Labour Will Create Jobs in Nuclear, Renewables, Says Starmer Amid Union Concerns

Sir Keir Starmer with Labour candidate Wilma Brown (left) meets locals for a chat in the Cupcake Coffee Box in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, on May 25, 2023. Robert Perry/Getty Images

Workers are at the heart of Labour’s mission to decarbonise Britain’s economy, party leader Sir Keir Starmer said, vowing to avoid the mistakes of the mass closure of coal mines in the UK.

Speaking at the GMB union’s Congress in Brighton on Tuesday, Starmer promised decent pay, safer work, and better infrastructure, as “new nuclear, battery factories, and offshore wind repower Britain.”