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Rishi Sunak Appeals To Voters To Trust Tories With UK Security
Rishi Sunak Appeals To Voters To Trust Tories With UK Security
Defence
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that only the Conservatives can be trusted with the UK’s national, energy, and economic security in a new plea to keep his party in office.
Higher Energy Bills Due To Debt 'Underlines Need For Social Tariff', MP Says
Energy
Higher Energy Bills Due To Debt "Underlines Need For Social Tariff", MP Says
Environmental Leaders Are Confident About Labour's Green Agenda
Environment
Environmental Leaders Are Confident About Labour's Green Agenda
Furious Scottish Tories Warn They Won't Be 'Sacrificial Lambs' On Windfall Tax
Energy
Furious Scottish Tories Warn They Won't Be "Sacrificial Lambs" On Windfall Tax
Climate Protest MP Tells Voters To Use Locals To Shift Net Zero Plans
Environment
Climate Protest MP Tells Voters To Use Locals To Shift Net Zero Plans
Energy Sector Is Frustrated By Uncertainty Over Labour £28bn Green Spending Pledge
Energy
Energy Sector Is Frustrated By Uncertainty Over Labour £28bn Green Spending Pledge
Labour Says Spike In Cold Deaths Underlines Urgency Of Home Insulation Scheme
Energy
Labour Says Spike In Cold Deaths Underlines Urgency Of Home Insulation Scheme
The House Live
Plug in to unlock: the benefits of smart meter-enabled EV flexibility Partner content
Environment
By Cornwall Insight
Plug in to unlock: the benefits of smart meter-enabled EV flexibility
The role of renewable liquid gases in the fight to reach net-zero Partner content
Environment
By Dimeta
The role of renewable liquid gases in the fight to reach net-zero
The future needs innovators Partner content
Environment
By Urban Splash
The future needs innovators
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New Cabinet Office Minister Says There Is 'Massive Waste' In How Local Councils Are Funded
New Cabinet Office Minister Says There Is "Massive Waste" In How Local Councils Are Funded
Communities
Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More 'Transparent' To Stop 'Fibbing And Skulduggery'
Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More "Transparent" To Stop "Fibbing And Skulduggery"
Political parties
Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid
Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid
Political parties
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GB Energy: What role will Labour's state-owned energy company really play?
Energy
By Sienna Rodgers
GB Energy: What role will Labour's state-owned energy company really play?
Labour’s pledge to create a state-owned energy company is key to its 2030 clean power target – yet has received little attention so far. Sienna Rodgers gets to the bottom of the GB Energy policy
Claire Coutinho: 'People want us to play a part in climate change, but not at any cost'
Energy
By Sienna Rodgers
Claire Coutinho: 'People want us to play a part in climate change, but not at any cost'
Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho talks to Sienna Rodgers about her journey from banking to politics – and why those who speculate about her potential as a future chancellor may ‘need pills’
Green with envy: The politics of decarbonisation
Environment
By Adam Bell
Green with envy: The politics of decarbonisation
By installing heat pumps and buying electric vehicles, the wealthy are insulating themselves from current and future energy price shocks while avoiding paying for the investment needed to help the less well-off join the party. That’s not going to help the politics of decarbonisation, says Adam Bell. Illustration by Tracy Worrall
Energy news
Smarter and more efficient homes are crucial to meeting net-zero Partner content
Environment
By Smart Energy GB
Smarter and more efficient homes are crucial to meeting net-zero
We need a ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ to move our homes towards net-zero emissions, said Anna McMorrin MP, at Smart GB’s panel discussion at Labour Connected.
Low carbon homes will play a key role in reaching net-zero Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Low carbon homes will play a key role in reaching net-zero
Speaking at OFTEC’s panel discussion at Labour Connected, Shadow Minister for Green New Deal and Energy, Dr Alan Whitehead MP, stressed the important role that decarbonising our homes will play in reaching net-zero.
Britain needs jobs now: investing in energy can give us those jobs Partner content
Coronavirus
By EDF
Britain needs jobs now: investing in energy can give us those jobs
A green recovery would not only good for the environment, but good for the economy. It’s now time to deliver it.
Hydrogen technology will help us deliver the decarbonisation of our homes and the gas network Partner content
Energy
By Cadent
Hydrogen technology will help us deliver the decarbonisation of our homes and the gas network
Britain benefits from one of the best developed gas networks in the world - around 85% of British homes are connected to the grid. To meet the challenge of net zero we need policies that will take full advantage of this incredible national asset.
What Happened To Labour's Green New Deal?
Environment
By Georgina Bailey
What Happened To Labour's Green New Deal?
At its 2019 conference, Labour passed a radical climate motion to the delight of party activists. A general election, leadership campaign and global pandemic later, is the energy for a Green New Deal still there?
Partner content
Energy
By OFTEC
Government cannot afford to repeat off-grid heat decarbonisation policy mistakes, MPs warned
Consumer choice and affordable low carbon options must be a priority for rural homes or vital net zero targets could be missed, OFTEC will warn MPs at the 2020 Labour and Conservative Party Conferences.
