A progressive test for the environment
Labour’s challenge is to ensure that we hold the government to account as well as develop new priorities for the future, writes shadow environment minister Mary Creagh MP.
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Is the ‘Green Red’ dead?
Labour’s former Climate Change Secretary has been quiet on green issues since his election. Effective opposition means holding the Government to account.
Protecting overseas aid budget is in our national interest
Guest writer Adam Short, of the Young Fabians, argues that the ring-fencing of UK aid in the spending review is right and in the country’s interest.
Huge cuts to climate and environment departments hit Tories’ green claims
Green issues just aren’t as central to the [Tories’] political offer as they once were; green issues are not needed to ‘de-toxify’, because Lib Dems do this.
Tories preach ‘green growth’ amid mounting criticism of their green record
The Tory conference kicked off with the party leadership saying it was dedicating its first day to ‘green growth’, yet the coalition’s record has several flaws.
High hopes ‘Green Ed’ will put climate change back up agenda
Greenpeace has “high hopes” about Ed Miliband’s ability to hold the coalition to account, while Friends of the Earth describe as Labour’s greenest ever leader.
Sustainable living: A radical manifesto for 2015
Former environment minister Barry Gardiner outlines his radical manifesto for 2015 on ‘sustainable living’.