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Energy Secretary Says 'Common Sense' Approach To Climate Change Can Beat The Greens
Energy Secretary Says "Common Sense" Approach To Climate Change Can Beat The Greens
Environment
A "common sense" approach to climate change and the clean energy transition can fend off challenges from the Greens, Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has said.
PM Says Government Plans To Remove Standing Charges From Energy Bills
Energy
PM Says Government Plans To Remove Standing Charges From Energy Bills
Senior Labour MP Says UK Must Not Repeat North Sea Oil Mistakes With AI Wealth
Energy
Senior Labour MP Says UK Must Not Repeat North Sea Oil Mistakes With AI Wealth
What More Could Government Do To Help With Energy Bills?
Energy
What More Could Government Do To Help With Energy Bills?
The Path to Net Zero: A special report to mark Net Zero Week 2026 Partner content
Environment
By Total Politics Impact
The Path to Net Zero: A special report to mark Net Zero Week 2026
Red Wall Chair Joins Labour MPs Calling For Net Zero Rethink
Energy
Red Wall Chair Joins Labour MPs Calling For Net Zero Rethink
Ex-Energy Minister And Burnham Ally Says Tony Blair Is Wrong About Net Zero
Energy
Ex-Energy Minister And Burnham Ally Says Tony Blair Is Wrong About Net Zero
Opinion
Britain is deindustrialising – the Budget must put a stop to it, and the PM should approve Rosebank
Economy
By Henry Tufnell MP
Britain is deindustrialising – the Budget must put a stop to it, and the PM should approve Rosebank
The Budget must make clean heating affordable for homes and businesses Partner content
Economy
By Mitsubishi Electric
The Budget must make clean heating affordable for homes and businesses
Delivering reliable power today, whilst investing in tomorrow’s energy needs Partner content
Energy
By Uniper
Delivering reliable power today, whilst investing in tomorrow’s energy needs
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Ministers In Budget Eve Row With Labour MPs Over Miner Pension Fund
Ministers In Budget Eve Row With Labour MPs Over Miner Pension Fund
Communities
Labour Surges To Eight-Point Lead In New Poll
Labour Surges To Eight-Point Lead In New Poll
Political parties
Parliament needs an employment model fit for the modern political era Partner content
Parliament needs an employment model fit for the modern political era
By GMB
Political parties
Chris Bryant: Northern Ireland's Politicians Are Addicted To The Abnormal – They Need A Spell Of Cold Turkey
Chris Bryant: Northern Ireland's Politicians Are Addicted To The Abnormal – They Need A Spell Of Cold Turkey
Home affairs
How regulatory failures permit Britain's gambling sector to grow Partner content
How regulatory failures permit Britain's gambling sector to grow
By Campaign for Fairer Gambling
Communities
Inside The Green Party Struggle Over Reforms Amid 'Zionism Is Racism' Row
Inside The Green Party Struggle Over Reforms Amid 'Zionism Is Racism' Row
Foreign affairs
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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
Sellafield hits the restart button Partner content
Coronavirus
By Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Sellafield Ltd
Sellafield hits the restart button
The nuclear site begins a cautious exit from lockdown.
The energy sector can power a sustainable, green recovery. Here’s how Partner content
Coronavirus
By Energy UK
The energy sector can power a sustainable, green recovery. Here’s how
Big ambitious infrastructure programmes to upgrade our housing, decarbonise transport and create a modern flexible energy system, along with the development of industrial clusters based around new low carbon technologies, will provide exactly the scale of economic stimulus we need.
Energy
By Railway Industry Association
Rail industry calls for green hydrogen and battery train order to spur post-Coronavirus economy
In its response to an All Party Parliamentary Group on Hydrogen’s inquiry, the Railway Industry Association, the trade body for UK rail suppliers, has called for investment in green hydrogen and battery trains as a way for the Government to spearheaded an environmentally-friendly economic recovery.
Coronavirus
By Calor Gas
Improving the energy efficiency of existing homes is key to eradicating fuel poverty and decarbonising heat from households
A quick win would be to tweak the EPC calculation so it is fair for the countryside, especially as raising the EPC may in future be legally required before selling or renting a property.
Coronavirus
By Cadent
We will need a mix of technologies and locality-specific solutions to decarbonise our heating system
Cadent have responded to Wera Hobhouse MP.
Policy to decarbonise home heating must be fairer in wake of Covid-19 crisis, says OFTEC
Coronavirus
By OFTEC
Policy to decarbonise home heating must be fairer in wake of Covid-19 crisis, says OFTEC
As the UK begins to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis, government must not waste the opportunity to ensure future heat policy is greener and fairer, says OFTEC.
Green homes for green places: the search for a solution that doesn’t cost the earth Partner content
Energy
By Calor Gas
Green homes for green places: the search for a solution that doesn’t cost the earth
To go further and help decarbonise more ‘hard to treat’ homes, it’s critical that bioLPG is recognised by the new Green Gas Support Scheme which the BEIS consultation proposes.
