Michael Shanks MP

Renewables have powered over 50% of the UK’s electricity for the first time on record.

Clean, secure, homegrown energy = lower bills, good jobs, climate action and freedom from fossil fuel markets we can’t control.

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Have your say on how £15,500 should be spent in Cambuslang East. Cambuslang East Public Vote now open. Can Do Community. Participatory Budgeting. Funded by UK Government.

Voting in Cambuslang East is open. Tell us which projects you would like to see funded. You can vote online at https://orlo.uk/10nNU

Voting closes: 5pm on Monday 11 August

Have your say on how £13,950 should be spent in Burnhill. Burnhill Public Vote now open. Can Do Community. Participatory Budgeting. Funded by UK Government.

Voting in Burnhill is open. Tell us which projects you would like to see funded. You can vote online at https://orlo.uk/66j3T

Voting closes: 5pm on Monday 11 August

Joined the brilliant volunteers at the Whitlawburn Food Co-Op earlier today.

It’s a great way to provide affordable food for people in a community shop alongside other support and a cuppa and catch up with neighbours.

An update on the situation in Gaza Below is a copy of an update I have just sent to constituents who have contacted me over the past few months about the appalling situation in Gaza. I am posting here as other constituents have asked f...

Many constituents have written to me about the appalling situation in Gaza. I have sent an update this afternoon but I wanted to share this for others who I know will be horrified about the spiralling violence and will want to know the UK Government position:

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Finally managed to see ‘Nye’ and worth the wait - extraordinarily good play and Michael Sheen outstanding as always.

“Illness is not an indulgence for which people have to pay nor an offence for which they should be penalised but a misfortune the cost of which should be shared”

Tailored support for Aberdeen oil and gas workers Around 200 oil and gas workers in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire will be offered tailored support to seize clean energy job opportunities.

Aberdeen is at the heart of Britain's energy system.

We're determined to deliver a fair and prosperous transition in the North Sea so that skilled oil and gas workers can benefit from good job opportunities found in clean energy industries 👷

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Control of your bills firmly in your hands - that's what our clean power mission does - creating thousands of jobs and energy security in the process.

Read our plan to build the clean flexible electricity system of the future 👇

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On C4 News earlier - Sizewell C is a vital project for our energy security but also an economic opportunity - 10,000 jobs, 1,500 apprenticeships and supply chain investment right across the UK.

This government is delivering a new golden age for nuclear power in Britain.

Onshore Wind Taskforce strategy (accessible webpage)

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The Onshore Wind Council has had its first meeting!

Delighted to be working with experienced people from across industry, trade unions, community groups and devolved governments to drive forward our ambition for one of the cheapest and fastest to build sources of power we have.

We are working to bring down energy bills for everyone, winter fuel payment is devolved to the Scottish Parliament. Thanks for your comments.

What the Tories and Reform put at risk with their anti-clean energy rhetoric:

💷£83bn added to the economy in 2024
👩‍🔧Almost a million jobs across the UK
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿100,000 Scottish jobs
🏗️22,800 businesses - 94% SMEs

They are bad for jobs, bad for investment, bad for energy security.

Brilliant visit to Tempo Community in Rutherglen who are building a space for creativity, community, fitness and entrepreneurship and organising food deliveries for people who need it.

Well done to the team who have done a lot already and have ambitious plans too!

Exciting moment as ‘Big Carl’ lifts the 245 tonne dome onto Hinkley Point C’s second reactor building.

Delivering the next generation of nuclear power and the country’s energy security.

(for the real nerds 🤓 watch the whole thing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT-n...)

🚌A huge thank you again to the thousands of people across the community who delivered the u-turn on the 65 bus cut.

🌡️ Temperatures are set to rise this weekend - stay safe and enjoy the weather! 🌞

✉️ Get in touch if I can help with anything or to share good news!

View from the constituency office update: braw, heatwave incoming 🌞

Great to catch up with @sciaf.bsky.social this morning ahead of the climate lobby of Parliament today.

I’m proud of SCIAF’s roots in Rutherglen on their 60th anniversary and the work they do on climate justice and the Christian focus on the most vulnerable in our world.

Wind Warrior, Gusty Gizmo...sound like comic book heroes?

They're actually wind turbines at one of the UK’s first co-operatively run onshore wind farms.

Our Onshore Wind Strategy will see more projects like this to help us get to clean power by 2030.

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Hugely significant investment in our electricity grid - unlocking the potential of clean power right across the country.

Great to visit Scottish Power in Glasgow to meet some of their supply chain and delivery partners and tour the transmission and distribution control centre!

Started London Climate Action Week with Octopus Energy's Greg Jackson alongside DTEK Group to discuss energy resilience and the importance of clean power in Ukraine's energy security.

The transition to clean power around the world is unstoppable and right for climate, industry and security.

Big thank you to everyone who came along to my Community Conversation in Uddingston!💬

Great conversations, great ideas and also good to highlight lots of positive things too!

If you couldn’t make it, the consultation is still open for another week - michaelshanksmp.co.uk/latest-news/...

Great start to today at the National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast in Westminster Hall where I was delighted to invite along the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church for a conversation on God in the public square.

Clean energy future to be 'built in Britain' Government publishes its Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan to ensure the clean energy revolution is built in Britain.

Britain's clean energy future is being built now.

Our Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan, part of the Industrial Strategy, will unlock growth potential across the country.

Today, we set out the next phase of Britain’s clean energy transformation: 

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What’s good about your community? What could be better?

Today I held my first Community Conversation in Uddingston.

Grateful to everyone who came along to share their views and work with their neighbours on potential solutions.

Fantastic trial run of a historic bus tour of Rutherglen ahead of our 900th anniversary next year.

Huge thanks to the Rutherglen 900 team, Rutherglen Historical Society and the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust for a really fun afternoon! 🚌

Major investment into UK offshore wind supply chains today. Great British Energy catalysing investment into our ports and factories - our clean energy mission in action.

Great to be at the Global Offshore Wind conference today to hear about the impact it will have.

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On my way to the Global Offshore Wind conference now to talk about the incredible opportunity offshore wind provides for Britain's energy security and economic growth.

Biggest budget for the Scottish Government since devolution.

Instead of SNP distraction we need a government with plans to invest that in improving the lives of the people of Scotland.

Dreich weather, but a great day all the same. Thanks to all the volunteers who make Landemer Day happen every year.