Josh Newbury MP: Backing Rosebank and Jackdaw, and Hope for the Burnham Government

Green Benches with Deiniol Brown · Oct 1, 2026 · 43m · transcript

Should Britain keep drilling in the North Sea while pursuing net zero? And can Andy Burnham deliver for communities still living with the consequences of deindustrialisation?

In the first episode of Green Benches, we sit down with Josh Newbury, Labour MP for Cannock Chase, for a wide-ranging conversation about energy, the environment and the direction of the new Burnham government.

Newbury makes the case for continued development of Rosebank and Jackdaw to protect British energy jobs, while arguing that this need not come at the expense of net zero. He also discusses the wildfires that hit…