT @Ed_Miliband: It is in Britain’s national self interest to tackle the climate crisis. It is the only way to keep our country safe. T… [Source]

• 15 Oct 2024: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: The @ClimateAPPG + @EnvironmentAPPG's new Climate and Nature Leadership Programme will harness the new political landscape… [Source]

• 09 Oct 2024: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: Yesterday the @ClimateAPPG and @EnvironmentAPPG were delighted to bring together cross-party parliamentarians for a discus… [Source]

• 7 Oct 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  Since the 1960s and the planned London overspill, Basingstoke has been transformed almost beyond recognition from the old market town. Now effectively a thriving new town, Basingstoke is home to many significant businesses and world-class employers including the AA and Eli Lilly, but it is not just the big players: from renewable energy start-ups such as Tomato Energy to independent coffee shops and restaurants such as Willows and the Gabardine, thousands of small businesses form the backbone of our economy, powered by the institutions that are shaping the minds of tomorrow, including Queen Mary’s college and Basingstoke college of technology.

  As a Labour MP, my guiding principle will be to fulfil the promise of this Labour Government in restoring opportunity for all, whether that is through the NHS, education or tackling climate change. Opportunity is why so many people have made Basingstoke their home over the years, it is why they voted Labour for the first time just over three months ago and it is what my parents and grandparents worked so hard for, for my sister and me. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak today, and I thank the people of Basingstoke for giving me my opportunity to serve.

  Full debate: NHS Performance: Darzi Investigation

• 14 Aug 2024: Tweet

  The UK has a government committed to cutting energy bills, tackling the climate crisis, freeing us from fossil fuel dictators & securing a fair transition As Chair of @ClimateAPPG I'll work across parliament to realise those ambitions ✍️ @TheHouseMag ???? https://x.com/ClimateAPPG/status/1823728099793756585 [Source]

• 25 Jul 2024: Tweet

  After 14yrs of dither & delay it’s *SO* positive to see such rapid action Basingstoke voted for a changed government committed to lowering their bills, delivering energy security & tackling climate change - & that’s what they’ve got ???? @Ed_Miliband https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/25/great-british-energy-ed-miliband-labour-clean-power [Source]

• 16 Jun 2024: Tweet

  RT @astridsviews: @LukeMLabour it was very nice to have met Luke this morning. A very nice young man who, like me, thinks climate change ve… [Source]

• 14 Jun 2024: Tweet

  RT @McHeath: Community ownership of energy assets is going to be a crucial element in delivering a just transition to a zero carbon econom… [Source]

• 16 May 2024: Tweet

  RT @mcortonscott: Labour is the party of lower bills and energy resilience. Renewable energy is national security. Pass it on. [Source]

• 21 Jan 2024: Tweet

  The looming skills gap is both a threat to the UK’s net zero ambitions and a big economic opportunity Me in the @guardian today ???? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/20/were-facing-a-critical-shortage-why-uks-green-revolution-urgently-needs-skilled-workers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other https://twitter.com/LukeMLabour/status/1749044256428208504/photo/1 [Source]

• 12 Oct 2023: Tweet

  It was a pleasure to organise this event on the climate crisis & how to tackle it for @PalaceLabour Thanks to the audience for some great questions & discussion, & panellists @KerryMP @LeonieC @Ajai_UK @SELonCommEnergy many of whom hot footed it from #LabConf23 https://twitter.com/LukeMLabour/status/1712365562922156398/photo/1 [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Ahead of Rishi Sunak's speech to water down the UK's net zero policies, I spoke to the Evening Standard podcast about why this move will be: ????⬆️Bad for consumers, with higher bills ????⬇️Bad for jobs & economic prosperity ????????Bad for the environment ???? https://podfollow.com/e/1f00af [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  No, they’re not going to save the planet AND they’re going to bankrupt the British people Clean alternatives mean lower bills, economic prosperity & reduced emissions This net zero bonfire means higher bills, lost jobs & accelerating climate change Desperate, dangerous stuff https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1704382363491271016 [Source]

• 19 Sep 2023: Tweet

  He’s taking the public for fools What Sunak is proposing on net zero is the opposite of what he says i.e. that politics must once again put the short political needs of the moment (Conservatives), ahead of the long term interests of our country Embarrassing https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1704219783950926268 [Source]

• 15 Sep 2023: Tweet

  More on what a just transition actually looks like here: https://labourlist.org/2023/09/just-transition-green-jobs-climate-change-net-zero-ippr/ [Source]

• 15 Sep 2023: Tweet

  The steel deal announced today is bad for workers, wider Port Talbot community, & for Britain It's not the just transition we need or workers deserve Solidarity with the workers & their trade unions @The_TUC @GMB_union @CommunityUnion @unitetheunion Me in the @Guardian ???? https://twitter.com/LukeMLabour/status/1702712880267747454/photo/1 [Source]

• 13 Sep 2023: Tweet

  ‘How to make the green transition – without the mistakes of the 1980s’ We need a just transition delivered with, for, & by workers &their trade unions I’ve written for LabourList with some ideas on how ???? https://labourlist.org/2023/09/just-transition-green-jobs-climate-change-net-zero-ippr/ [Source]

• 31 Jul 2023: Tweet

  The government is “pouring fuel on the fire while the world burns” “By proposing to ‘max out’ the North Sea, the Government is abandoning any pretence of climate leadership…” Me in the Mirror ???? https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/pms-backing-new-oil-gas-30592029 https://twitter.com/LukeMLabour/status/1686051234224934912/photo/1 [Source]

