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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Starmer must call energy summit akin to 2008 crisis response, Labour MP says

Keir Starmer speaks with people at Newton Leys Pavilion in Milton Keynes
Keir Starmer during a visit to Milton Keynes on Wednesday. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Keir Starmer should convene a global energy summit of the same order as Gordon Brown’s response to the 2008 financial crisis and put Britain on a “war footing” to reduce its exposure to fossil fuels, a Labour MP and former government adviser has said.

Polly Billington, who was an aide in Brown’s government, warned that economic pain was “hurtling down the tracks” and a bigger response was needed to protect the British people from the consequences of the US-Israeli war on Iran.

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