Coronavirus
By SSE
Greenprint for a cleaner, resilient economy
The UK Government should greenlight billions of pounds of private investment in low carbon infrastructure to help the economy rebound from coronavirus, says energy firm SSE.
The UK must build an economy that is cleaner and more resilient Partner content
Coronavirus
By SSE
The UK must build an economy that is cleaner and more resilient
Although not as immediately felt as those from coronavirus, the impacts from a failure to deal with climate change could be even greater.
The hydrogen economy can help ensure a green and resilient economic recovery Partner content
Coronavirus
By Cadent
The hydrogen economy can help ensure a green and resilient economic recovery
PoliticsHome recently spoke to Dr Angie Needle, Director of Strategy at Cadent Gas, to learn more about their strategy for the transition to net zero and how this can contribute to a green and resilient economic recovery.
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
National Engineering Policy Centre to provide advice to government on reaching net zero emissions
Engineering has a vital role to play in creating systems and solutions to address the climate crisis.
Powering homes in a pandemic Partner content
Coronavirus
By EDF
Powering homes in a pandemic
EDF stands ready to support its customers as it navigates the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
The BEIS committee chair needs fresh, real-world experience and a collaborative approach
Coronavirus
By Darren Jones MP
The BEIS committee chair needs fresh, real-world experience and a collaborative approach
This week, we are running articles from the MPs vying to be the new chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee. Darren Jones says he would never use the chair for political gain, and "ensure every committee member, regardless of party, is empowered to lead."
As Covid-19 grips the country, we need a well chaired BEIS committee to scrutinise government
Coronavirus
By Angela Eagle MP
As Covid-19 grips the country, we need a well chaired BEIS committee to scrutinise government
This week, we are running articles from the MPs vying to be the new chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee. Angela Eagle says she is "hugely experienced in relevant complex economic briefs working as a treasury minister and shadowing BEIS in Opposition."
As the coronavirus crisis continues, we need a BEIS chair and committee that backs Britain’s businesses
Coronavirus
By Stella Creasy MP
As the coronavirus crisis continues, we need a BEIS chair and committee that backs Britain’s businesses
This week, we will be running articles from the MPs vying to be the new chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee. Stella Creasy says she has the experience to ensure the BEIS committee can be the constructive forum our constituents and representatives need.
Providing a critical service to keep you safe, warm and connected during Covid-19 Partner content
Coronavirus
By Cadent
Providing a critical service to keep you safe, warm and connected during Covid-19
Cadent are providing a critical service during Covid-19: Keeping you safe, warm and connected.
EXCL Ministers urged to step up help to stop people choosing between ‘heating and eating’ amid coronavirus crisis
Coronavirus
EXCL Ministers urged to step up help to stop people choosing between ‘heating and eating’ amid coronavirus crisis
A cross-party group of MPs is demanding that ministers do more to stop people in fuel poverty choosing between “heating and eating” during the coronavirus lockdown.
Coronavirus
By Cadent
It is only right that the Government postpone COP26
Given the current global health crisis that we are experiencing, it is only right that the Government postpone COP26, whilst the focus of Government Departments and the Civil Service are rightly on the response to Covid-19 and ensuring that people remain safe and protected.
UK’s COP26 climate summit shelved for a year amid coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus
UK’s COP26 climate summit shelved for a year amid coronavirus outbreak
The COP26 climate talks have been postponed until 2021 amid the “unprecedented global challenge” of the coronavirus outbreak, ministers have announced.
Reducing UK emissions remains an emergency despite current crisis Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Reducing UK emissions remains an emergency despite current crisis
Now more than ever, UK decarbonisation strategy must be cost effective, practical and fit for purpose to ensure that industries, businesses and consumers can get fully behind measures and make them work.
As costs increase whilst families self-isolate, VAT on energy bills should be scrapped
Coronavirus
By Jamie Stone MP
As costs increase whilst families self-isolate, VAT on energy bills should be scrapped
For those who already find themselves out of work or on reduced pay due to coronavirus, the thought of higher bills landing on the doorstep will add unbearable strain.
Energy
By Cadent
Cadent Foundation: launch of multi-million-pound fund will make a ‘positive and lasting’ difference
Charities and community groups can apply for individual grants of between £100 and £100,000 as a new foundation, funded by the UK’s biggest gas network Cadent, opens its first window for applications.
Coronavirus: Cutting off of pay-as-you-go energy meters suspended for customers in financial distress, ministers announce
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Cutting off of pay-as-you-go energy meters suspended for customers in financial distress, ministers announce
The cutting off of pay-as-you-go energy meters will be "completely suspended" for hard-up customers who ask for help during the coronavirus crisis, ministers have announced.
Only new fiscal rules will avoid a Budget carbon COP out Partner content
Energy
By SSE
Only new fiscal rules will avoid a Budget carbon COP out

The Budget tomorrow will be the first real test of this Government’s commitment on climate and it needs to drive momentum in the decarbonisation of electricity, heat and transport or it will set us up for a failure on the world stage, writes SSE's Alistair Phillips-Davies.
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