Ed Miliband bows to pressure with ban on solar panels linked to Chinese slavery
Energy secretary to force Great British Energy to ensure there is no slavery or human trafficking in its supply chainEd Miliband will ban the UK’s national energy company from investing in projects that use solar panels linked to Chinese slave labour after bowing to pressure from Labour and Conservative MPs.The energy secretary has dropped his previous resistance to rewriting the bill establishing Great British Energy and will now introduce an amendment that forces the company to make sure there is no slavery or human trafficking in its supply chain. Continue reading...

Energy secretary to force Great British Energy to ensure there is no slavery or human trafficking in its supply chain
Ed Miliband will ban the UK’s national energy company from investing in projects that use solar panels linked to Chinese slave labour after bowing to pressure from Labour and Conservative MPs.
The energy secretary has dropped his previous resistance to rewriting the bill establishing Great British Energy and will now introduce an amendment that forces the company to make sure there is no slavery or human trafficking in its supply chain. Continue reading...