2.5 million households with children in fuel poverty after new energy price cap comes into effect
Over half (55.7%) of lone-parent households (855,938) will be in fuel poverty from today
Energy
Energy strategy Boris Johnson promised ‘in days’ has been delayed again amid standoff with Rishi Sunak
Sunak is said to have told colleagues ‘he wants to turn off the spending taps and that every “marginal pound” should go towards tax cuts’.
Wera Hobhouse MP: Renewables is the answer to the gas crisis, not gas!
‘If we want to limit global temperature increases to 1.5C, we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground. This means our power will come mainly from renewables’
SNP Conference votes for National Energy Company ditched by Scottish Government
SNP members have defied their own government by voting for a National Energy Company (NEC) ditched by party leaders just days ago.
Tory deal with energy providers is riddled with loopholes
Energy firms are asking the government to pick up the tab for a deeply flawed deal, campaigners say.
Government set to shift current onshore wind and solar policy in bid to promote cheap renewables
The moratorium on wind and solar energy will hopefully be reversed
Unison: Nationalise the big six and create a ‘green army’ to help the UK hit net zero
Publicly-owned energy could work for the public, says the trade union.
To meet our climate targets, we need to ramp up nuclear energy in the UK
Nuclear and renewables must be seen as complementary options in a balanced energy policy – not alternatives, argues the Prospect union’s Sue Ferns
Thatcher’s ‘shareholder democracy’ failed. Here’s how we create an economy for the 21st century
A new report sets out some radical models for democratic ownership, ahead of a live Left Foot Forward/Co-Operative Party Q&A this Friday.
I was convicted for protesting against fracking. As a councillor, I have no regrets
Taking direct action against fracking wasn’t an impulsive decision but a last resort. I had exhausted every option through every democratic channel available to me.