Europe and Starmer double down on clean power as America ups the ante

Sir Keir Starmer was in his comfort zone on Thursday, waxing lyrical about one of his favourite “missions”. Speaking at the government’s summit on energy security, the prime minister doubled down on plans for clean energy, which he reaffirmed will boost, not harm, national security – in the face of attacks on net zero policies from the Trump administration and Reform UK. He said we are “living through a new era of global instability” – that hits locally. Carers, nurses and teachers are “working harder and harder for the pound in their pocket, but feeling at the same time that…