Jim Murphy MP

SNP press release A report in today’s Sunday Times newspaper states that, based on price projections by the internationally respected Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the wholesale value of Scotland’s oil an... Continue to article

Labour press release Jim Murphy MP, Labour’s Shadow Defence Secretary, responding to warnings from the German minister of defence that Britain’s standing as a military power could be jeopardised by leaving the EU, said: “David Cameron... Continue to article

Labour press release Labour is today launching a campaign, ‘Fighting Fitter’, to encourage the leisure sector to offer discounted services to members of the Armed Forces. Whether Local Authority-led or privately-run, fitness facilities p... Continue to article

Labour party press release Labour is today launching a campaign, ‘Fighting Fitter’, to encourage the leisure sector to offer discounted services to members of the Armed Forces. Whether Local Authority-led or privately-run, fitness facili... Continue to article

Labour press release Ian Lavery MP, a member of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, commenting on the admission by the CEO of RWE npower that his company has paid no corporation tax in the last three years, said: “In the l... Continue to article

TUC press release Rise in gas bills has tightened living standards squeeze, says TUC. Commenting on the latest inflation figures published today (Tuesday) by the Office for National Statistics, which show that CPI inflation remained unc... Continue to article

Unite press release As the British people shiver, the sun shines on greedy top bosses at British Gas' owner, Centrica who have pocketed £16.4 million in pay and bonuses, Unite, the country's largest union, said today (Wednesday 27 March).... Continue to article

SNP press release The announcement of public funding for nuclear energy projects has shattered Westminster's no nuclear subsidy promise and demonstrated that the Westminster Government simply cannot be trusted to keep its word. Lib De... Continue to article

BCC press release Commenting on the Department for Energy and Climate Change's release of new evidence that links government policy decisions to rising business energy bills, Dr Adam Marshall, Director of Policy and External Affairs at t... Continue to article

UKIP press release Families will be paying £286 a year in Green energy taxes by 2020. UKIP Energy spokesman Roger Helmer MEP said: "The government should come clean and stop trying to bamboozle people with talk of consuming less en... Continue to article

Labour party press release Ministers have been accused of cooking the books on household energy bills, after figures obtained by Labour revealed that the Government's claim that energy bills will be £166 lower in 2020 is only true if peo... Continue to article

Greenpeace press release Responding to DECC's report on the impact of climate change and energy policies on bills, Greenpeace Policy Director Doug Parr said: “The energy shambles of the last few days has reminded us just how risky our... Continue to article

SNP press release The SNP has called on Labour MSPs to use a Scottish Parliamentary debate this week to reject Labour Leader Ed Miliband’s confirmation that Labour will renew Trident. The Labour Leader has confirmed in today’s Financi... Continue to article

Wales can be leader in Marine Energy, says Business Minister Wales has the potential to be a world leader in the marine energy technology and production, Business Minister Edwina Hart told a Marine Energy Industry seminar in Pembrokeshire ... Continue to article

SNP press release New analysis has predicted North Sea oil and gas will produce an average £48billion of revenue in the next six years – confirming Scotland’s long-term future as a major oil-producing nation. With over half the wholes... Continue to article

GMB press release GMB welcome creation of 1,000 new green jobs at British Gas to help cut energy bills. Local authorities have been slow to tap into this money at a time they are cash strapped and by tapping into ECO funding jobs can ... Continue to article