Eddie Izzard has announced her intention to join the race to become the next Labour MP for Sheffield Central.The comedian, who has been a long-standing Labour supporter over the years, launched her campaign on Tuesday (October 11).“I’m standing to be the next Labour MP for Sheffield Central to support the city that supported me, to take the fight to the Tories and get Keir Starmer into Number 10,” Izzard said in an announcement video.This comes after current MP Paul Blomfield confirmed in February he would be standing down at the next election, which is scheduled for January 2025, unless an earlier one is called.Labour ideals of fairness and equality have been at the core of my life. I’m standing to be the next Labour MP for Sheffield Central to support the city that has supported me. Please join me, in taking on this great challenge.https://t.co/aVjaLLga9LFor Sheffield.
Publicly-owned 'Great British Energy' company will be created under Labour, Keir Starmer says
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Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to establish a publicly-owned 'Great British Energy' company within Labour's first year of power. If the party wins the next General Election the Labour leader said he would kickstart an energy revolution which 'powers up all parts of the country'.
Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool he warned the largest onshore wind farm in Wales is owned by Sweden while the Chinese Communist Party 'has a stake in our nuclear industry'. He added: "And five million people in Britain pay their bills to an energy company owned by France.
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"So we will set up Great British Energy within the first year of a Labour government. A new company that takes advantage of the opportunities in clean British power and because it’s right for jobs, because it’s right for growth, because it’s right for energy independence from tyrants like Putin. Yes conference, Great British Energy will be publicly owned.”
Labour members applauded the pledge. Sir Keir went on: "The future wealth of this country is in our air, in our seas, in our skies.
"Britain should harness that wealth and share it with all. British power to the British people."
Sir Keir added: "Working with Ed Miliband and his team, we will make sure this energy revolution powers up all parts of the country. Let’s get clean hydrogen energy into South Yorkshire, in the East of England, across the river in the Wirral. Offshore wind in Scotland, Teesside, East and North Yorkshire. Solar power growing in rural communities, in the South East, South West and Midlands."
He said it will require a 'different way of working', explaining: “The biggest partnership between government,
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