In a letter to today’s paper, the energy and climate change secretary has, in effect, confirmed that the emissions standard won’t be included in the coalition’s first energy bill. Instead, he uses the letter to reaffirm his commitment to bring forward the new green measure “as quickly as possible”.
George Osborne admitted today that his cuts would be 40% greater than Labour’s plans. But he was let off the hook by Evan Davies on his use of Budget numbers and “fairness” claims.
Researchers analysing data on average incomes, house prices, life expectancy and educational attainment show that the gap between north and south has grown wider in the recession – and the dividing line is intriguing.
In his Fabian Essay, reported in this morning’s Guardian, Ed Miliband has written that the loss of less-affluent voters cost Labour the general election, and said that his rejection of “New Labour nostalgia” made him the modernising candidate in the leadership election.
Serious questions need to be asked about David Cameron’s committment to international development: Where is the vision? Where is the leadership? Where is the ambition?
As The Guardian reveals on its front page today, the coalition may be about to U-turn on David Cameron’s flagship green policy of introducing tough new emissions performance standards to stop the dirtiest coal-fired power stations, like Kingsnorth, from beingtest
One could be forgiven for checking that yesterday wasn’t April 1st after waking up to the news that private equity tycoon and asset-stripper extraordinaire Philip Green has been appointed by David Cameron to head a Whitehall spending review.
Here are five people Joss Garman thinks should appear in Left Foot Forward’s list of the fifty most influential lefties in Britain.
Yesterday we reported on the leaked DfID documents outlining up to 100 projects that may be scrapped, as part of their crusade on ‘output’ based aid; now there is confusion over whether a key commitment on aid effectiveness has been scrapped or not.
This week’s immigration and employment date are important, and contain important lessons for policymakers; they just aren’t the lessons which the papers suggest – and they aren’t just for the Home Office.
