Labour facing defeat in vote to ban green energy investments tied to Uyghur exploitation

Up to 40% of the key raw material for solar panels is made in Xinjiang province, where Uyghurs have been subject to arbitrary detention and forced labour. Photograph: Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

The government is facing defeat next week over a move to guarantee that companies using forced labour do not drive the UK’s green energy transition.

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have thrown their weight behind an amendment by the cross-bench peer David Alton to the Great British Energy bill, which is making its way through the House of Lords.