MPs have voted against closing a legal loophole that allows coal-fired power stations to continue emitting carbon unabated throughout their lifespan. The amendment, tabled by a...
Burning coal kills around 1,600 people a year, according to statistics that appear in a report by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL). Published in partnership...
The House of Lords will debate amendments to the financial services bill on Tuesday, with some focusing on reforming the banking sector following recent scandals and...
The controversial lobbying bill, that if imposed would severely restrict the campaigning abilities of charities, NGOs and thinktanks, has been postponed for six weeks to allow...
Renovating homes to make them more energy efficient is the best way of tackling fuel poverty, according to an alliance of campaigners. As part of the...
The House of Lords defeated the government in a vote on Monday that will see coal power stations forced to cut their green house gas emissions...
The inclusion of a 2030 decarbonisation target for the energy sector in the energy bill has been defeated in the House of Lords. The target has...
The government’s decision not to include a decarbonisation target for the power sector in the energy bill is to be challenged in the House of Lords...
Amendments to the banking reform bill will introduce higher standards of conduct for bankers and additional measures to protect customers from banks’ failures. Under draft legislation,...
With 632 days until the next general election, parties are hiring US and Australian election strategists while looking at the message they will take to a...
Former energy secretary Lord Howell has said there is “plenty of room” for shale gas drilling in “uninhabited and desolate” parts of the north-east of England....
The parliamentary commission on banking standards’ latest report is a bit like reading the first part of The Lord of the Rings. There is incredibly dramatic and beautiful...
The threat of prison sentences would give bankers “pause for thought” in acting in a reckless, irresponsible and unsustainable manner, according to a major report by...
A vote to include a 2030 decarbonisation target in the government’s energy bill has been voted down by a majority of 23 MPs in the House...
Hopes to include a decarbonisation target in the energy bill have taken a hit. MPs narrowly voted against an amendment tabled by Conservative MP Tim Yeo....