Tonight Keir Starmer was under pressure to 'become serious' about growth and two North Sea -Olieveld fields that have been blocked controversially by the courts.
In the first test of Labor's promise to make economic growth of his 'number one priority', a court in Scotland said yesterday that approval of the huge projects by the conservatives was illegal.
The decision came after Ed Miliband had withdrew legal support from the government last year for the companies involved in a judicial battle with environmental campaigners.
Tonight the prime minister was under pressure to ignore Mr. Miliband and give the green light to the Rosebank and Jackdaw projects, which can generate dozens of billions of pounds for the British economy.
The energy secretary is an old opponent of drilling the North Sea and previously described Rosebank as a 'colossal waste' of money that amounted to 'climate vandalism'.
Kemi Badenoch described the court's ruling as 'an act of self -harm' and warned that the hijacking of the law by the green lobby 'killed growth'.
She said: 'The Labor government that bangs over growth yesterday is too afraid to fight for the oil and gas fields that provide energy firm and jobs for thousands of people.
'Because of our country, Keir Starmer must become serious. His actions so far are all walking loads and play reading on the trade unions and the green lobby. '
Tory Energy spokesperson Andrew Bowie said that yesterday's ruling “was almost inevitable after Ed Miliband refused to defend the case before the court.”
Keir Starmer was under pressure tonight to 'become serious' about growth and two North Sea -Oliebeld fields that have been blocked controversially by the courts
Tonight the prime minister was under pressure to ignore Mr. Miliband and give the green light to the Rosebank and Jackdaw projects, which can generate dozens of billions of pounds for the British economy
He added: 'Our energy security, economy and thousands of jobs are being sacrificed on the altar of the Eco -ijver of labor. So much for growth. '
Shell said that his Jackdaw gas field of Aberdeen could produce sufficient fuel to heat 1.4 million houses at a time when older gas fields reach the end of their production and the UK depends on imported gas. '
Before the court, it warned that rejecting the regulations would threaten energy security.
The industry has also pointed out that the relocation will not curb the worldwide emissions, because the demand for oil and gas will simply be paid from abroad.
Chief Executive Wael Sawan promised to fight the Supreme Court.
The ruling came only 24 hours after Rachel Reeves used a big speech to explain that growth was the 'number one' priority for work.
The last conservative government approved Shell's proposals to develop the Jackdaw field in 2022 and knew the plans of Equinor and Ithaca Energy to drill in the Rosebank Field northwest of Shetland in September 2023.
Eco -activists argued that the permission was illegal. In a judgment at the Court of Seat in Edinburgh, Lord agreed and destroyed permission.
Energy Secretary Ed Milliband is an old opponent of drilling the North Sea and rather described Rosebank as a 'colossal waste' of money that amounted to 'climate vandalism'
He mentioned a ruling in a separate case in June last year, which it was established that the future carbon emissions of the oil and gas produced should be taken into account when considering whether projects have met the climate laws.
Rosebank is the largest untouched field in the North Sea, with the potential to produce up to 500 million barrels of oil.
Norwegian state energy giant Equinor has an interest of 80 percent with Ithaca Energy in Aberdeen who owns the rest.
The ruling enables the owners to continue the development of the fields.
But they cannot start drilling unless they get a new permission from Mr. Miliband.
A government source said last night that the projects were not necessarily dead.
“The reason we did not dispute the cases before the court was not because we did not want them to continue, but because we knew we would lose,” said the source.
Environmental campaigners greeted the judgment. A spokesperson for normal stop oil said that employees in the North Sea should be 'retrained' to do something else.
Environmental campaigners greeted the judgment. A spokesperson for normal stop oil said that employees in the North Sea should be 'retrained' to do something else
The decision then came the number of companies established in the UK on a record low. Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that business creations fell to 65,450 in the last three months of 2024, 8.5 percent lower than the same period a year earlier.
It is the lowest number on quarterly records that go back to the beginning of 2017.
The £ 25 billion raid of the Chancellor about the national insurance of the employer was blamed for killing jobs and scare investments, while companies also have to navigate a barrage of new employee rights.
Entrepreneur Luke Johnson, chairman of the Bakkerij van Gail, said: “The budget and their 150 -page bill are the reality of this government and undermines all the big conversation about growth.”
