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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Toby Helm and Robin McKie

Labour’s ‘rooftop revolution’ to deliver solar power to millions of UK homes

The new Labour government has approved three giant solar farms such as the one in West Sussex, above.
The new Labour government has approved three giant solar farms such as the one in West Sussex, above. Photograph: Pavel Babic/Getty Images

Keir Starmer’s Labour government unveils plans for a “rooftop revolution” today that will see millions more homes fitted with solar panels in order to bring down domestic energy bills and tackle the climate crisis.

The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, also took the hugely controversial decision this weekend to approve three massive solar farms in the east of England that had been blocked by Tory ministers.

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