Green energy firms promise more than £24bn of new investment in Britain

Industry bosses to meet prime minister before government's international investment summit next week

The leaders of the world's biggest green energy companies have promised more than 24bn of new private investment across Great Britain ahead of a meeting with the prime minister on Friday.

Keir Starmer is expected to meet the green energy bosses on the sidelines of the first Council of Nations and Regions in Edinburgh to discuss the multibillion-pound projects just days before the government's international investment summit next week.