LONDON — The Scottish High Court quashed decisions by the British government to approve drilling in two vast North Sea oil and gas fields after legal challenges from environmental campaigners. Fresh ...

The Prime Minister and Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, are expected to wave through the Rosebank oil project in the North Sea despite the risk of exacerbating a Cabinet split with Mr Miliband ...

A fresh decision on Rosebank and Jackdaw will now be made by Labour Energy Secretary Ed Miliband ... by the British government to approve drilling in two vast North Sea oil and gas fields after ...

Ed Miliband has ordered an immediate ban on drilling in new North Sea oil fields in a decision that overrules Energy Department officials and risks triggering a wave of legal action.

A Scottish Labour minister has insisted the UK’s energy future “does not lie in more oil and gas” as the government is poised for a clash of ideologies between Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband.

New levies – drawn up by Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, and Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary – will see North Sea oil and gas producers paying 78pc tax on profits from November. This is the ...

Ed Miliband promoted a "skills passport" to help North Sea workers to transition to renewables jobs The UK's energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has denied avoiding the UK’s oil and gas sector for ...