Following yesterday’s Autumn Statement the pledge to create 400,000 homes by the end of the decade is welcomed, but experts at the Building Research Establishment (BRE)...
Today the London School of Economics (LSE) has committed to divest its £97.2 million endowment from coal and tar sands companies and to not invest directly...
For the environmentally conscious among us, extensive travel around the world can be a thorny issue – luckily there are several steps anyone can take, especially...
Today the Committee published its advice to Parliament on the level of the Fifth Carbon Budget, covering the period 2028-2032. Carbon budgets place restrictions on the...
On Wednesday afternoon Chancellor George Osborne delivered the first Comprehensive Spending Review of this Parliament. This is the reaction of Friends of the Earth and WWF-UK....
The UK government will allow crowdfunded debt securities issued by companies to be held within Innovative Finance ISAs and is exploring the case for adding equity...
Chancellor George Osborne said today: “Our job is to rebuild Britain. Build our finances. Build our defences. Build our society. So that Britain becomes the most prosperous and...
Chancellor Osborne: “We’re also supporting the creation of the shale gas industry by ensuring that communities benefit from a Shale Wealth Fund, which could be worth...
Ecotricity founder Dale Vince says “it’s madness” for the Government to exempt energy intensive industries (EII’s) from the cost cutting carbon emissions, given they are the biggest...
On Wednesday afternoon Chancellor George Osborne delivered the first Comprehensive Spending Review of this Parliament. This is the reaction of Scottish Renewables, REA and Wood Heat...
Reacting to today’s Spending Review, Campaign for Better Transport warns that cuts to everyday transport will bite ever harder while money is wasted on damaging road building, but...
Reacting to minimal announcements of relevance to solar PV in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, the Solar Trade Association has expressed disappointment. The body has commented separately on...
The Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) will continue to be funded until 2020, contrary to rumours that it might be...
Responding to the government’s Spending Review and Autumn Statement, Social Enterprise’s UK chief executive, Peter Holbrook CBE, today said: “While £80m sounds like a lot of money, Social...
The Electoral Reform Society has challenged the government’s decision to cut public funding for opposition parties by a fifth. The Chancellor announced in the Autumn Statement on...