# Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband is the UK Secretary of State for [Energy Security](/drivers/energy-security) and Net Zero, appointed after Labour's July 2024 election victory, and a former leader of the Labour Party. He has made a clean-power-by-2030 mission the centre of his brief, lifting England's onshore-wind ban, approving large tranches of solar and wind capacity, and establishing the publicly owned Great British Energy company.

## Dated facts

- 2025: Great British Energy Act receives Royal Assent and creates a public clean-energy investment framework. https://factrail.ai/facts/energy-fact-gb-energy-act-2025.
- 2025: UK approves 134 solar farms and 28 onshore wind projects under Miliband. https://factrail.ai/facts/energy-fact-miliband-renewables-approvals-2025.

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/people/ed-miliband