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Faulty Insulation Could Cost Government's Warm Homes Plan Over £3bn, Warn Experts
Faulty Insulation Could Cost Government's Warm Homes Plan Over £3bn, Warn Experts
Energy
The government's plan to make households more energy efficient risks being undermined by a failure to properly protect loft insulation, an industry group has warned.
The Path to Net Zero: A special report to mark Net Zero Week 2025 Partner content
Environment
By Total Politics Impact
The Path to Net Zero: A special report to mark Net Zero Week 2025
How The King Stands To Make Millions From Government’s Net Zero Plans
Economy
How The King Stands To Make Millions From Government’s Net Zero Plans
Reform Councils Could Delay Green Infrastructure Projects For Months
Energy
Reform Councils Could Delay Green Infrastructure Projects For Months
UK Must Apply 'Wartime Mindset' To Energy Policy, Says Nato Official
Defence
UK Must Apply "Wartime Mindset" To Energy Policy, Says Nato Official
Tory MP Warns Energy And National Security Must Be 'Inseparable' After British Steel Saga
Defence
Tory MP Warns Energy And National Security Must Be "Inseparable" After British Steel Saga
Government Warned Warm Homes Target Is Not On Track
Energy
Government Warned Warm Homes Target Is Not On Track
Opinion
Labour should increase support for hybrid heating solutions to lower rural emissions affordably Partner content
Energy
By Calor Gas
Labour should increase support for hybrid heating solutions to lower rural emissions affordably
Strategy that endures: delivering a modern UK industrial strategy for the long term Partner content
Energy
By EDF
Strategy that endures: delivering a modern UK industrial strategy for the long term
A decade of opportunity: A 10-year pathway to secure the future of the UK Chemical Industry Partner content
Energy
By Chemical Industries Association
A decade of opportunity: A 10-year pathway to secure the future of the UK Chemical Industry
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How Ruthless Will Starmer's Reshuffle Be?
How Ruthless Will Starmer's Reshuffle Be?
Political parties
When will Keir Starmer do his Cabinet reshuffle?
When will Keir Starmer do his Cabinet reshuffle?
By Jim Murphy
Political parties
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference ##sash##
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Tory Councillors Launch Bid To Close Down Cheshire Asylum Hotel After Epping Ruling
Tory Councillors Launch Bid To Close Down Cheshire Asylum Hotel After Epping Ruling
Home affairs
Parliament's People Awards ##sash##
Parliament's People Awards
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference ##sash##
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
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Anas Sarwar: 'I'm Not Willing To Wait For Someone Else To Fix Our Problems'
Energy
Anas Sarwar: "I'm Not Willing To Wait For Someone Else To Fix Our Problems"
Sienna Rodgers talks to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar about the UK government’s ‘teething problems’, a bespoke immigration solution for Scotland and how to fight Reform
Interview: Joe Fortune, the quietly powerful Co-operative Party general secretary
Economy
By Sienna Rodgers
Interview: Joe Fortune, the quietly powerful Co-operative Party general secretary
An actual giant of the labour movement? Sienna Rodgers speaks to the tall and quietly powerful Co-operative Party general secretary, Joe Fortune. Photography by Elio Zhang
A nuclear kettle of fish at Hinkley Point C
Environment
By Tali Fraser
A nuclear kettle of fish at Hinkley Point C
Is a trawler’s worth of fish getting in the way of our nuclear ambitions? Tali Fraser investigates something fishy going on around Hinkley Point C
Energy news
Tax cuts alone won’t stop civil protest over rising energy bills
Economy
By Lord Howell
Tax cuts alone won’t stop civil protest over rising energy bills
The battle between the two rivals for prime minister provides ideal material for the kind of punch-up and division the media love to depict. The awkward reality – that truth lies somewhere in between the two – is conveniently pushed aside. 
Liz Truss Doubles Down On Tax Cuts Plan To Ease Cost-Of-Living Crisis
Economy
Liz Truss Doubles Down On Tax Cuts Plan To Ease Cost-Of-Living Crisis
Conservative leadership frontrunner Liz Truss has insisted she will push ahead with tax cuts, despite warnings it will do little to help the most vulnerable as the cost of living is expected to soar.
