Category: Climate crisis

Fury over Reeves’ climate climbdown – Politics Weekly UK

In her big plan to get the economy growing again the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has prioritised growth over almost everything else. But at what cost? John Harris speaks to the Labour MP Clive Lewis about concerns that climate...

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Heathrow third runway: a saga of promises, protest and U-turns

With Reeves looking set to approve the contested expansion, here is a timeline of 21 years of changing policyThe saga of Heathrow’s third runway has been continuing for decades, with ministerial resignations, U-turns from...

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Miliband tells MPs UK needs to ‘speed up, not slow down’ in net zero drive – UK politics live

Energy secretary insists there is ‘no contradiction between net zero and economic growth’ in hearing at Commons committeeThe hearing has stopped for a short break. Heather Hallett, the chair, tells Badenoch that her...

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Rachel Reeves’s bid to expand Heathrow could add £40 to airline ticket

Exclusive: Treasury analysis shows ticket prices expected to go up across board with no plans for frequent flyers to shoulder more of the costRachel Reeves’s bid to expand Heathrow airport could add £40 to the cost...

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Kemi Badenoch to criticise Theresa May and Boris Johnson ‘mistakes’

Tory leader to condemn predecessors’ Brexit, climate and migration failings amid rising popularity of Reform UKKemi Badenoch will attack the Conservative party’s record under Boris Johnson and Theresa May on Brexit,...

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Farage and Truss attend UK launch of US climate denial group

British arm of Heartland, which has taken oil and Republican funding, to be led by ex-Ukip head Lois PerryClimate science deniers are lining up a political offensive in Britain after a US lobby group opened a UK branch which is...

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Could Keir Starmer’s AI dream derail his own green energy promise?

As PM pins hopes on AI, what effect will building energy hungry datacentres have on Labour’s clean power pledge?Keir Starmer this week launched a plan to bring a 20-fold increase in the amount of artificial intelligence...

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