Liz Truss

Simon Clarke MP, the former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has received significant support for an amendment to lift the de facto ban on onshore wind farm developments dated 23 November.

RenewableUK has urged the UK’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to scale up the clean power sector to boost energy security and cut energy bills.

​The Energy Price Guarantee in its current form will now only run until April, according to newly appointed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

The UK Government has announced plans to almost half the predicted MWh price for electricity and gas for businesses this winter, to £211/MWh and £75/MWh respectively.

One of the ‘biggest reforms of our energy system in a decade’ is now at risk of being delayed or scrapped by the new Government.

​Following the official announcement of the energy bills freeze over the coming winter by Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday 8 September, the government has released the first details of how exactly it will work.

Following on from Prime Minister Liz Truss unveiling a range of measures to help mitigate the impact of the energy crisis, Current± takes a look at the industry's reactions.

​The price cap is to be set at £2,500 for two years from October onwards, Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced as part of a range of measures designed to address the energy crisis.

In a bid to mitigate the rising costs of gas and fossil fuels and support the energy transition, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) and Climate Change Committee (CCC) has written to Liz Truss advocating for the expansion of renewables.

​Jacob Rees-Mogg MP has been appointed as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), as newly appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss unveils her cabinet.