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In line with current Labour policy, Lewis described community energy as an “exciting grassroots antidote” to the failures of the big six

Clive Lewis appointed as shadow business and energy secretary

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Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Greg Clark believes there is a “national opportunity” for industrial and infrastructure upgrades

Greg Clark: Britain's industrial strategy needs an upgrade fit for the future

Britain's industrial strategy will seek to provide easier routes to market for new business models and tap into the benefits of innovation and competition to allow for the creation of more sustainable products and services, Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark has said.

The work of the new department brings together responsibilities for industrial strategy, energy, business, consumers, employees, science, innovation, research, and climate change. Photo: BEIS

BEIS confirms ministerial make-up and key responsibilities

The newly-formed Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has today (1 August) unveiled its full list of ministerial responsibilities, weeks after replacing DECC in Prime Minister Theresa May's Government reshuffle.

The news comes amid a string Government cabinet reshuffles which has seen Andrea Leadsom appointed as the new Environment Secretary at Defra

DECC abolished as part of major ministerial overhaul

DECC has been abolished by new Prime Minister Theresa May, with UK energy policy set to be merged into a new ministry called the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

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A flurry of resignations, currently totalling more than 40, followed the reported sacking of shadow foreign secretary Hillary Benn in the early hours of Sunday morning

Alan Whitehead resigns as shadow energy minister

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Labour's shadow energy and climate change secretary Lisa Nandy says Jeremy Corbyn could be leading the party towards a formal split

Lisa Nandy resigns from Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet

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The known unknown of Britain's low-carbon progress

At last week's Effective Energy Management Conference, Rolls-Royce's director of energy gave a frightfully honest answer to a question about how his firm will reach an ambitious 50% energy reduction target.