Miliband

UK to embrace nuclear - Miliband

BBC News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Ed Miliband says the UK cannot "say no" to nuclear power as he is to unveil plans to fast-track a new generation of reactors.

Miliband and Belgium PM in race for top EU posts

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy and Foreign Secretary David Miliband have emerged as firm favourites to become president and foreign policy chief of the European Union.

• Miliband remains in frame amid secret talks over EU jobs - The Guardian

Miliband critics a Con job | Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Those who have attacked David Miliband for criticising Michal Kaminski do not represent the Jewish community – they're partisan Tories Just as there are no MPs who are mere backbenchers – they are instead always "senior backbenchers" – so journalistic convention demands that any member of an ethnic minority who speaks out must immediately be anointed as a "leader"....

Miliband paves way for most ambitious fleet of new nuclear reactors in Europe

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Eleven sites for nuclear reactors announced as part of UK energy strategy that includes 'clean coal' and wind power A new fleet of nuclear power stations was backed by energy secretary Ed Miliband today, as he outlined the government's plans to fast-track major energy infrastructure projects, also including "clean coal" power stations and windfarms. Six draft "national policy...

New nuclear power stations to be announced by Ed Miliband

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

A new generation of nuclear power stations will be up and running within a decade Ed Miliband the Energy Secretary will announce.

• £18 billion nuclear waste storage facility to be built underground - Times Online
• England will keep the lights on with nuclear energy - Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes

Gordon Brown pressured to back David Miliband for EU job

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

Gordon Brown is to face intense pressure on Monday to put forward David Miliband as a candidate for the post of European Union foreign minister.

David Miliband accused by Jewish leaders of using antisemitism" as "political football"

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

David Miliband the foreign secretary has been accused by leaders of the British Jewish community of using antisemitism as a "political football".

Ed Miliband to unveil plans to fast-track new nuclear power stations

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Government will identify sites around Britain suitable for building nuclear plants as part of new energy policy Ed Miliband, the energy and climate change secretary, insisted today that nuclear power has a "relatively good" safety record in this country as he prepared to unveil plans to fast-track a new generation of nuclear power stations. The government will later identify further...

Miliband turns down EU foreign policy job

Euractive (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

UK foreign minister David Miliband yesterday ruled himself out as a candidate for the new EU 'top job' of High Representative for Foreign Policy, centre-left sources told EurActiv.

Nuclear power is safe says Ed Miliband

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Ed Miliband insists that nuclear energy is safe as he prepares to unveil a new generation of power stations expected to be up and running within a decade.

Miliband's Entente Formidable and the Nuclear Rollout

Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Whilst BCN talks climate the Brits do the do with Sarkozy. Last week a consortium of three companies bought a Sellafield site with a view to a 2016 expansion of UK nuclear energy provision, this emanates from the *Entente Formidable* fiscal deal between the Heir to Slitherin' Gordon Brown (pal of Alistair Campbell , currently being investigated for Provence parties and expenses and best matey of Toxic...

Telegraph omits links of “leaders” attacking Miliband

Liberal Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

The Daily Telegraph today publishes a letter signed by various “Jewish leaders” attacking David Miliband on his criticisms of Tory EU allies. It says : SIR – Many people in the Jewish community have noted with concern the recent attacks on David Cameron’s allies in eastern Europe. In particular, Michal Kaminski, the leader of the European Conservative and Reformists group in the European Parliament,...

Ed Miliband to deliver nuclear site assessment reports

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

Government to open new central authority in March to fast-track nuclear applications and avoid red tape The government will tomorrow identify further sites around Britain that could be suitable for building a nuclear plant, as part of a scheme to fast track a new generation of reactors. Ed Miliband, the energy and climate change secretary, will unveil a series of national policy statements...

Miliband remains in frame amid secret talks over EU jobs

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

... Brussels, Tony Blair is seen as down if not necessarily out for the presidential post, but David Miliband, the foreign secretary, is viewed as a frontrunner for the foreign policy job. With the Lisbon treaty due to come into force at the end of the month, Reinfeldt is under pressure to settle the matter quickly and could call a special summit in Brussels as early as Thursday if a consensus...

David Miliband's lessons from Obama

Next Left (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

The Fabian Global Change We Need conference is, one year on, asking whether and how 'movement politics' and citizen engagement can influence major global issues, from the global economy, climate change and the Middle East. (You can follow some live tweeting from @thefabians and the David Miliband speech on the Fabian website . Foreign Secretary David Miliband recalled watching Obama's...