The work and pensions secretary said those who think they were unable to work probably could with the right support. This live blog is closedLord Hermer, the attorney general, must be getting used to bad publicity, but there is...
Read MoreEd Miliband says funding pledge means Britain within ‘grasping distance’ of ‘secure, clean, unlimited energy’The UK government has promised a record £410m investment in nuclear fusion which could...
Read MoreAs 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...
Read MoreBehaviour experts say misinformation shared in media and by other stakeholders is impeding uptakeExperts from a “nudge unit” have been hired to help ministers fight misinformation about heat pumps in to try to...
Read MoreParty donor Dale Vince warns that urging homeowners to switch to clean-power technology risks political storm bigger than UlezThe government risks a huge political backlash if it keeps pushing the public to install heat pumps to...
Read MoreCCC says delays and reverses under Rishi Sunak have left UK drastically off track from Paris commitmentsThe new Labour government must oversee a massive ramping up of renewable energy generation in this parliament or the UK will...
Read MoreClimate experts and ministers say burying electricity cables could cost 10 times more than pylonsEnergy and climate experts have hit out at Conservative plans to hold a review into electricity pylons, saying the manifesto pledge...
Read MoreIncrease of 2% last year driven by plant expansion in China and slowdown in US and Europe closuresThe world’s coal power capacity grew for the first time since 2019 last year, despite warnings that coal plants need to...
Read MorePM says he will not gamble on energy security, in move likely to be seen as backwards step in decarbonising networkRishi Sunak risks further criticism from green campaigners after throwing his weight behind the building of new...
Read MoreBritain spent about £26bn in three years on low-carbon measures, less than Italy, Germany, France and Spain, Greenpeace findsThe UK spends less on low-carbon energy policy than any other major European economy, analysis...
Read MoreCash injection in Great British Energy should be increased to £30bn, thinktank says after Keir Starmer U-turnKeir Starmer is being urged to more than double Labour’s investment in publicly owned renewable energy to...
Read MoreHousebuilders and campaigners warn of cold, damp homes and UK missing legally binding targetsLabour’s slashing of proposed spending on home insulation will leave millions of people on low incomes in cold, damp homes and...
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