A Commons committee has urged ministers to move remaining energy-transition policy costs from electricity onto gas bills, while protecting vulnerable gas customers.
Charlotte Mercer · 2 min readThe Conservatives have unveiled a sweeping deregulation programme which they claim could cut the cost of a new-build home by up to £50,000, including abolishing the Environment Agency and Natural England as separate bodies.
Charlotte Mercer · 4 min readMPs have called for the Government to remove 'net zero' from the name of its energy department, arguing that the phrase has become a 'lightning rod' for opposition to climate action.
Charlotte Mercer · 3 min readThe Government has launched £30 million of Great British Energy funding for community-owned clean energy projects, the first wave of a programme worth up to £1 billion.
Charlotte Mercer · 3 min readThe Climate Change Committee says Heathrow cannot expand consistently with UK climate targets under current policies and has called for aviation to fully address its emissions by 2050.
Charlotte Mercer · 3 min read