Mary Creagh MP, Labour's Shadow Environment Secretary, responding to today’s Defra drought summit, said: “Today’s drought “summit” is more talk and no action. The Tory-led Government is out of touch with the pressures facing families - t... Continue to article

Labour Party Press Release Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party, said: “It is with great sadness that I heard of the death of Robin Corbett. He was a good and principled man who will be greatly missed in Westminster. “As an MP R... Continue to article

Friends of the Earth press release Commenting on a new report released today [Sunday 19 February 2012] by the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, which shows the UKs massive potential for marine energy, Friends of the Earths Energ... Continue to article

Labour Party Press Release Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, commenting on the Energy and Climate Change Committee’s report on Marine Renewables, said: “The UK leads the world in marine energy and... Continue to article

The UK could become a leading exporter of wave and tidal power equipment and expertise if the Government adopts a more visionary approach to developing marine renewables, according to a new report by the Energy and Climate Change Select Com... Continue to article

Labour Leader Ed Miliband today attacked David Cameron for excluding experts from a Number 10 NHS meeting. Speaking at the Welsh Labour Conference, he said: "You don't get progress on the NHS by shutting the door of Downing Street on ... Continue to article

Government respond to Committee's report on nuclear R&D capabilities to agree to produce a Strategy and Research and Development 'Roadmap'- The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has today published and welcomed the Governme... Continue to article

Commenting on today's news that Britain and France will co-operate to build new power plants in the UK, Friends of the Earth's Energy Campaigner Paul Steedman said: "Cameron's deal today will leave British taxpayers footing a massive bil... Continue to article

Labour press release Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, commenting on the UK-France agreement to strengthen co-operation in the development of civil nuclear energy, said: "Nuclear power has a vital ... Continue to article

Department of Health press release In January, the Government accepted the Future Forum’s recommendation for a review of the balance between protecting patient information and its sharing, to improve patient care. Dame Fiona Caldicott ha... Continue to article

Conservative Party press release Today, in an article in the New Statesman, Lord Mandelson delivers a coded warning for Ed Miliband and Labour not to be anti-business. Ed Miliband perseveres with anti-business “Predator” policy. Severa... Continue to article

Today the Financial Times reveals that Tony Blair has been holding informal meetings with Labour MPs, warning them that the Party must become closer to business to win the next election. * Ed Miliband's anti-business 'Predator' policy. S... Continue to article

Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, responding to reports that the number of pensioners dying from hypothermia has doubled in five years, said: “The energy market has to be made to work better for pens... Continue to article