29 Feb 2024 Anna McMorrin MP (@AnnaMcMorrin) @SuzanneEvans1 Maybe do your homework? The campaigners I’m referring to weren’t many of the farmers protesting. I’m referring to those deliberately spreading damaging conspiracy theories and fake news about climate change organised by James Melville. [Source]
29 Feb 2024 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) Labour's Warm Homes Plan means:
⬇️ Cutting energy bills for millions of families
????️warmer homes for all, fighting fuel poverty
???????????? thousands of well paid jobs for construction workers
???? cutting emissions and showing climate leadership. https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1763103416404902166 [Source]
29 Feb 2024 Pippa Heylings MP (@pippaheylings) RT @theCCCuk: Today the Committee has written to Minister Graham Stuart, congratulating the Government for meeting the UK’s Third Carbon Bu… [Source]
29 Feb 2024 Euan Stainbank MP (@Euan4FKSouth) ???? The SNP and Tories blocked 250k extra for a Net Zero Community fund to further help communities who wished to take on buildings the SNP and Tories decided to close.
???? The SNP and Tories blocked 250k extra funding for accessible playparks. (8/12) [Source]
28 Feb 2024 Jessica Morden MP (@jessicamordenmp) @SarahOwen_ .@AnnaMcMorrin is in her feet:
“This last weekend, the PM posed for a picture with a groups that share extremist conspiracy theories on climate change… does the PM share their views?” she asks [Source]
28 Feb 2024 Fabian Hamilton MP (@FabianLeedsNE) RT @MCIATweets: MCIA's A Licence to Net Zero campaign to simplify the licensing regime for powered light vehicles is gathering momentum and… [Source]
27 Feb 2024 Joe Morris MP (@Joe_Morris91) RT @Ed_Miliband: A clean power system is the linchpin of net zero and there is a reason for giving this mission such priority- it’s not jus… [Source]
27 Feb 2024 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) A clean power system is the linchpin of net zero and there is a reason for giving this mission such priority- it’s not just a climate mission, it’s a security, cost of living and growth mission too.
Proud to be making Labour's case to the energy industry this morning. #IEWeek https://twitter.com/CityAM/status/1762421136267112871 [Source]
23 Feb 2024 Neil O'Brien MP (@NeilDotObrien) RT @ahawksbee: This is a national crisis, as worthy of political attention as climate change or the risks from AI.
We have to stop treati… [Source]
23 Feb 2024 Rupa Huq MP (@RupaHuq) I spoke in the Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment debate at the @oscepa
A wide ranging topic so I covered: recession, AI, net zero #AlexeiNavalny #UkraineRussianWar, condemned Hamas advocated #CeasefireNOW and release of all hostages in Gaza
Video to follow: https://twitter.com/RupaHuq/status/1760983725926727723/photo/1 [Source]
22 Feb 2024 Pippa Heylings MP (@pippaheylings) RT @ClimateAPPG: This Bill is the approach of a government too scared to embrace the future and make the fundamental changes needed to buil… [Source]
22 Feb 2024 Pippa Heylings MP (@pippaheylings) RT @ClimateAPPG: This Bill flies in the face of our climate change commitments and will do nothing to secure energy security or lower energ… [Source]
22 Feb 2024 Cameron Thomas MP (@LibDemCam) Tewkesbury's MP voted this week to extend licenses for new oil and gas exploration.
While the world is moving to more sustainable energy and the security it brings, the Conservative Party continues to gamble with our future.
The Conservatives do not care about the environment. [Source]
21 Feb 2024 Mike Kane MP (@MikeKaneMP) I had a really good visit to Merseyside last week - Maritime is hugely important to us as an island nation so it was great to meet with leaders in the sector to discuss their plans and our shared hopes for decarbonisation, work and skills and a just transition. ⬇️⬇️ https://twitter.com/Mersey_Maritime/status/1760231835710144781 [Source]
20 Feb 2024 Richard Foord MP (@RichardFoordLD) RT @ClimateAPPG: This Bill is the approach of a government too scared to embrace the future and make the fundamental changes needed to buil… [Source]
20 Feb 2024 Richard Foord MP (@RichardFoordLD) RT @ClimateAPPG: This Bill is the approach of a government too scared to embrace the future and make the fundamental changes needed to buil… [Source]
20 Feb 2024 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) RT @ClimateAPPG: This Bill flies in the face of our climate change commitments and will do nothing to secure energy security or lower energ… [Source]
20 Feb 2024 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) The Government are pushing ahead with the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill despite warnings that it will do nothing to fulfil our climate targets.
