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COMMONS CHAMBER 11.30am: Treasury questions (topicals at 12.15am) Main business Queen’s speech debate on the cost of living (opposition speakers: shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint and shadow communities and local government sec... Continue to article
COMMONS CHAMBER 11.30am: Treasury questions (topicals at 12.15am) 12.30pm: Ministerial statement on Operation Herrick Main business Queen’s speech debate on the cost of living (opposition speakers: shadow energy secretary Caroli... Continue to article
David Cameron’s "red line diplomacy" on Syria has been criticised by Sir Menzies Campbell. The Prime Minister said today that there was “limited” evidence that chemical weapons might have been used, and echoed Barack Obama’s comments tha... Continue to article
Labour press release Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, commenting on profits in the energy industry, said: "Energy companies always claim that when they put up people's bills they're only passing o... Continue to article
Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, commenting on the appointment of Michael Fallon as Energy Minister adding to his existing ministerial brief in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, said:... Continue to article
The Government’s refusal to set a binding target to decarbonise the power sector by 2030 is leading to higher energy costs for consumers, Labour has argued. Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint said the uncertainty caused by the lack o... Continue to article
Home secretary Theresa May, Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps, Lord Ashcroft, Nadine Dorries MP, Jesse Norman MP, Mark Reckless MP, Liz Truss MP, Nadhim Zahawi MP and Dan Hannan MEP speak at the ConservativeHome conference Shadow ... Continue to article
The Mid-Ulster constituency by-election takes place today Prime minister David Cameron delivers a lunchtime speech on the economy from West Yorkshire Business secretary Vince Cable delivers a dinner address at Mansion House Foreign... Continue to article
Caroline Flint criticised Ofgem’s governance of the energy industry and called for the regulator to be handed new powers. “Part of the job of these companies is to manage what money they’ve got coming in through those of us who pay our b... Continue to article
Caroline Flint has hailed the the launch of the first UK-wide collective energy switching campaign as "simple but potentially trail-blazing." The initiative - run by Which? and 38 Degrees - will attempt to bring people together to negotiate cheaper energy bills with the big energy companies. The Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary said it would "set an exciting precedent which organisations such as local authorities and housing associations could take up to negotiate better energy deals on behalf of their residents."
12/11/2010
Shadow cabinet minister Caroline Flint has said the Labour party "had to act" after Phil Woolas' court verdict which banned the former minister from politics for three years. She told Question Time that Mr Woolas was a friend but maintained the party's decision to suspend him was correct.
08/06/2010 in Domestic Affairs
Nick Clegg yesterday said the government would be "prepared to alter and change" the coalition's controversial proposal to allow defendants in rape cases anonymity after the plan faced widespread condemnation.
21/12/2011 in Energy Policy
Government cuts to the solar power feed-in tariff have been described as a "fatal blow" to the industry by two Parliamentary committees. A joint report from the Environmental Audit Committee and the Energy and Climate Change Committee agrees with the need to reduce the subsidy, but argues ministers have done so "clumsily", risking thousands of jobs in the process. Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint has described the report as a "damning indictment" of the Government, whose "chaotic mismanagement" had put the solar industry in jeopardy.
12/06/2010
Former housing minister Caroline Flint has blamed Gordon Brown for the lack of women in the race for the Labour leadership. She said that because of the lack of women in Brown's cabinet, there were few senior female politicians seen as "credible" candidates.
06/12/2010 in Local Government
Labour launched a sprited attack of the Government's plans to cut local government funding by 27% over the next four years. Caroline Flint accused Communities Secretary Eric Pickles of being "more interested in trashing local councils" than considering how cuts might impact the poorest.
12/04/2013
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