Budget 2011: Three key climate change tests
Shadow Minister for Climate Change Luciana Berger outlines three key climate change tests for the government to prove its green credentials in the Budget tomorrow.
Green Politics
Why Guido Fawkes and Tim Worstall are wrong on Keynesianism
Guido Fawkes and Tim Worstall claim that Keynesianism doesn’t work. But the academic they cite says that there’s no compelling reason for the Government’s “extreme austerity measures”.
Will Osborne sell out “greenest government ever” in Budget?
Dominic Browne catalogues the recent spate of government failures and half measures that undermine their stated aim of becoming the “greenest government ever”.
Budget 2011: Osborne must wean nation off addiction to oil
Simon Bullock, senior economics campaigner at Friends of the Earth, reveals FoE’s ten-point plan for how the chancellor can wean the country off its addiction to oil in his Budget on Wednesday.
We need a holistic approach to the climate, food and economic crises
Ahead of the Budget on Wednesday, David Hilferty calls for a holistic approach to the climate, food and economic crises.
Boris’s airport arguments don’t stand up to scrutiny
Boris Johnson’s attacks on the government’s aviation policy are becoming increasingly strident, reports John Stewart of Airport Watch.
An OECD whitewash for Osborne?
Geroge Irvin looks at the OECD’s ‘Economic Survey of the UK 2011’ – and asks if it’s a whitewash for the coalition government and Mr Osborne.
There’s much more to recycling than the headline rate
Green politicians, just as they have always led on recycling, on Zero Waste, etc., need to take a lead in weaning the media, the political class and the electorate off the drug of purely quantitative ‘rising recycling rates’.
Fuel poverty and social inequality should be the focus – not fuel cost
The debate on the ‘Fuel crisis and the cost of living’ in Parliament yesterday, unsurprisingly, placed focus on the cost of fuel rather than letting fuel poverty and social inequality take centre stage, writes Eleanor Besley.
Labour market stats reveal high unemployment and an uncertain outlook
Today’s figures show that while the recession technically ended over a year ago the period November-January 2011 saw unemployment hit its highest level since October 1994 – 2,529,000 people.