Price Of Bread, Cheese, Milk And Biscuits Is About To Soar
Environment
Price Of Bread, Cheese, Milk And Biscuits Is About To Soar
The price of bread, milk and cheese is expected to rise sharply in the coming months as the cost-of-living crisis makes staple foods more expensive, according to a leading industry figure.
Chancellor Says UK Economy Is Facing 'Challenging Times' As Cost Of Living Rises
Economy
Chancellor Says UK Economy Is Facing "Challenging Times" As Cost Of Living Rises
Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi had said that resilience in the private sector "bodes well" for the UK economy despite new warnings of a looming recession.
Labour Vows To End 'Morally Wrong' Higher Rates On Pre-Payment Energy Bills
Economy
Labour Vows To End "Morally Wrong" Higher Rates On Pre-Payment Energy Bills
Labour has pledged to end households with pre-payment meters having to pay a higher rate than direct debit customers, in the first of several cost-of-living policies that the opposition will roll out in the coming days.
Tory Mayor Says Liz Truss And Rishi Sunak Don't Understand Cost-Of-Living 'Storm' Awaiting Them
Energy
Tory Mayor Says Liz Truss And Rishi Sunak Don't Understand Cost-Of-Living "Storm" Awaiting Them
Neither Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss “fully appreciates and understands the storm that awaits them” on the cost of living, Conservative mayor Ben Houchen has told PoliticsHome.
ORE Catapult celebrates over £1m secured by Launch Academy companies to boost the offshore wind industry Partner content
Economy
By Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
ORE Catapult celebrates over £1m secured by Launch Academy companies to boost the offshore wind industry
Ten of the UK’s brightest technology innovator companies have secured more than £1 million in funding to help deliver solutions for the UK’s offshore wind industry.
Money Expert Compares Energy Crisis Inaction To UK 'Watching European Hospital Beds Fill Up' With Covid
Economy
Money Expert Compares Energy Crisis Inaction To UK "Watching European Hospital Beds Fill Up" With Covid
Personal finance expert Martin Lewis has accused the government of inaction on soaring energy prices, and compared the "cataclysmic" scale of the crisis to watching Covid hospitalisations soar across Europe while the UK continued to allow sporting events to go ahead in 2020.
Fears Blackouts Could Lead To Empty Supermarket Shelves Raised By Government
Economy
Fears Blackouts Could Lead To Empty Supermarket Shelves Raised By Government
Exclusive: The government has asked figures in the food and drink industry for their views on how major power outages could affect food supplies in the UK, as concern grows over how the energy crisis could cause widespread disruption in the coming months.
Boris Johnson Allies Insist They Warned Of Cost-Of-Living Deadlock As No 10 Resists Urgent Intervention
Economy
Boris Johnson Allies Insist They Warned Of Cost-Of-Living Deadlock As No 10 Resists Urgent Intervention
Boris Johnson's caretaker government is resisting growing pressure to take action on the cost-living crisis before his successor takes over in early September, but allies of the outgoing prime minister insist they warned his hands would be tied over new support this summer.
Tory MP Warns Cost-Of-Living Crisis Will Damage Election Chances Without More Support
Economy
Tory MP Warns Cost-Of-Living Crisis Will Damage Election Chances Without More Support
Influential Conservative MP Mark Harper has insisted further financial support will be needed to help households through the "very, very difficult winter" as energy prices look set to soar further.
Senior Tory Says Leadership Candidates 'Have To Be Honest' About Scale Of Cost-Of-Living Crisis
Economy
Senior Tory Says Leadership Candidates "Have To Be Honest" About Scale Of Cost-Of-Living Crisis
Oliver Dowden has said an intervention on a "considerable scale" is needed by the next prime minister in order to help households through the rise in living costs.
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership awards £3.5m to nine UK winners Partner content
Energy
By Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership awards £3.5m to nine UK winners
Nine UK businesses have been successful in securing a share of a £3.5 million Development Grant funding pot from the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP).
