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Ed Miliband
Edward Samuel Miliband is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since July 2026. He previously served as Energy Secretary from 2008 to 2010 under Gordon Brown and from 2024 to 2026 under Keir Starmer. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North since 2005. Miliband was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of t…
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politics · British politician (born 1969) · politician · podcaster · also Ed Miliband, Edward Samuel Miliband, Edward "Ed" Samuel Miliband, Edward Miliband, Miliband
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In the two years since July 2024, this Government have secured renewable power for the equivalent of 23 million homes, invested in the biggest nuclear building programme in half a century, started to deliver the biggest investment in warm homes in our country’s history, taken £150 off energy bills and shown global climate leadership. I am proud that we are delivering on our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower, so that we get lower bills and good jobs, and protect future generations
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2026· 50 entries
“only way to have energy security”
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“reluctantly reached the conclusion his position [was] untenable”
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“the era of Blair and Brown is over”
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express.co.uk: Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband 'plot £13bn foreign aid splurge – tax rises likely'
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Yahoo: Ed Miliband is the most tragic kind of overgrown student politician
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lbc.co.uk: 'Patronising' Miliband damaging relationship with Israel over illegal settlements, minister warns
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The Independent: Miliband slams ‘destructive’ Israeli settlement plans in West Bank
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Joe.co.uk: Ed Miliband condemns Israel’s ‘unacceptable and destructive’ settlement project
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NewsCord: Ed Miliband Condemns Israel’s E1 Bid To Build 1,234 West Bank Settlement Units: 56 outlets compared
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The Jewish Chronicle: Ed Miliband warns Israel ‘measures to come’ in response to ‘unacceptable’ settlement scheme
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Daily Mail: Ed Miliband lashes out at Israel for pushing ahead with controversial West Bank settlement project
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i24NEWS: UK's Miliband Condemns Israeli Tenders For E1 Settlement, Sa'ar Rejects 'patronising' Criticism
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Sky News: Miliband clashes with Israel over controversial West Bank settlement
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Bloomberg: UK’s Miliband Plans Sanctions Over Israeli Settlement Expansion
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AOL.ca: Ed Miliband’s net zero diplomacy is toxic for Britain’s image in America
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Jewish News: UK to announce new measures targeting Israeli settlement expansion within weeks, Miliband confirms
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Daily Mail: Labour's net zero dogma is costing cash-strapped families £540 a year, bombshell analysis that was scrapped by Ed Miliband shows
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politico.eu: Ed Miliband wants to save the world. He’ll have to do it with a threadbare Foreign Office.
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London Evening Standard: Miliband denies relations with ‘closest ally’ US harmed by his Trump criticism
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Mshale: Kevin Behrens To Union Berlin For Free! Ed Miliband (AkGyHCcvim)
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Mshale: VINI JR GOAL - SEVILLA VS REAL MADRID Ed Miliband (rziiAN85XR)
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London Evening Standard: Miliband ignores questions about past views on Trump during Washington trip
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TheArticle: Ed Miliband should learn the lesson of Suez
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Mshale: Newcastle Vs Everton Ed Miliband (JLALOL3KhE)
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Mshale: AGUSTÍN CANOBBIO. HABLAMOS CON EL FUTBOLISTA DE ATHLETICO PARANAENSE Y LA SELECCIÓN URUGUAYA. Ed Miliband (2bmatJKxZM)
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Mshale: ANDY BURNHAM WANTS ED MILIBAND AS CHANCELLOR Liam Manning (YA7uf4uMO6)
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Mshale: Ed Miliband Defends Starmer As Olly Robbins Gives Evidence To MPs On Mandelson Vetting Corey Pronman 2026 Nhl Mock (MW2e0xRzUP)
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Public attention spiked: 9,005 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.7× the usual 1,569, with 10 article edits. Editors noted: In opposition post-leadership (2015–2024) headings change accordingly with new headings of energy and foreign secretary
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Public attention spiked: 71,790 Wikipedia readers in one day, 45.8× the usual 1,569, with 57 article edits. Editors noted: BBC or No10 havent reported new energy sec yet
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Public attention spiked: 5,743 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.7× the usual 1,569, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Updated info box to remove deprecated parameter alma_mater
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“In the two years since July 2024, this Government have secured renewable power for the equivalent of 23 million homes, invested in the biggest nuclear building programme in half a century, started to deliver the biggest investment in warm homes in our country’s history, taken £150 off energy bills and shown global climate leadership. I am proud that we are delivering on our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower, so that we get lower bills and good jobs, and protect future generations”
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“My hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. We will write to her with a good answer.”
