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Sir Keir Starmer will announce plans to block all new North Sea oil and gas developments and limit borrowing to green investment only as part of a radical blueprint to make Britain a "clean energy superpower". The Labour leader is expected to set out his net zero energy policy when he launches his latest "national mission" in Scotland next month. It will include a pledge to ban all new North Sea oil and gas licences, signalling a seismic shift in decades of UK energy policy. It will be one of Starmer's five key pledges to the electorate and opens up a clear dividing line with the Conservative Party over a critical issue facing the UK as next year's general election approaches. Rishi Sunak has backed
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