The US/Israeli strikes on Iran and the subsequent rise in the price of oil to a 4-year high   has once again swung the spotlight onto Britain’s precarious energy composition and the ease with which geopolitical crises abroad destabilises domestic economic activity. Spelled out in Labour’s 2024 manifesto was the pledge to reduce foreign energy reliance  by accelerating the transition to domestic renewables; and while a step in the right direction, complete upheaval of the cur

Head of Media & Communications Hubert Kucharski writes for the Financial Times