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“Yes. We love Cornwall; we love the potential of what it can provide in terms of floating wind. My hon. Friend states her case incredibly well.”
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“That is something we take incredibly seriously. We are an energy policy and industrial policy Department. We have made progress on that and are determined to make further progress.”
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“We think the contracts for difference model is a good one. We want to get on with opening the auction, and we continue to look at all these issues.”
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“The framework provided by having a clear sense of mission, through the Clean Power 2030 action plan and the Climate Change Act 2008, is crucial. That is why we have the £100 billion of private investment. We are going to carry on doing it.”
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“I think the hon. Member is talking not just about what will happen at Wylfa, but all the other routes to market that are happening, including advanced modular reactors and other technology. I can honestly say to him that we have massive enthusiasm from a whole range of private sector companies, and we are driving that forward at pace.”
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“My hon. Friend raises an important issue about the treatment of businesses. I am sure that there is more to do on brokers. We will look at his suggestions.”
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“The hon. Gentleman raises an important issue. The way to get bills down is to drive for clean energy, which the Conservatives oppose. Why have bills gone up in the last few months? Because of the Iran war. <em>[</em><em>Interruption.</em><em>]</em> They know that they have gone up because of the Iran war—”
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“The hon. Gentleman makes a really important point. I am happy to give that undertaking. We want to see the opportunities around SMRs throughout the United Kingdom. I am happy to discuss that with him.”
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“The truth is that we all face a choice on the future of our energy system. Do we learn the lessons of history—of two fossil-fuel crises in five years, as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Iran war—and say that we want energy sovereignty with clean, home-grown power that we control, or do we not? We have made our choice.”
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“I am incredibly proud of our record over the last two years. This Government have delivered the biggest investment in warm homes in our history, broken records on renewables, and secured over £100 billion of private sector investment. We have the biggest nuclear-building programme in a generation, and a plan for 400,000 new clean energy jobs. All the shadow Secretary of State had to show for her time in office was the trashing of our clean energy industries; there was no nuclear power delivered,”
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“We will look at all suggestions, including my hon. Friend’s. We do look at cumulative impact in the planning process, and the strategic spatial energy plan will be very important. Members have raised this before. It is very important to understand the concerns of local people when planning where infrastructure is to be built.”
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“I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s question, because the situation facing families who use heating oil has been significant since the Iran war started. That is why we made money available, including to the Scottish Government, to help families in particular hardship. We have also increased the help available through the boiler upgrade scheme for those families using heating oil. I continue to discuss what more we can do with colleagues across Government.”
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“What is he on, Mr Speaker? To be clear, even in the most ambitious scenarios, our plans for solar in 2030 would use 0.6% of agricultural land; I am happy to repeat that. I do not know what makey-uppy nonsense the shadow Minister is producing. The wider issue is that the Conservatives complain about energy bills, and energy bills are too high, but we have the cheapest form of power available—solar power—and they say no to it. They want to keep us hooked on fossil fuels, and we saw the impact of t”
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Public attention spiked: 16,717 Wikipedia readers in one day, 10.7× the usual 1,569, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Per MOS:JOBTITLE
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Career landmark: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2026).
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2025· 1 entry
“s policy on coal-fired power stations, saying that any potential new coal-fired power stations would be unable to receive government consent unless they could demonstrate that they would be able to effectively capture and bury 25% of the emissions they produce immediately, with a view to seeing that rise to 100% of emissions by 2025. This, a government source told the Guardian, effectively represented”
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2024· 4 entries
Full Fact rated the claim “Energy secretary Ed Miliband wrote an opinion article for the Guardian headlined “Our GB Energy will become the envy of the world just like our NHS”.” This is false. No such article has appeared in the Guardian..