Rather than drilling for more fuel to pour on the climate emergency, we need the real security of a sprint to renewables. [Source]
20 Feb 2024 Greg Smith MP (@gregsmith_uk) Rural homes must be given choice on how they decarbonise their home heating. Renewable liquid fuels, such as HVO, offer those living off grid real choice. I’m calling on the Chancellor to #AxeTheTax on renewable liquid fuels so that off grid residents can decarbonise affordably. https://twitter.com/gregsmith_uk/status/1759938630892638572/photo/1 [Source]
19th February 2024
19 Feb 2024 Euan Stainbank MP (@Euan4FKSouth) Windfall taxes on record energy giants profits and building a publicly owned clean energy company headquartered in Scotland, bringing thousands of new jobs.
This is a progressive energy policy that acknowledges the need for greater ambition to meet net zero targets. ????✊️ [Source]
17 Feb 2024 Sarah Champion MP (@SarahChampionMP) RT @SKinnock: Here's why I joined the #SaveOurSteel rally today:
The multi-union plan accepts commercial & environmental need to decarboni… [Source]
17 Feb 2024 Stephen Kinnock MP (@SKinnock) Here's why I joined the #SaveOurSteel rally today:
The multi-union plan accepts commercial & environmental need to decarbonise, but offers a bridge to the future which supports jobs & protects national security.
Labour backs it.
Tories are paying £500m for 2,800 job losses. https://twitter.com/SKinnock/status/1758948361854492705/video/1 [Source]
17 Feb 2024 Kirsty McNeill MP (@kirstyjmcneill) I am enormously proud to be a @CoopParty candidate because there is not a single problem to which the solution is a further concentration of power and wealth - not the cost of living crisis, not the housing crisis, not the climate crisis. [Source]
17 Feb 2024 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @KevinStewartSNP: Sarwar hasn’t stood up to Starmer on any of these issues:-
❌Retention of the rape clause
❌ £28 Billion Green Energy… [Source]
17 Feb 2024 Mike Reader MP (@mike_reader) With our Green Prosperity Plan, we're not just fighting climate change; we're creating jobs and securing our economy. It's time for action.
✅ Clean Energy across the UK by 2020
✅ Upgrading the national grid to improve resilience
✅ Retrofitting millions of homes to reduce bills https://twitter.com/mike_reader/status/1758751893558628563/photo/1 [Source]
16 Feb 2024 John Grady MP (@johnadgrady) Good to talk too about the legacy of Brian Wilson - a brilliant Energy Minister in the last Labour Government and an Ayrshire Labour MP. Brian's work laid the foundations for the massive success of GB renewable energy. Scottish Labour MPs make a decisive difference. [Source]
14 Feb 2024 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) Donoghue is a climate change denialist and a trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (a climate denialist think tank). And guess what it’s located at 55 Tufton Street, notorious for some of its resident organisations [Source]
14 Feb 2024 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @TracyBrabin: The climate emergency is real. We have committed to zero carbon by 2038.
I need to hear from you to help us make it a rea… [Source]
13 Feb 2024 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) The majority of us want climate action and affordable energy bills.
But our reliance on fossil fuels means that three-quarters of us are worried about the impact climate change will have on our bills.
The climate and cost of living crises are inextricably linked. https://twitter.com/PositiveMoneyUK/status/1757334945926709391 [Source]
11 Feb 2024 Ben Coleman MP (@ChelFulhamBen) I'm proud to be Labour's candidate in Chelsea & Fulham. Together let's:
✅Tackle cost-of-living crisis
✅Defend Charing X Hospital, NHS
✅Build affordable homes, protect renters
✅Bring back community policing
✅Fight climate change, halt sewage dumping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXpoK8JBOIc [Source]
11 Feb 2024 Nus Ghani MP (@Nus_Ghani) RT @bonnh001: Attended a meeting for sovereign wealth funds on capital allocation to achieve the Paris Agreement organised by the @commonwe… [Source]
11 Feb 2024 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) That was what was refreshing about @EvanHD now famous interview with the Chief Secretary this week - focusing on the substance of how huge tax cuts make sense when 1) debt is rising 2) public services are creaking 3) more not less public investment is needed (hello net zero) [Source]
10th February 2024
10 Feb 2024 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @labourlewis: Our millionaire prime minister pays the same tax rate as a teacher.
