Carmakers want ministers to ease mandate to make more electric vehicles, which would mean energy firms losing outMajor UK businesses including Ovo, SSE and BT Openreach are urging the government to stick to current electric car...
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 MoreCost of soft drinks, beer and kettles likely to increase as a result of scheme that shifts recycling fees to producersUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesA new packaging tax to fund...
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Read MoreScheme for plastic bottles and cans put back to 2027 while environment minister says glass recycling ‘unduly’ complex A UK deposit return scheme for recycling drinks bottles has been delayed to 2027, meaning it will...
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 MoreAdapting business laws to include benefits other than profit in decision-making could add £149bn to UK economy, says Demos thinktankBritain’s economy could receive a £149bn boost from a change to UK business...
Read MoreGovernment’s Energy Company Obligation has managed to upgrade only 65,000 homes since April 2022, figures showLabour has attacked the Conservatives over the speed of government efforts to upgrade Britain’s draughty...
Read MoreAdvisers say government should cover cost of replacing gas boilers with pumps in more than 2m homesMore than 2 million low-income households should be given a free electric heat pump to replace their gas boiler if the UK hopes...
Read MoreExclusive: Almost £40m given since 2010 as government delays to low-carbon regulations save builders and developers billionsAt least one-tenth of the money donated to the Conservative party and its MPs since 2010 has come...
Read MoreLow-traffic neighbourhoods and fines also face clampdown under plans condemned by active travel groupsRishi Sunak has pledged to end “anti-car measures” as he set out a series of ideas to prioritise the needs of...
Read MoreFirms call for support as government presses ahead with plan to impose minimum sales quotas in 2024Carmakers in the UK will still be mandated to sell electric vehicles from 1 January or face fines, despite Rishi Sunak’s...
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