Coal and climate summit: A besieged industry lashes out
Christine Ottery of Greenpeace reports from the World Coal summit, which coincides with the second week of UN climate negotiations in Warsaw.
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The idea of paying £25 to see a GP is cruel, but nothing is unthinkable under this government
Nye Bevan has been rolling in his grave so much this year I doubt he can remember whether he’s facing up or down. After NHS privatisation was finally sealed in April, the principal of free and publicly accountable universal healthcare is now being further undermined by talk of GPs charging patients for their appointments.
Today’s announcement on fracking has tilted the balance further in favour of fossil fuels
Today George Osborne more than halved the amount of tax the UK’s nascent shale gas industry will need to pay, from 62 per cent to 30 per cent.
Fracking: It’s economics stupid
Today, at 6AM in a release barely more than a paragraph long, the Treasury announced that the British Geological Survey (BGS) had found 1300trn cubic feet worth of shale gas trapped in the rocks beneath Lancashire.
Making work pay…by freezing the minimum wage
The chancellor George Osborne will make a speech today in which he will say the government is “making work pay” through tax and benefit changes. Making work pay is an admirable goal and something that everyone on the left supports. The problem, however, is that the government’s idea of making work pay is radically different to that of most progressives, as a quick glance at today’s Daily Telegraph makes clear.
GDP growth masks fall in wages and impact on union rights
Tentative GDP figures draws our attention to the fall in wages and its impact upon union rights, writes Tony Burke.
Con 2012: What does Jeremy Hunt have in store for the NHS?
Debbie Abrahams MP, PPS to the shadow health secretary Andy Burnham and chair of the PLP health committee, looks at what Jeremy Hunt has in store for the NHS.
Clean energy summit will expose more coalition divisions
Addressing a major clean energy summit this week, David Cameron has the opportunity to break his silence and rediscover his old enthusiasm for green politics.
The left and right of happiness
The persistence of David Cameron’s happiness agenda has undermined the left, providing an illusion of progress while infuriating neoliberals, says Craig Berry.
Budget 2012: The fossil fuel friendly Mr Osborne
Clare McNeil, senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), looks at the energy policy and environmental impact of the budget.
