Labour Claws Back Approval for Onshore Wind to Speed Up Building
- Reeves says more priority to be given to projects in system
- Government goal to double onshore wind to 35 gigawatts by 2030
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The UK’s new Labour government will seek to speed the approval process for onshore wind projects by removing red tape that has allowed local groups to stall projects, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said.
“We will give priority to energy projects in the system to ensure that they make swift progress,” she said in a speech Monday. The government will immediately end several policy tests that effectively allow any opposition to halt projects, according a statement issued in conjunction with her remarks.