Labour will launch publicly owned Great British Energy, Starmer vows

Leader promises to launch energy firm as part of partnership between government, business and communities'

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Keir Starmer has said Labour will launch Great British Energy, a publicly owned energy company run on clean UK power, in its first year of government, saying the party will fight the Tories on economic growth".

In his speech at the Labour conference in Liverpool, Starmer said the largest onshore wind farm in Wales was owned by Sweden, China had a stake in the UK nuclear industry, and millions of people paid their bills to an energy company owned by France.