The UK government’s climate action plan is unlawful, the high court has ruled, as there is not enough evidence that there are sufficient policies in…
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Labour urged to work with Tories to counter ‘ignorant’ climate policy attacks
Labour should counter “absolutely unacceptable” and “ignorant” Conservative attacks on its climate policies by offering a cross-party consensus on climate action, to bring forward measures…
View More Labour urged to work with Tories to counter ‘ignorant’ climate policy attacksUK innovators get £4.3m to develop space-based solar power
UK universities and tech companies are to receive £4.3m in government funding to develop space-based solar power. The technology, which collects energy from the sun…
View More UK innovators get £4.3m to develop space-based solar powerUK energy firms must pass on price savings to customers, ministers warn
Ministers have warned energy firms that they must pass on the benefits of lower wholesale prices to consumers, amid concern that bills could rise this…
View More UK energy firms must pass on price savings to customers, ministers warnUK energy suppliers to end prepayment meter installation in vulnerable homes
All energy suppliers in the UK have pledged to end the installation of prepayment meters in the homes of vulnerable customers, after damaging reports on…
View More UK energy suppliers to end prepayment meter installation in vulnerable homesGrant Shapps tells Ofgem to toughen up over prepayment meter scandal
The business secretary has told the energy market regulator to toughen up on suppliers in the wake of the prepayment meter scandal. Grant Shapps accused…
View More Grant Shapps tells Ofgem to toughen up over prepayment meter scandalSunak set to end ban on new onshore windfarms in face of Tory rebellion
Rishi Sunak has signalled the end of a moratorium on new onshore wind projects in an attempt to head off a row with Tory MPs,…
View More Sunak set to end ban on new onshore windfarms in face of Tory rebellionNo 10 set to allow new onshore wind projects in England in U-turn
Downing Street appears likely to allow new onshore wind projects in England after years of an effective ban, Grant Shapps has indicated, with ministers giving…
View More No 10 set to allow new onshore wind projects in England in U-turnUK households have cut energy consumption by 10%, say suppliers
Britons have cut their gas and electricity use by more than 10% since October in the first evidence of the impact of the energy crisis…
View More UK households have cut energy consumption by 10%, say suppliersSizewell C nuclear plant plans have not been scrapped, says No 10
Downing Street has said plans to build a new nuclear power plant in Suffolk have not been scrapped as part of a drive to make…
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