HYDROGEN: Powered domestic heating can save the gas industry from the scrapheap, GMB conference heard today.

Delegates backed a motion to lobby political parties to commit to to a trial of hydrogen in domestic heating.

British Gas rep Paul Hargate said producing green hydrogen in Britain could help Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer “close the door” on Russian premier Vladimir Putin.

HORIZON: IT scandal victims must receive compensation before a new government, GMB conference moved today.

Delegates backed a motion also calling for senior Post Office executives who oversaw the enormous miscarriage of justice to have their bonuses reclaimed.

Hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly convicted after the Fujitsu computer system made it appear funds were missing from their branches.

Delegate Mark Bowler said: “They are up against a tyrant of a corporate giant and a Tory government backtracking and dragging this injustice out for decades.”

SCANDAL VICTIMS: The GMB today backed the Hillsborough Law Now campaign for legal reforms that would make it easier for victims of public scandals to receive justice.

Delegate Paul Richards said: “This law is hugely important to the north-west and Irish region but its impact will be felt across the country.”

It would help people who lost loved ones due to government mishandling of the Covid pandemic, Grenfell Tower disaster, the Infected Blood Scandal, nuclear test veterans, the union’s conference heard.