Tory MEP hosts “climate sceptics'” conference
In the week a UN study warned of dire consequences for the planet, predicting a 6-deg. rise in the Earth’s temperature, Tory climate-sceptics gather in Europe.
Green Politics
Lansley opposes local wind farm
Andrew Lansley is among campaigners who have opposed a wind farm in Cambridgeshire. It raises new questions about the shadow cabinets commitment to renewables.
The questions that George Osborne must answer
Lord Robert Skidelsky says Osborne is “interviewed a lot, but people haven’t really nailed him.” Left Foot Forward sets out a questions for interviewers.
Vince Cable’s banking tax doesn’t help anyone
Vince Cable wants banks to pay 10% on their profits to raise £2bn. But this new tax is the wrong option and won’t work.
Rethinking economic policy
The main themes of the TUC’s ‘Beyond Crisis’ conference were reinforced in an afternoon session. Lord Layard, Andrew Simms & Glenis Willmott MEP all spoke.
Times’ climate change poll contains good news and bad
Times poll showed that 41% of voters think that “climate change is happening & … largely man made.” But the public is more positive on green policy.
Britain has a “revenue crisis” not a spending crisis
Tax expert Richard Murphy has told an audience at the TUC that Britain faces a “revenue crisis” but not a spending crisis. He urged increases in tax revenue.
Obama rejects scientific advice
President Obama has rejected the advice of his own science adviser by pushing back a decision on measures to stop rising emissions.
Johnson defies Cameron on 50p tax
Boris Johnson today called the Government’s policy to introduce a 50p tax a “double disaster”. This puts pressure on Cameron and Osborne who say it should stay.
Rowan Williams attacks “ruinous legacy” of the market
Rowan Williams unleashed an attack this morning on the “ruinous legacy” of “the market as an independent authority.” He was speaking at a TUC conference.