Could the UK face blackouts this winter?
Though Liz Truss has ruled it out, ignoring energy rationing now could increase the prospect of blackouts come winter.
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The Tories’ war on solar is an act of self-destruction
Liz Truss labels the opposition the “anti-growth coalition” but is trying to strangle one of the few private sector success…
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Martin Lewis: “It is quite staggering how little politicians know”
The Money Saving Expert opens up about his own attitude to spending, how little politicians know, and being mistaken for…
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Labour’s turn towards public ownership must be just the start
If clean energy can be owned for the common good, why not water, communications and other vital services?
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Why the Nord Stream gas leaks are a disaster for the climate
The leaks will have a warming effect equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of Denmark.
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Behind Keir Starmer’s plan for a national green energy firm
The Labour leader’s team has devised a policy that is radical, green and even popular with Tory voters.
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Who and what is behind Keir Starmer’s improved Labour conference speech?
The Labour leader has benefited from a new speechwriter and a willingness to confront difficult political issues.
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The future of gas
Could hydrogen be the key to achieving net zero?
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The Tory “attack on nature” will undermine UK security
From fracking to farm subsidies, degrading nature is no way to guarantee supply.
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Making the UK a nation of savers
The cost-of-living crisis hits harder for those without emergency savings.
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Fracking and oil drilling doesn’t just fail Britain, it fails the world
Liz Truss’s energy policy will send the UK’s climate leadership up in smoke.
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Liz Truss finally unveils plan to freeze energy bills this winter
Questions about how to pay for the multi-billion pound plan were quickly overshadowed by the Queen’s ill-health, but they will…
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Liz Truss’s energy bills plan sounds suspiciously like Labour’s – but with a twist
Reports suggest the new Prime Minister will freeze our bills – but we’ll still pay for it.
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The energy crisis is a bonfire of free-market vanities
The whole of European capitalism is facing the spectre of price controls, windfall taxes and even nationalisation.
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How the energy crisis is devastating businesses
Energy bills for the average small business have quadrupled in the last 18 months.
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Is this the energy industry’s “Lehman moment”?
Energy suppliers and banks are in a pinch that looks a lot like 2008.
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Is Sizewell C actually going to be built?
Boris Johnson has said negotiations could be finalised in the coming weeks.
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Energy bill strikes are gaining public support
More people support the non-payment of bills than oppose it.
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Even Pakistan’s devastating flooding won’t inspire a green revolution
A third of the country may soon be under water. Will we ever decide it is time to force down…
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The cost-of-living crisis is tearing community safety nets to shreds
Local groups are often the only thing enabling a family to eat that week, a mother to take on work,…
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