Basit Mahmood
Government’s net zero strategy breaches UK’s climate obligations, High Court rules
The law requires the government to produce detailed climate policies showing how the UK’s carbon budgets will be met.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Boris Johnson told to ‘turn up for work’ after skipping heatwave crisis meetings to host chequers party
The prime minister has "clearly clocked off"
Daily Mail slammed for Islamophobic front page
“You would have thought that meeting the first woman leader of the largest Muslim umbrella body would be welcomed and applauded"
Just 4% of Tory party members think hitting net zero target should be a policy priority
The views of the party membership are in stark contrast to the concerns of the majority of the country, with a poll in April finding that 64% of all voters supported the government’s plans to hit the net zero target.
Dominic Raab pulls out of planned appearance before the joint committee on human rights
We now have a zombie government that carries with it the real risk of paralysing the country at the worst possible time.