Our rising cost of living is the price of climate inaction, not net zero
With households across the UK facing a cost of living crisis as energy and food prices escalate, many…
Melanie Smallman
Let’s not choose between growing or greening
When Caroline Flint stood next to a giant ice cube and launched Labour’s ‘Cut that Bill’ campaign at…
In 21st Century Britain, the biggest public health risk after smoking is the air we breathe
Last year, around 25,000 people in the UK died prematurely due to a silent and invisible killer. It…
A new political paradigm
Back in the early 1990s, the big new idea about New Labour was that our party challenged the…
This muddled government and our low-carbon future
By Melanie Smallman After many weeks’ pressure from environmental groups and amidst much fanfare from Downing Street, the…
Private rents: High cost, low security
By Melanie Smallman David Lammy and Will Straw wrote an interesting piece on LabourList yesterday about the current…
The next Labour leader needs to think big, red and green
By Melanie Smallman Today the environment will be in the Labour Leadership spotlight when SERA co-hosts the “Labour…
ASA climate ad ruling still supports the scientific consensus
By Melanie Smallman Yesterday’s ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on DECC’s climate change ads is being…
Now it is time for the green enlightenment
By Melanie Smallman The negotiations at Copenhagen were never going to be easy. So much was at stake,…
Copenhagen: the progressive case for climate action
By Melanie Smallman As the world prepares for the forthcoming International Climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Labour supporters could…
