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The Financial Times reports that a coalition row over energy policy has “burst back into the open” as Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Davey, announced yesterday that he would “defy the chancellor” and set a target for how much…
Climate change is an issue that, although important, is far away from the immediate concerns of many voters. David Cameron certainly did not seem to think this when he announced that a Conservative government would be the ‘greenest ever’…
Barring the N words (nimbys and nuclear), energy policy has been remarkably lacking in party politics since the privatisation of the electricity market in the nineties. However, this relative détente has been slipping away in the past year…
After Ed Davey was announced as Chris Huhne's replacement in the cabinet today, Caroline Flint called on him to "stand up to vested interests in the energy industry": "David Cameron promised this would be the "greenest Government ever". But…
By Meg Hillier MP Today the Co-op Party meets against a backcloth of rising prices for gas and electricity. As the temperature drops, millions will start to see their energy prices spiral out of their reach. They will face the terrible…
By Éoin Clarke GEER will formally launch our case for a Plan B at Westminster on September 14th. Tory inflicted austerity has choked the UK economy and so we in GEER are making the case for a £20bn investment (outlined below) to get the…
By Kieran Roberts Energy is probably the area that epitomises the battle between short termism and long termism the most. The government have announced plans to invest significantly in renewable energy and nuclear (which is in my opinion…
By Meg Hillier MP, shadow energy secretary Today's announcement about British Gas price hikes is another body blow to the British Consumer. Gas bills will rise from August 18th by an average of 18% and electricity bills by an average of…
By Meg Hillier MP Apart from the very wealthy, most people in Britain are confronting a perfect storm of rising prices. We've seen rises in the cost of food and fuel. Now, we face a summer of price rises for gas and electricity. Scottish…
By Chris Williamson MP The biggest challenge facing the future of the human race is how the world tackles the threat of global climate change. But the seemingly insatiable desire for energy creates a real policy conundrum for governments in…
By Kieran Roberts / @kieranlroberts A year ago today, David Cameron visited the Department of Energy and Climate Change and said this: "I want us to be the greenest government ever. A very simple ambition and one that I'm absolutely…
By Emily Thornberry MP Chris Huhne and David Cameron never tire of claiming that the coalition will be "the greenest government ever" - and media reports had lead us to believe ambitious new policies would be announced in yesterday's speech…
