Energy secretary seeks to reestablish UK as a global leader on the climate crisis with meeting of Cop presidentsLabour will honour a pledge of £11.6bn in overseas aid for the climate crisis, the energy secretary, Ed...
Read MoreFormer Cop26 president abstains from vote saying bill breaks UK’s promise to phase out fossil fuelsAlok Sharma has said the government’s oil and gas bill going through the Commons will not cut household energy costs...
Read MoreFormer Cop26 president criticises the government’s push to ‘max out’ the North SeaAlok Sharma has said the government’s oil and gas bill will not cut household energy costs or create jobs and instead...
Read MoreFormer Cop26 chair says bill reinforces ‘unfortunate perception about UK rowing back from climate action’Alok Sharma will not be voting for the Rishi Sunak’s oil and gas bill, criticising it as a sign the...
Read MoreParliament returns for election year with a resignation over North Sea drilling and a fight over the Tories’ Rwanda planRishi Sunak is facing a backlash in parliament this week over plans to allow more oil and gas...
Read MorePrevious role-holder, Tom Pursglove, made minister for legal migration earlier this month but will not be specifically replacedRishi Sunak has said that he is open to considering ways in which his Rwanda bill can be...
Read MoreThen health secretary tried to get support of then cabinet secretary, according to leaked WhatsApp textsMatt Hancock expressed disdain for Rishi Sunak’s flagship Treasury initiative, “eat out to help out”,...
Read MoreLabour to publish dossier of spending by government representatives on luxury hotels and chauffeur hireLabour is launching a campaign accusing government ministers and officials of spending taxpayer-funded credit cards on luxury...
Read MoreTory party’s most respected figure on climate says mine will damage UK’s international reputation as well as environmentTory division over green policy deepened last night when the party’s climate change...
Read MoreAlok Sharma says the mine will damage the UK’s international reputation as well as the environmentA mooted new coalmine in Cumbria would be “a backward step”, the UK government’s climate champion has...
Read MoreTory MP becomes latest member of party to get behind push to drop moratorium imposed in 2014The president of the Cop26 climate summit Alok Sharma has become the latest Conservative party MP to support lifting the ban on new...
Read MorePrevious summit’s president tells ministers no ‘backsliding’ must be allowed over climate crisis ‘red line’Alok Sharma, the former UK cabinet minister who presided over the Cop26 climate summit in...
Read More
Margaret Hodge, the ex-Labour minister who now sits in
The chancellor has announced plans to merge local government
Exclusive: Campaigners urge ministers to intervene to prevent cruel
{authorlink}
Christian and Muslim groups say medics who refuse to
Republicans express shock and concern after far-right Republican congressman
Mark Rowley says ‘cumulative effect of decisions over the
Exclusive: former Brexit negotiator seen as probable favourite to
After Donald Trump has announced his new defence secretary
Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that suggests