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PA Media rated the claim “Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband was travelling by private jet.” The photograph is from the 2015 general election campaign..
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Career landmark: member of the 59th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2024).
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Career landmark: Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (2024–2026).
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2020· 3 entries
Reported claimRated Incorrect. Ed Miliband did not choose the cladding on Grenfell Tower. There is no evidence we’re aware of that environmental legislation was behind the choice of cladding material. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “The cladding used on Grenfell Tower was chosen by Ed Miliband to meet EU climate change legislation.” Incorrect. Ed Miliband did not choose the cladding on Grenfell Tower. There is no evidence we’re aware of that environmental legislation was behind the choice of cladding material..
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Keir Starmer appointed Miliband Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and later Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero in 2021
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Career landmark: Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade (2020–2021).
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2019· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2019–2024).
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2017· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2017–2019).
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2015· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2015–2017).
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2013· 2 entries
That he would resign as a Labour MP and move to New York to head the International Rescue Committee, Miliband said that British politics would be "a poorer place" without him, and that he thought David "would once again
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Miliband spoke in a House of Commons sitting specially convened to pay tributes to her
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2012· 2 entries
Miliband wrote, "Like many others from Holocaust families, I have a paradoxical relationship with this history
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In 2012, Miliband wrote, "Like many others from Holocaust families, I have a paradoxical relationship with this history.
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2011· 2 entries
Miliband criticised Rupert Murdoch's bid to takeover telecommunications company Sky in December 2016, subsequently supporting an inquiry by Ofcom
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“Like many others from Holocaust families, I have a paradoxical relationship with this history. On one level I feel intimately connected with it – this happened to my parents and grandparents. On another, it feels like a totally different world.”
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2010· 4 entries
Career landmark: Leader of the Opposition (2010–2015).
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Career landmark: Leader of the Labour Party (2010–2015).
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Stated that he would demand Clegg's resignation before any Labour–Liberal Democrat coalition under his leadership
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Career landmark: member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2010–2015).
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2009· 2 entries
“Opis: gratulując objęcia przywództwa w Partii Pracy. Cameron zanim został premierem, przez pięć lat szefował opozycji.”
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“The house we bought had a kitchen downstairs when we bought it. And it is not the one we use. We use the small one upstairs. I think Justine would probably say she wishes I'd spend more time in the kitchen.”
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2008· 1 entry
Career landmark: Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (2008–2010).
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2007· 5 entries
Appointed Miliband to his Cabinet as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with Miliband serving alongside his brother, David Miliband, who was Foreign Secretary
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Career landmark: Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom (2007).
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Career landmark: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (2007–2008).
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Career landmark: Minister for the Cabinet Office (2007–2008).
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By becoming the first siblings to serve in the same Cabinet since Lord Edward and Oliver Stanley in 1938
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2006· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of State for Third Sector (2006–2007).
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2005· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2005–2010).
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And Prime Minister Tony Blair made him Minister for the Third Sector in May 2006
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2004· 1 entry
At a dinner party hosted by journalist Stephanie Flanders
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1997· 1 entry
Career landmark: special adviser (1997–2002).
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1995· 1 entry
With encouragement from Gordon Brown, Miliband took time out from his job to study at the London School of Economics, where he obtained a master's degree in economics
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1994· 1 entry
When Harriet Harman was moved by the newly elected Labour Leader Tony Blair to become Shadow Secretary of State for Employment, Miliband stayed on in the Shadow Treasury team and was promoted to work for Shadow Chancello
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1993· 2 entries
Career landmark: special adviser (1993–1995).
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Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Harriet Harman approached Rawnsley to recruit Miliband as her policy researcher and speechwriter
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1992· 1 entry
After graduating from the University of Oxford, Miliband began his working career in the media as a researcher to co-presenter Andrew Rawnsley in the Channel 4 show A Week in Politics
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1989· 1 entry
Miliband gained four A Levels—in Mathematics (A), English (A), Further Mathematics (B) and Physics (B)—and then read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford
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1972· 1 entry
To take up a chair at the University of Leeds as a professor of politics
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1969· 1 entry
Born 1969-12-24.
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