Starmer’s comments come before visit to Barrow, where he is to promise nuclear deterrent is ‘bedrock’ of security planLabour will aim to raise the UK’s defence spending to 2.5% of GDP “as soon as...
Read MoreOn visit to Barrow, Labour leader due to say defence procurement will strengthen security and growthKeir Starmer will promise to make the UK’s nuclear deterrent the “bedrock” of his security plan to keep...
Read MoreMichael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will notPreviously unseen documents have emerged that appear to contradict the government’s case for a new...
Read MoreFormer chair of climate change committee says UK’s decision has encouraged other countries to keep exploiting fossil fuelsThe UK’s decision to open a new coalmine in Cumbria was a “disaster” that...
Read MoreEleanor Williams, 22, claimed she had been trafficked by Asian gang and made false rape allegationsA 22-year-old woman from Barrow-in-Furness has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice by telling...
Read More‘Red wall credentials’ suspected at Westminster as real reason for approval by Michael GoveSenior steel industry figures have rejected claims that their demand for coal has driven the government’s divisive...
Read MoreThe government says the needs of UK steelmaking override the environmental impact. The industry thinks differentlyThe decision to approve a new £165m coalmine in Cumbria reveals an unpleasant truth about the government. It...
Read MoreUS climate envoy says he will publicly criticise UK’s approval of Cumbrian mine if it adds to emissionsJohn Kerry, the US climate official, has said he is closely examining the UK government’s approval of a new...
Read MoreCampaigners expected to gather on Friday and Saturday, and possible legal challenge is being exploredCampaigners in Cumbria are planning protests after the government gave the green light to the first new coalmine to be dug in...
Read MoreEd Miliband vows party will seek to prevent ‘climate-destroying’ plan and if elected would deliver green jobsLabour would stop the new coalmine in Cumbria from going ahead if elected, and will seek to prevent it...
Read MoreMichael Gove greenlights £165m project that will produce estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a yearThe UK will build its first new coalmine for three decades at Whitehaven in Cumbria, despite objections...
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...
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