Claire Coutinho: Rising Tory star has her work cut out to tackle the energy and climate challenges in her new job title

Incoming Energy Security Secretary and Sunak loyalist must navigate intraparty rift over net-zero strategy and larger debate on the North Sea industry’s future

Incoming: New UK Secretary of State for Energy Security Claire Coutinho outside 10 Downing Street on 31 August, 2023. — Incoming: New UK Secretary of State for Energy Security Claire Coutinho outside 10 Downing Street on 31 August, 2023.Photo: REUTERS/SCANPIX

Russell McCulley

London

Claire Coutinho Rishi Sunak Offshore Energies UK (OEUK)North Sea Transition Authority Greenpeace

Published 1 September 2023, 11:02Updated 5 September 2023, 15:23