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Today's blog from @lucyshaw.bsky.social explores what can local governments learn from Zipcar's demise - and what needs to happen next.
The closure of Zipcar shocked many - but it's an opportunity to reset how London and its boroughs engage with car clubs.
This week's guest blog from Eating Better focuses on the opportunities for Labour from the Good Food Cycle Action Plan in the spring, and how we can secure healthier eating, stronger food security and greener supply chains for the future.
Read here: lcef.co.uk/blog/focusin...
Food price inflation has repeatedly been cited as the one of the top concerns amongst Labour voters, and a National Security Assessment warned we need a ‘wholesale’ shift in what we eat and grow to reduce risk and build resilience.
Could a focus on food policy hold the answer to both problems?
Today's news that the price cap is falling is very welcome - providing much needed cost-of-living support for families across the country. This has been the biggest drop since last summer - and there's still further to go as we progress towards Clean Power 2030.
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"We cannot afford to let water resilience become the next unaddressed risk"
✍️@steveracemp.bsky.social in @businessgreen.bsky.social
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Ignore the naysayers: Labour’s Local Power Plan shows you can have your cake and eat it:
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✍️ @melanieonnmp.bsky.social in @politicshome.bsky.social
The Local Power Plan is launching an ownership revolution:
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The £1bn energy power shift that could cut bills for communities: www.standard.co.uk/comment/the-...
✍️ @fortunejf.bsky.social in The Standard
Miliband pledges up to £1bn for community green energy schemes:
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The Local Power Plan has been making headlines this week, bringing ownership of energy directly to the doorstep of communities and letting the public invest directly in their schools, sports clubs and community assets.
You can read all about Labour's plans to bring power to our communities below:
"Data centres alone could provide enough waste heat for up to 3.5 million UK homes by 2035."
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@jackabbott.bsky.social in @labourlist.bsky.social today, on the launch of the Local Power Plan and what it means for local communities.
"The Local Power Plan matters not only because it lowers bills and tackles climate change via clean energy projects. It matters because we trust local communities to make the decisions about their own backyards, and to protect that which they hold dear."
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📣Community Groups
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I want to work with people across Northampton to deliver the clean energy we need in our town, keeping wealth local.
The @labouruk.bsky.social @coopparty.party.coop Local Power Plan gives us that opportunity.
Get in contact - how can I help you?
The Local Power Plan puts the wealth offered by energy projects directly in the hands of communities, generating income for local people for decades to come.
📺 Watch Secretary of State Ed Miliband's statement on the Local Power Plan below:
Britain’s biggest ever investment in community energy ⚡️🎉
Our £1bn local power plan will:
🤝 Ensure local areas can own the benefits of the green transition
🇪🇺 Build on models that already work across Europe
📈 Unlock the equivalent of up to three (!) nuclear plants of energy
Community energy can lower bills, protect community assets, increase energy security and tackle climate change.
Labour's Local Power Plan is a win all round says @melanieonnmp.bsky.social for @politicshome.bsky.social 👏
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The Local Power Plan, launched today, includes a £1 billon fund to support local people to generate their own clean energy, and cut their bills, for their schools, sports clubs and community assets.
📻 Hear from Ed Miliband on LBC, on how to get involved with the Plan:
Today, Labour is launching the Local Power Plan, the biggest public investment in community energy projects in our history.
For years these projects have faced barriers with little support from Whitehall, but today’s announcement means that reality is no longer.
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Solid fuels approach in Brighton is going well says @timrowkins.bsky.social but before anything was done, they had to explain to people why there is an issue.
In Brighton, they have real-time measurements of a range of pollutants, focussed at schools and parks. Data, evidence and framing.
York cllr Jenny Kent agrees, saying "health health health" is her message. Comparing movement to how we won the smoking ban with no appetite to go back on that.
First speaker @rezinachowdhury.bsky.social points out that focus on most polluted areas and hughlighting the positives of nicer streets and healthier neighbourhoods is how theyre doing it in lambeth.
Bright-eyed at day two of Labour LGA conference to discuss how we win the politics of air quality.
How do we enpower the voices of those cllrs across the country who are delivering on this issue for their communities.
Was pleased to join the launch of Climate Jobs UK this week, calling, in the words of Gary Smith, for the just transition to be a jobs transition.
The introduction of a Fair Work Charter for the next round of off-shore wind is a strong step on this journey.
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We've been publishing a series of blogs on the Warm Homes Plan over the last few months, and you can read them all here: lcef.co.uk/blog?categor...
This is a continuation of LCEF’s work on the Warm Homes Plan, to ensure that this landmark policy is designed with the value-add of fuel poverty, local government and climate experts, and delivered at pace for communities across the country.
It was great to host a roundtable yesterday with Warmworks to hear from Energy Consumers Minister @martinmccluskey.bsky.social about the Government’s landmark Warm Homes Plan. Excellent discussion with MPs on how the plan can be most effectively delivered to cut fuel poverty and emissions.
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With climate volatility, food security and long-term investment now front and centre, Martin argues this is a moment to start building - getting policy to work for farmers on the ground, and recognising that profitability, nature recovery and climate resilience go hand in hand.
