‘Government has turned its back on working people’: Trade unions react to King’s speech
“gimmicks, division, and more of the same.”
Climate Change
Tory Minister admits new oil and gas plan will not bring down energy bills
“It wouldn’t necessarily bring energy bills down, that’s not what we’re saying”,
Rishi Sunak’s watering down of net zero policies doesn’t give him the poll bounce right-wing press had hoped
The Sun and others praised the Prime Minister for his policies, claiming that ‘Rishi Sunak’s delay on petrol car ban gives him eight point surge in polls’.
Therese Coffey mocked after blaming wrong kind of rain for Storm Babet floods
“What next from the Tory excuse machine”
Outrage after Greta Thunberg arrested at London oil summit protest
Hundreds of protesters gathered at a five-star hotel in London, the InterContinental on Park Lane, the venue for the Energy Intelligence Forum (EIF), which brings together fossil fuel executives and government ministers.
‘Embarrassingly wrong’ Tufton Street Net Zero report gets extensive coverage in right-wing press
The claims contained in the report were fact checked by a number of climate academics and journalists who explained why they were wrong.
Politicians, campaigners and unions react to approval of Rosebank oil field
“The greatest act of environmental vandalism in my lifetime”
Gordon Brown: Countries that profited from oil surge should pay climate tax
Brown said that states such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Norway benefited from a “lottery style bonanza” last year, as the price of oil soared.
Al Gore blasts Rishi Sunak for net zero U-turn and suggests he’s being captured by fossil fuel companies
“I find it shocking, really disappointing, I think Rishi Sunak has done the wrong thing.”
Caroline Lucas sums up ‘disbelief’ at Rishi Sunak’s green policy plans
Prime Minister “economically illiterate” if key net zero commitments rolled back