Andy Burnham arrived for his first day at No. 10 North on a Government jet, prompting accusations of hypocrisy for a party immiserating the country for the sake of Net Zero and telling the public to cut air travel.
The FCC voted July 22 to push satellite operators out of more C-band spectrum for a 5G auction next year, while approving a licensing overhaul aimed at accelerating the commercial space economy.
Tories, Reform, fossil fuel industry and some in his party lined up against decarbonisation target as energy secretary
βWhenever the Labour party feels a bit sad,β according to one close observer of the current government, speaking some months ago, βthey wheel out Ed Miliband to talk about rooftop solar.β
It might not have been literally true, but it often felt during Keir Starmerβs premiership as if energy secretary Miliband brought the sun. Unfailingly upbeat, with a simple message that was understandable to voters, he had a clear mission β to decarbonise the UKβs power sector by 2030 β that was seen to be progressing fast.
One week ago, three widely respected European news outlets published the results of an investigation into what they described as a "joint plan" by China and Russia to "defeat Elon Musk's Starlink."
The story was the product of a long-running inquiry by The Insider, Der Spiegel, and Le Monde. Reporters at those publications said they reviewed a cache of documents detailing growing military cooperation between China and Russia. The documents covered discussions between the nuclear powers on integrated air and missile defense systems, autonomous "swarm" loitering munitions, next-generation armored vehicles, and military aviation, the report said.
According to the papers, the investigation found evidence of a partnership between China and Russia in the field of space weapons far deeper than either country has acknowledged. One particular focus for China and Russia has been developing strategies to counter SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband network.