The climate crisis is driven by the emissions of the… [Source]
10 Feb 2024 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) Belief the economy & climate are separate - is an extinction level blunder
From record low water levels in the Panama Canal, forcing shipping detours & costs to spike - to food price inflation caused by droughts in southern Europe
The cost of living crisis IS the climate crisis https://twitter.com/labourlewis/status/1756295061195628807/photo/1 [Source]
10 Feb 2024 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @labourlewis: Our millionaire prime minister pays the same tax rate as a teacher.
The climate crisis is driven by the emissions of the… [Source]
09 Feb 2024 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @labourlewis: Our millionaire prime minister pays the same tax rate as a teacher.
The climate crisis is driven by the emissions of the… [Source]
09 Feb 2024 Robert Jenrick MP (@RobertJenrick) It’s high time we grounded the debate on net zero in reality.
To reckon with the public about the trade offs will not only bring more people onside - it will force policymakers to balance net zero against our security and economy in a more responsible and pragmatic way. [Source]
09 Feb 2024 Robert Jenrick MP (@RobertJenrick) I’ve seen the unserious nature of the current debate up close.
As a Treasury minister when net zero was legislated for it was clear the costs were likely to be astronomical. Yet on such a big decision our concerns were ignored and it passed the Commons in fewer than 90 mins. [Source]
09 Feb 2024 Sam Rushworth MP (@SamJRushworth) @Nothing__witty Eh? Under Labour's plans the UK will be the first major economy to reach net zero. They include establishing GB Energy (£8.3b); National Wealth Fund to invest in electric vehicle production, ports, clean steel, hydrogen, carbon capture (£7.3b); a Warm Homes Plan £6.6b) and more! [Source]
09 Feb 2024 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @theSNP: ???? Labour have ditched their £28 billion a year in green energy pledge.
???? The EU’s climate service is warning that global warmi… [Source]
09 Feb 2024 George Freeman MP (@GeorgeFreemanMP) @BIA_UK@griffitha ???? @BIA_UK ✔️ We need to grow public understanding of the wider “BioEconomy” beyond pure medical #LifeScience - the Appliance of BioScience for Industrial & Societal benefit from NetZero to CleanWater, CleanEnergy & oil & Carbon derivatives replacement. [Source]
08 Feb 2024 Richard Foord MP (@RichardFoordLD) RT @LibDems: Liberal Democrats have a plan to bring down bills and tackle the climate crisis, including doubling the Warm Homes Discount, a… [Source]
08 Feb 2024 Richard Foord MP (@RichardFoordLD) RT @LibDems: Investing in green energy and tackling the climate change is a chance to invest in our future.
If we get this right we can c… [Source]
08 Feb 2024 Mike Tapp MP (@MikeTappTweets) @GreensDoverDist@Keir_Starmer Thanks for your support. ☺️.
We can get the Tories out and deliver Labour's modern industrial strategy, creating jobs whilst combatting climate change.
Residents know what they need to do ✅ [Source]
08 Feb 2024 Chris McDonald MP (@Chris4SN) I promised that I would work to make Billingham the centre of Green Energy for the UK, so that we can rebuild our industrial base and benefit from the jobs and opportunities for young people that brings. [Source]
08 Feb 2024 Chris McDonald MP (@Chris4SN) It is important for our local community in Stockton North, for the green transformation of the Billingham Chemicals Cluster and to decarbonise our whole economy. This is a first for Billingham, a first for Britain and a first in the World. [Source]
08 Feb 2024 Steve Race MP (@steve_race) @RebeccaComms@PenpalEvans@BenPBradshaw@UKLabour … I can drop you an email with the full details if you like - steve@steverace.org.uk
The next election will be about a choice between a Lab govt that believes in action to tackle the climate crisis (& create new opps through our action) vs the Tories who aren’t convinced! 2/2 [Source]
08 Feb 2024 Anna Dixon MP (@annalouisedixon) Labour has deliverable plans for clean energy by 2030 to reduce bills, and tackle the climate emergency.
Don’t forget which party has been in power for 14 years, has failed to invest in our energy security and continues to row back on their climate commitments. https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1755642578068730169 [Source]
08 Feb 2024 Oliver Dowden MP (@OliverDowden) Labour doesn’t have a plan.
They say they’re committed to climate pledges that cost £28 billion a year, but are refusing to say how they’d pay for them.
