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Unsafe tower blocks are the result of decades of local authority cuts
It’s ultimately the government and Parliament’s responsibility to ensure housing is safe.
Carbon emissions are on the up. It’s time to stop all state support to the fossil fuel industry
It’s too late for natural gas and shale gas to replace more polluting coal and oil — we need renewables now.
Given the BBC’s power and influence, its mythology must always be challenged
Despite its reputation as impartial and independent the BBC is neither, Tom Mills argues in his book on the corporation — the BBC has always had the state’s interests at heart.
I saw police aggression at fracking protests first hand. These tactics won’t silence us though
Jonathan Bartley, co-leader of the Green Party, was dragged away by police on Friday whilst attending a non-violent protest in North Yorkshire. Here’s what happened.
Why has Michael Gove banned some bee-killing pesticides in the UK but not others?
There are further tests for the secretary of state if he is to prove his environmental credentials.
Leaving the single market would be madness and the government know it
Here’s a recap on what leading Brexiteers have said about leaving the single market in the past.
Cutting stamp duty would be an admission of defeat on the housing crisis by the Tories
The Chancellor has signalled he may cut the tax for first time buyers. It would be a fig-leaf for the fact they’ve shelved their housing programme.
There are clear ways to rebuild our broken economy but the government is blinded by Tory dogma
It’s not just about increasing borrowing — we need to start closing corporate tax loopholes.
A ‘tax-dodging’ fracking company is about to start drilling in Yorkshire
Third Energy Holdings is based in the Cayman Islands, meaning it’s not liable for UK corporation tax.
Revealed: the shocking conditions homeless families in London are forced to live in
Siobhain McDonagh MP, who investigated the temporary accommodation in her borough, called it ‘an accident waiting to happen’.