Energy Regulator Admits Rising Costs “Don’t Feel Fair” To Bill-Payers
Economy
Energy Regulator Admits Rising Costs “Don’t Feel Fair” To Bill-Payers
The chief executive of energy regulator Ofgem has said he recognises soaring energy costs “don’t feel fair” following the confirmation that the price cap on prices will be adjusted more frequently.
Conservative MP 'Not Sure' How Their Family Will Pay Bills If Energy Costs Keep Rising
Energy
Conservative MP "Not Sure" How Their Family Will Pay Bills If Energy Costs Keep Rising
A Conservative MP has said he is “not sure” how his family will be able to pay if bills of energy costs continue to skyrocket.
Energy Regulator Plans Help With Bills Through 'Increased Consumer Debt'
Economy
By Chaminda Jayanetti
Energy Regulator Plans Help With Bills Through 'Increased Consumer Debt'
Exclusive: Energy regulator Ofgem is considering plans to help cash-strapped prepayment customers avoid getting disconnected – but only by getting into debt instead.
Scale Of Energy Bill Debts Threatening Millions Will 'Eclipse' Support Measures, MPs Warn
Economy
Scale Of Energy Bill Debts Threatening Millions Will "Eclipse" Support Measures, MPs Warn
Millions of people could be left with "unmanageable debt" as a result of major forecasted rises in the cost of energy, a new report from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee has warned.
Peter Aldous: We need a social tariff to help ease the cost of living crisis
Economy
By Peter Aldous MP
Peter Aldous: We need a social tariff to help ease the cost of living crisis
There is no other way of saying it: we are in the grip of a cost of living crisis. Regular reminders of the rising cost of essential goods and services dominate the news and show no sign of abating.
Lord Bridges: We'll all pay the price of a disorderly transition to net zero
Environment
By Lord Bridges
Lord Bridges: We'll all pay the price of a disorderly transition to net zero
Since 2021, energy prices have been rising sharply. Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has pushed prices higher still.
The public demands the best broadband. Here’s how Government can help. Partner content
Communities
By Openreach
The public demands the best broadband. Here’s how Government can help.
In the run up to the 2019 general election, broadband was a big battleground in the bid for votes.
A headline-grabbing policy to nationalise BT met with an equally ambitious plan to cover the country with “gigabit-capable” broadband. It's a major pillar in the Tory party’s levelling up strategy, which will see £5bn spent to reach homes and businesses in the most rural parts of the UK.
We need to treat home energy efficiency as a national emergency Partner content
Energy
By Energy Institute
We need to treat home energy efficiency as a national emergency
Spiralling gas prices have fuelled a cost-of-living crisis, but the solutions to this and the climate crisis are now more aligned than ever before, says Juliet Davenport OBE HonFEI, President of the Energy Institute.
Circular economy revolution around offshore wind could create 20,000 extra jobs Partner content
Environment
By Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Circular economy revolution around offshore wind could create 20,000 extra jobs
As offshore wind helps propel Scotland towards net zero, a new report highlights how a circular economy around the sector could slash carbon emissions by 34% and provide an extra 20,000 jobs across the UK that Scotland could capitalise on.
Clare Moriarty: Action is needed now to avoid a winter of discontent for energy customers
Economy
By Dame Clare Moriarty
Clare Moriarty: Action is needed now to avoid a winter of discontent for energy customers
More than half a year since the energy market went into freefall, the bill for supplier failures is still mounting.
Five ways towards net zero, while ensuring critical energy for today Partner content
Energy
By Shell UK
Five ways towards net zero, while ensuring critical energy for today
In volatile times, how can the UK reach net zero, while securing energy today? Through, first and foremost, a stable fiscal climate that unequivocally encourages investment, says Shell UK Country Chair David Bunch
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Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
2025
Bayview Suite 2
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
2025
Room 4A and 4B
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
2025
Derby Suite
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
Parliament's People Awards
2026
The Palace of Westminster
Parliament's People Awards