Labour Climate and Environment Forum

Ignore the naysayers: Labour’s Local Power Plan shows you can have your cake and eat it Being a Labour MP in 2026 means both reminding yourself that the road to recovery is a long one, but also constantly asking how we can go faster.

Ignore the naysayers: Labour’s Local Power Plan shows you can have your cake and eat it:
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

✍️ @melanieonnmp.bsky.social in @politicshome.bsky.social

'The Local Power Plan is launching an ownership revolution' - LabourList The Local Power Plan is the biggest expansion of community-owned energy in our country’s history, empowering communities to shape their own futures.

The Local Power Plan is launching an ownership revolution:
labourlist.org/2026/02/the-...

✍️ @jackabbott.bsky.social in @labourlist.bsky.social

The £1bn energy power shift that could cut bills for communities For too long, our energy system has been completely dominated by private profit, says General Secretary of the Co-operative Party Joe Fortune

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 UK projects will allow local areas to control and profit from renewable power generation, says energy secretary

Miliband pledges up to £1bn for community green energy schemes:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@theguardian.com

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."

🏠 Warm Homes Plan Blog Series #10: How Heat Networks Can Unlock the UK’s Hidden Heat lcef.co.uk/blog/hiddenh...

@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."

👇: labourlist.org/2026/02/the-...

📣Community Groups
📣Sports Clubs
📣Residents Groups

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 👏

✍️ www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

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.

Our Directors' comment 👇

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.

'For the energy transition to work, it must deliver good union jobs, not just clean power' - LabourList As Labour accelerates offshore wind, it must ensure the transition creates good, unionised jobs in the communities that need them most — or risk losing public support for clean energy.

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.

labourlist.org/2026/02/unio...

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.

If you’d like to contribute your own blog please email: pitch@lcef.co.uk ✍️

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.

Martin reflects on the government’s proposed changes to inheritance tax and why they should be welcomed as a chance to draw a line under a difficult debate and reset the focus on what really matters: giving farmers clarity and confidence to run resilient and sustainable businesses.

We’re pleased to share our latest guest blog from Martin Lines, farmer and Chief Executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network 🌱

lcef.co.uk/blog/reset-f...

Each piece explores a different dimension of the challenge ahead - from public confidence to and regional delivery. Now the hard work of delivery begins.

Want to contribute to our blog on the Warm Homes Plan or another topic? Email pitch@lcef.co.uk ✍️

🔥 #8: From Warm Words to Warm Homes
Ross Armstrong from Warmworks on moving from policy to delivery - ensuring the Plan reaches the millions still waiting for affordable, healthy homes.
lcef.co.uk/blog/warm-ho...

⚡ #7: Cutting the Cost - Labour's Chance to Deliver Lower Bills
Dr Garry Felgate from The MCS Foundation on three priorities: supporting low-income households, setting a 2035 boiler phase-out, and cutting electricity costs.
lcef.co.uk/blog/cutting...

🔧 #6: Workforce Development Is Make or Break
James Fotherby from Aldersgate Group on the critical challenge: scaling from 10,000 to 100,000 heat pump workers by 2035.
lcef.co.uk/blog/workfor...