Net zero needs nuclear, the nation needs nuclear Partner content
Economy
By Nuclear Industry Association
Net zero needs nuclear, the nation needs nuclear
Ahead of Labour Connected next week, Tom Greatrex from the NIA explains how nuclear can help meet the climate goals, and sustain long term jobs.
Cleaner air under lockdown could be made permanent with action to decarbonise transport Partner content
Energy
By EDF
Cleaner air under lockdown could be made permanent with action to decarbonise transport
Air quality improvements under lockdown have provided a very real glimpse of what a clean, electric future could look like. Now is the time to make these changes permanent.
Partner content
Communities
By Sellafield Ltd
NDA Group launches partnership to inspire young nuclear professionals
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has launched a year-long partnership aimed at inspiring and supporting young people in the nuclear industry.
Investing in the electricity network must be the backbone of a green 'build back better' Partner content
Economy
By SSE
Investing in the electricity network must be the backbone of a green 'build back better'
It’s absolutely right that Ofgem protects billpayers, but the cost of delaying critical investments will cause us to pay a much heavier price in years to come. 
Investment in nuclear and other low carbon infrastructure is essential for a green recovery Partner content
Coronavirus
By EDF
Investment in nuclear and other low carbon infrastructure is essential for a green recovery
As we emerge from the current ordeal, the UK needs the same focus and resourcefulness to tackle two other serious challenges: rebuilding the economy and climate change.
What does this summer tell us about the role for nuclear in the UK’s future energy mix? Partner content
Energy
By EDF
What does this summer tell us about the role for nuclear in the UK’s future energy mix?
EDF says low wind conditions this summer demonstrate the need for nuclear as part of the future energy mix.
Partner content
Energy
By Glass and Glazing Federation
Little for glazing in Green Grant Scheme
The Government has released more details of the Green Homes Grant Scheme almost one month after it was announced by the Chancellor.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
GB energy sector must be joined-up to meet Net Zero targets
Leading engineers are today warning that a joined-up approach to the future of Britain’s energy sector is essential if we are to meet our Net Zero ambitions.
Partner content
Energy
By OFTEC
Government relying on limited data to create rural heat decarbonisation policy
Government’s current reluctance to support renewable liquid fuels as part of the UK’s green heat agenda is based on flawed evidence, says OFTEC following the initial outcomes of widespread field trials.
Partner content
Energy
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB responds to government inquiry into energy efficiency of homes
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has responded to the Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry into the energy efficiency of existing homes, calling on Government to implement a long-term national retrofit agenda as a key part of its Industrial Strategy.
Partner content
Energy
By Cadent
Mission Possible: How Greater Manchester can reach net zero before the rest of the UK
Greater Manchester needs to act now and get decisions right first time if it is to become carbon neutral 12 years earlier than the rest of the UK, a report published today confirms.
Introducing Six – Sellafield’s new social impact programme Partner content
Communities
By Sellafield Ltd
Introducing Six – Sellafield’s new social impact programme
Sellafield Ltd’s social impact programme has been refreshed and relaunched as Six – social impact multiplied.
Boris Johnson unveils £350m decarbonisation push as he vows ‘green, sustainable recovery’ and ‘Jet Zero’ plane trial
Environment
Boris Johnson unveils £350m decarbonisation push as he vows ‘green, sustainable recovery’ and ‘Jet Zero’ plane trial
Boris Johnson has unveiled £350m in funding to help industry slash carbon emissions, as he launched the UK’s bid to secure the first zero-emissions long-haul passenger flight.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By Cadent
The Government must ensure the UK isn’t left behind in developing a hydrogen economy
Whilse the international attention hydrogen is receiving is positive news for the global journey to Net Zero, it also demonstrates that immediate action is required from UK government if we are not to be left behind in this newly developing hydrogen economy.
A Green Recovery can deliver for the economy, society and our planet Partner content
Coronavirus
By Energy UK
A Green Recovery can deliver for the economy, society and our planet
The £3bn for energy efficiency is welcome but we must go further and move faster, in line with advice from scientists like the Committee on Climate Change.
How the Covid-19 crisis has offered a glimpse into the future of energy Partner content
Coronavirus
By Smart Energy GB
How the Covid-19 crisis has offered a glimpse into the future of energy
The Covid-19 crisis has given us a partial window into the high renewable energy future, but the truly green and cheap energy revolution, with smart meters at its heart, is just beginning.
To deliver Net Zero by 2050, the 2020s really have to be the decade of delivery Partner content
Coronavirus
By Energy Institute
To deliver Net Zero by 2050, the 2020s really have to be the decade of delivery
Only with ambitious clean energy action at home can we inspire reciprocal action from countries around the world.
Government’s green heating plans out of touch with ‘ordinary’ people Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Government’s green heating plans out of touch with ‘ordinary’ people
If the Government’s current green heating plans go ahead, it’s likely that progress on heat decarbonisation will continue to stall, especially for off gas grid homes.
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