Ed Davey’s power station numbers don’t add up
The risk remains that the UK’s efforts on climate change could still be sabotaged by too much fossil fuel burning, and not enough renewable energy.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Time to act to safeguard the Olympic legacy
What can London 2012 learn from past games in maintaining a healthy, successfully and economically sound legacy?
Labour market stats: Underneath the good news…
Richard Exell delves behind the headline unemployment figures and takes a deeper look at the latest September 2012 labour market statistics.
Time to seize upon Murray’s win and Olympic buzz and invest in grassroots sport
Reaction to Andy Murray’s US Open at the end of this most golden summer of glorious British sport.
Miliband and Cameron argue jobs, borrowing and “predistribution” at subdued PMQs
Watch Ed Miliband and David Cameron argue jobs, borrowing and “predistribution” at PMQs, 12th September 2012.
Transport poverty is real, pervasive and must be tackled
Liz Thorne, policy adviser at Sustrans, examines whether a family car is a necessity or is transport poverty the real issue.
Have the Lib Dems already caved on a 2030 decarbonisation target?
Following Ed Davey’s op ed today in Politics Home, Will Straw looks at whether the Liberal Democrats have already caved on a 2030 decarbonisation target.
Headline unemployment figure down 7,000 to 2.59 million
The unemployment rate fell 0.1 per cent on the quarter to 8.1%, with the number of people out of work down 7,000 to 2.59 million in the three months to July.
Regional Growth Fund failure “nothing short of scandalous”
The government’s flagship Regional Growth Fund policy has fallen on its face and been reduced to a money-saving exercise.
Leaked letter deepens GCSE grading row as Parliament hears of “major flaws”
A look at the day’s events regarding the ongoing GCSE grade fall out. With a look at the statements today in the committee and a statement from NUT.