Bill Esterson

Labour MP for Sefton Central. Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee Chair. [email protected]

[Theresa May @theresa_may]

The net zero economy now supports 1.1m UK jobs and generates £105bn in economic value - proof that tackling climate change & growing the economy can go hand in hand.

Carbon Budget 7 laid in Parliament today provides certainty to help unlock more investment and energy security.

[Shabana Mahmood MP @ShabanaMahmood]

The scenes this evening in Portswood are completely unacceptable.

The Nowak family made a powerful call to us all yesterday to not let Henry’s death be used to create further division, hatred or tension.

There can be no justification for hijacking this tragedy to stir up violence and disorder. Those responsible can expect to face the full force of the law.

I thank the police who have tonight shown great bravery and calm in the face of disgraceful violence directed at them.

[Bill Esterson @Bill_Esterson]

Cutting the cost of electricity is the number one priority which the @CommonsESNZ committee has heard from those giving evidence to us. Would be great to discuss your recommendations, some of which seem consistent with what the government is suggesting it will do.

[Ed Hezlet @watt_direction]

What’s the biggest barrier to decarbonising Britain?

We think it’s expensive electricity.

@BritishProgress have 4 policy ideas to cut household bills by £115, and save businesses 7%.

But bill reductions must come alongside market reform - to ensure long term value for money.

[Frank Place 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @BotFinderUK]

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[Michael Shanks MP @mgshanks]

More dishonesty.

1. We are not shutting down domestic oil and gas production.

2. A third of the oil + gas workforce lost their jobs when your party was in Government - where was the outrage then?

3. You did nothing to ban the import of Russian products - no sanctions - we are.

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

@LeeAndersonMP_ You don’t need to argue with me, Lee.

You need to listen to Gemma, the person who runs The Hamlet, and then decide whether as a Party you are prepared to do the decent thing.

[Jon Burke 🌍 @jonburkeUK]

Sorry Kemi, these are the facts:

* 93% of North Sea oil and gas has been pumped because of Tory privatisation.

* Extraction peaked in 1999.

* The North Sea is going to shed at least 67,000 jobs between 2025 and 2035 and new licences will do nothing to change that.

[Andy Burnham for Makerfield @andy4makerfield]

Andy explains why he’s standing in Makerfield on @BBCRadioManc 👇

[Andy Burnham for Makerfield @andy4makerfield]

🚨 This is massive.

After years of injustice, the first arrest has been made in the Bickershaw waste dump scandal.

@AndyBurnhamGM called it out, and now those responsible are being brought to book.

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

Breaking:

Net migration nearly HALVED in the year to December 2025, falling to 171,000

[Bill Esterson @Bill_Esterson]

At #PMQs, Kemi Badenoch said she wanted to reduce our reliance on imports of oil & gas. There simply isn’t enough left in the North Sea to replace imports. If The Tories/Reform really wanted to cut imports of oil & gas they would support the transition to renewables.

[Joe Mayes @Joe_Mayes]

Labour MP @Bill_Esterson tells me he wants Starmer to stand down. "Keir has to announce he is stepping down in the national interest and allow people to support their preferred candidate to take the country forward. It is clearly unsustainable for him to continue." 1/

[Richard Parker @RichParkerLab]

Today, fellow canvassers and I were threatened, intimidated and abused for simply doing what should be normal in any democracy - speaking to voters and hearing their views.

Thank you to the police for their swift response and reassurance.

It won’t stop me. But I do worry it will stop others from getting involved in public life.

Divisive rhetoric and intimidation has its consequences.

https://t.co/V439jNMVuG

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Statements that have now come to light from a handful of @TheGreenParty candidates are totally unacceptable & require immediate action. There’s no place for anti-semitism or any hate speech in the party. This is a society-wide problem & needs to be rooted out wherever it’s found

[Labour Press @labourpress]

Vote Labour this Thursday.

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

The Tories would have recklessly plunged us into war with Iran without a second thought to the consequences.

[Paul Mason @paulmasonnews]

All those decent Green activists who came in fighting for the planet and ended up with a leader shilling for Putin

[David @DavidMcGregorBN]

There’s been many a joke made about Polanski’s hypnosis, but I don’t think anyone has held to account as well as Beth Rigby has here.

Rough watch.

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine has killed thousands of civilians. He’s threatened the use of nuclear weapons. He’s attempting to erase Ukrainian identity and culture. And he’s forcibly deported children.

Zack Polanski should be ashamed of this comment.

[Southport Labour @SouthportLabour]

Reminder that Southport Lib Dem leader John Pugh supports fracking 🤷