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MINERS accused PM David Cameron yesterday of keeping the public in the dark about Britain’s power security after official figures showed a whopping 21 per cent rise in Russian coal imports since 2013.
Office for National Statistics (ONS) data revealed how dependent Britain now is on imports of the fuel, which accounts for a third of all electricity generation.
Coal-fired power stations made the biggest contribution to the national grid between April and June but the latest figures show that more than half of the fuel burned comes from Russia, currently involved in a trade war with the West over events in war-torn Ukraine.
The Communist Party of Britain’s Congress last month debated a resolution on ending opposition to all nuclear power in light of technological advances and the climate crisis. RICHARD HEBBERT explains why
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents