A Labour backbencher has urged party leader Ed Miliband to commit to putting sustainability in the school curriculum. Joan Walley, the chair of the House of...
How do we make democracy sustainable? That’s a question we set out to answer in The Guide to Sustainable Democracy 2014, which is published exactly a year...
Political rhetoric is being ramped up and photo opportunities are made the most of. A general election must be on the horizon. With exactly a year...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has condemned the “Victorian conditions” that people are subjected to under the use of zero-hour contracts, promising to cut down their use...
Controversial plans by the bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to pay bonuses twice the size of employees’ salaries have been blocked by the government, which...
Leader of the Labour party Ed Miliband has called for Britain to “embrace” both onshore and offshore wind farms. He added that the party’s manifesto for...
The speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow has said that the behaviour of some MPs at prime minister’s questions will put off members of...
The Labour party has given its backing to calls from the consumer group Which? for a full investigation into competition in the current account market. Earlier...
The Labour party has pledged that if it wins the next general election, it will provide a funding boost to councils and give cities more autonomy,...
Energy bosses have admitted in a new report that they have let down customers and that these failings have led to political criticisms and distrust. The...
Energy company SSE said it is freezing electricity and gas prices for its customers until 2016, after it announced an 8.2% energy price rise back in...
The Labour party has been urged to earn its place in government at the 2015 general election by adopting a bold vision for a “more equal...
Insurance claims after the floods are being made at a rate of £6.7m a day in the UK, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI),...
The Department for Transport has said an additional £140m will be given to local councils in order to help them repair roads damaged by the recent...
The leaders of some of Britain’s biggest companies have urged the government to address the causes of climate change and encourage investment in low-carbon technologies, in...