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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jillian Ambrose

Ed Miliband says Labour will ‘win fight’ against UK net zero critics

Ed Miliband in a green hard hat and romper suit, talking to two other similarly dressed men in front of a large industrial silo
Ed Miliband (centre) said the investment would usher in a ‘green industrial revolution’. Photograph: Paul Campbell/PA

Ed Miliband has said the government will “win this fight” against critics of Britain’s net zero plan, in part by creating more offshore wind jobs in the country’s former industrial heartlands.

The energy secretary appeared to take aim at his political opponents in the Conservative and Reform UK parties as he launched a £1bn investment scheme to bolster job opportunities in the offshore wind supply chain.

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