They’re not being straight with British taxpayers who will end up paying the price. [Source]
08 Feb 2024 Esther McVey MP (@EstherMcVey1) Sir Flip Flop Starmer strikes again
Telling journalists he’s keeping his £28bn Green energy splurge without any plan as to how he’d pay for it
Meanwhile behind the scenes Labour sources are briefing that it is being ditched
A new low even for Starmer
More flop than flip-flop https://twitter.com/ed_miliband/status/1667079092712226817 [Source]
08 Feb 2024 Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP (@BellRibeiroAddy) Global warming has exceeded 1.5° for a 1-year period for the first time on record.
As the Tories continue with their bonfire of green policies, we will need rapid and radical action to combat climate breakdown.
Now is not the time to scale back our green industrial strategy. [Source]
08 Feb 2024 Claire Coutinho MP (@ClaireCoutinho) Britain deserves a plan to keep energy bills down and to keep the lights on.
Labour have shown again they do not have a credible plan on this area which deeply affects people’s lives.
They want to keep their plan to decarbonise the grid by 2030 and pretend there’s no cost. [Source]
08 Feb 2024 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @MairiMcAllan: You can’t deliver a just transition to net zero if you are last to do it.
As the US, Europe + others move to seize the… [Source]
7th February 2024
07 Feb 2024 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) Failure on so many levels; jobs, economic growth, sustainable energy, climate change and promises made to the electorate only to be ditched. Labours lack of vision, strategy and plan mean more rudderless years of UK austerity. Voting @SNP for #ScottishIndependence is our future https://twitter.com/bbcpolitics/status/1755334496046432756 [Source]
07 Feb 2024 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) The evidence supports neither campaigners who say net zero is a free lunch, nor the sceptics who simply throw up their hands and say this is all impossible. Like lots of other areas of public policy, parts of it are hard but can, and must, still be done [Source]
07 Feb 2024 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) More important than a headline £ commitment is what either main party has to say on the policy substance. Both are committed (in theory) to a big ramping up of net zero action in the next parliament. That simply wont happen without more public investment, especially on homes [Source]
07 Feb 2024 Andrew Rosindell MP (@AndrewRosindell) Let’s see the rest of the world follow our example before we insist on imposing unaffordable and unachievable Net Zero targets, making British people cold and poor whilst China gains a competitive advantage over us. The UK should switch focus to energy security self sufficiency! [Source]
04 Feb 2024 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) If these fines are dropped it’s the symptom of the problem (no progress on the home heating part of the net zero transition) rather than its cause. We’re installing about 30k heat pumps a year but will need to be installing 1 million a year during 2030s… https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1754220154647380095 [Source]
02 Feb 2024 Stella Creasy MP (@stellacreasy) This Tory era shows false economy and short sightedness of austerity. UK is crippled by lack of infrastructure to tackle climate change, global economy, or enduring injustice. Holds so many back as a result. Labour must invest to save not just planet but public finances and jobs. [Source]
02 Feb 2024 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) 12. The time for caution and for adherence to a failed, 60-year-old economic orthodoxy, is well and truly behind us.
Now Labour should be the party to never let a crisis go to waste. You don’t get bigger than the climate crisis. Labour’s finest hour could yet be ahead of it. [Source]
02 Feb 2024 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) 5. We are only at the start of an era of unprecedented disruption and uncertainty.
Ending the age of fossil fuels, supporting people through the transition, and adapting to the impacts of climate breakdown are now the primary tasks of any government. [Source]
02 Feb 2024 Carla Denyer MP (@carla_denyer) @TheGreenParty Greens recognise investing in a green future will provide economic, social & environmental security. By decarbonising industry, insulating buildings and ramping up renewables, the UK can cut emissions and bills, and create secure jobs in every corner of the country. #GreenNewDeal [Source]
02 Feb 2024 Carla Denyer MP (@carla_denyer) There is more than enough money in the economy to pay for Labour's now-defunct (?) £28bn climate investment.
Indeed, @TheGreenParty would go further and faster, investing at least double what Labour originally pledged, so we can turbo charge the transition to a green economy. [Source]
01 Feb 2024 David Lammy MP (@DavidLammy) A Labour Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will focus relentlessly on where we can make a difference to the UK’s growth. Where we can accelerate the net zero transition. Where we can enhance the UK’s economic security.
Great to speak at Labour's Business Conference. https://twitter.com/DavidLammy/status/1753113796003193217/photo/1 [Source]
01 Feb 2024 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @labour_council: Councils can't retro-fit and decarbonise their existing council housing without significant central government grant. £… [Source]