2012
The new dash for gas is utter folly
“We can’t take our foot off the gas for some time yet,” new energy secretary Ed Davey said at the weekend; Guy Shrubsole explains why this strategy is wrong.
Fine words Mr Cameron, now it’s time for action on infrastructure investment
Ahead of the budget, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves calls on the government to act fast on infrastructure investment to boost the economy.
Truly sick: Student bailed after sending racist tweets about ill Muamba
Shamik Das reports on the student accused of sending racist tweets about Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba, who collapsed in the match against Spurs on Satuday.
Here’s why Cameron’s ‘road privatisation’ plans are nonsensical
David Cameron’s ‘road privatisation’ proposals, which he unveiled today, are nonsensical, writes Sustrans’s Eleanor Besley.
Boris’s air quality failures are no longer funny – we need action not bluster
Labour’s Murad Qureshi AM writes about London Mayor Boris Johnson’s abject failure to tackle air pollution in the capital.
Lucas: “Dismantle this reckless ideology – before it can cause irreparable harm”
Caroline Lucas MP, leader of the Green Party, writes about the ungent need for peers and MPs, at this late stage, to vote down the health and social care bill.