• 31 Jul 2023: Tweet

  The gov's plans to issue more oil & gas licences will not lower energy bills, improve energy security, & sees the gov abandon any claim to climate leadership Renewables are the quickest way to lower bills, realise energy independence and secure and create jobs I spoke to LBC... https://twitter.com/LukeMLabour/status/1686037893309935616/video/1 [Source]

• 19 Jun 2023: Tweet

  Keir setting out Labour’s mission for UK to be a clean energy superpower will tackle twin threats of climate crisis & energy security He & all other speakers have also said v clearly this will be a jobs first transition, a just transition, w workers & communities at its heart https://twitter.com/LukeMLabour/status/1670728206876377090/photo/1 [Source]

• 07 Jun 2023: Tweet

  We need a complete reset of the English planning system to build more homes & move faster to meet energy security, net zero & nature goals New report out, covered in the Guardian today https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/07/england-4700-years-from-building-enough-onshore-windfarms [Source]

• 19 Apr 2023: Tweet

  Pleased to talk to the Big Issue abt our new report on ending 'greenwashing' by big companies - this must change if we're to meet our climate goals & ensure the public aren't misled Just 1 in 40 large UK companies have ‘gold standard’ net zero targets https://www.bigissue.com/news/environment/greenwashing-companies-should-be-named-and-shamed-to-help-consumers-choose/ [Source]

• 28 Mar 2023: Tweet

  Was pleased to be on the panel today to respond to Ed's speech on how Labour wld grasp the opportunities of the green transition through investment & ambitious industrial policy Net zero = millions of quality jobs, build prosperity & spread opportunity https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/28/labour-urges-ministers-to-show-ambition-as-it-recasts-green-growth-plan https://twitter.com/LukeMLabour/status/1640687554809700353/photo/1 [Source]

• 18 Mar 2023: Tweet

  Spoke to the Guardian this week abt the budget “There is a global race to the top in reaching net zero, and the UK now risks falling seriously behind our competitors” The government’s running out of time, it’s costing us jobs, prosperity & environment https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/15/budget-2023-insulation-fuel-duty-uk-net-zero-carbon-goals [Source]

• 16 Mar 2023: Tweet

  Grt to spk to LBC on need for UK to learn lessons from US & step up action on net zero to create jobs & prosperity & ⬇️emissions We can't wait for the next crisis to come along The quickest...& cheapest way to bring down bills is to roll out renewables https://twitter.com/IPPR/status/1636347331116146688?s=20 [Source]

• 18 Jan 2023: Tweet

  Today I spoke to LBC news abt the need for UK gov to invest in an energy efficiency programme which will ???? save average households £500 a year off their energy bills ????‍♀️create 2.7m direct & indirect jobs ????support energy security ???? reduce emissions & tackle climate change https://twitter.com/LukeMLabour/status/1615767561899212800/video/1 [Source]

• 05 Jan 2023: Tweet

  As someone who spends their days working on two of the biggest problems we face - climate change & housing - I was pleased to hear him say Labour would not back down in the face of “vested interests who oppose planning reform or try to hold on to fossil fuels” [Source]

• 05 Jan 2023: Tweet

  In stark contrast to the unserious offering by the PM yesterday, Starmer effectively connected the two. Showing, for example, how action on the long term era defining threat of climate change can also deliver on immediate priorities like the cost of living [Source]

• 05 Jan 2023: Tweet

  Today Keir Starmer set out a hopeful vision for national renewal under a @UKLabour government He outlined the big & deep seated challenges the UK faces, from climate change to demographics while also setting a ruthless focus on everyday priorities inc the NHS & cost of living https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1610952373295321088 [Source]

• 26 Nov 2022: Tweet

  Brilliant evening @elliereeves @CLPLewishamW_P fundraiser Grt company & rousing speech by next @UKLabour Chancellor @RachelReevesMP So pleased to hear Rachel putting the climate crisis at the heart of Labour’s agenda for gov, harnessing the potential of the net zero economy https://twitter.com/LukeMLabour/status/1596525274707132417/photo/1 [Source]

• 12 Oct 2022: Tweet

  The growing & systemic challenges our country faces from climate breakdown to chronically stagnant productivity These mighty challenges won’t be addressed by more deregulation or tax cuts We need investment in skills, infrastructure & reform of our planning system… [Source]

• 28 Sep 2022: Tweet

  Removing ‘active travel’ as KPI of good design is a retrograde step Active travel ????‍♀️????‍♂️ ????is good for health & well-being ????combats climate change & nature crisis ????creates more vibrant places Bromley Conservatives are out of touch w what our communities want, need & deserve https://twitter.com/AlisaIgoe/status/1575042386010714114 [Source]

• 25 Jul 2022: Tweet

  The derisory 2 minutes & the focus on individuals the BBC gave to climate crisis in the Tory leadership debate was as poor as the answers Surely ask them not what we can do, but what they’d do to address the greatest challenge of our generation #BBCOurNextPM [Source]

• 26 Jun 2022: Tweet

  It was grt to spk at @ProspectUnion Conf 2022 a few weeks ago I spoke on a brill panel on the Future of Work & set out what a #justtransition must look like for workers on the path to net zero Workers, our economy & society are stronger when our Trade Unions are strong ???? https://twitter.com/LukeMLabour/status/1541137916373733379/photo/1 [Source]