UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced the creation of GB Grid, a government-backed public body to invest in the electricity infrastructure, as announced on 2026-09-28. The initiative represents a major step toward bringing Britain's utility companies under public control, with details to be presented at Labour's annual conference on 2026-09-29.
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Exclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control Andy Burnham will take the first major step to putting Britain’s utility companies into public control on Tuesday, as he announces a new government-backed body to invest in the electricity grid. The prime minister will use his first conference speech as Labour leader to announce the cr
The prime minister will say he wants to reduce energy costs in his first conference speech as Labour leader.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to lay out his policy plans in an address on Tuesday at the Labour Party’s annual conference.
Andy Burnham will take his first major step to putting Britain’s utility companies into public control when, at the Labour conference, he announces a new government-backed body to invest in the electricity grid.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to announce Great British Grid, a publicly owned body within Great British Energy, in his Labour conference speech in Liverpool on Sept. 29. The body would invest in transmission infrastructure and compete with existing private network companies on connection projects, using funding previously allocated to Great British Energy [theguardian.com#1][energyliven
UK PM Andy Burnham to roll back privatisation with government-backed power grid plan. Undoing “40 years of neoliberalism”, greater public control of energy, water and housing. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Exclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control
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