News

Original reporting and the latest political headlines from across the UK.

Our Articles

Mainstream Headlines

Filtering by:Tag: environment×Clear all

867 headlines found — Page 19 of 73

Guido Fawkes30 Jun 2026

Starmer’s Defence Plan Forces Cuts on Labour’s Military Homes Manifesto Pledge

Labour is cutting funding from its flagship manifesto promise to fix military housing in order to fund the DIP. Net Zero fanatic Miliband, meanwhile, is eyeing up No11… The Times is reporting that Jarvis “freed up £1 billion of savings by delaying plans to expand the cadets and upgrade military homes.” Which means counter to…

DefenceEnvironmentHousing
The Guardian Politics30 Jun 2026

Cost to rewire Great Britain’s electricity network could reach £90bn in 2030s

Energy system operator says sum needed to deliver clean power targets while meeting rising demand is up by 50% The cost of rewiring Great Britain’s electricity networks through the 2030s is now 50% higher than before the Labour government came to power, and could reach almost £90bn in the next decade, according to the energy system operator. Building new high-voltage transmission lines and infrastructure to connect low-carbon energy to the grid in the 2030s was initially forecast by the energy s

Environment
Conservative Home30 Jun 2026

David Barton: How Conservatives can protect our historic built environment

Many of us will have observed a majestic building on our everyday journeys that has either ceased functioning or, in some cases, physically disappeared entirely from the landscape over the last decade The post David Barton: How Conservatives can protect our historic built environment appeared first on Conservative Home.

Environment
Conservative Home29 Jun 2026

Terri Bloore: The nature of the debate about tackling climate change has finally grown up – in London

The current approach to Net Zero requires greater honesty about costs, timescales and delivery. We need to build resilience, energy security, capital allocation, productivity, and long-term competitiveness. This is the way forward - not protest, fear mongering and symbolism. The post Terri Bloore: The nature of the debate about tackling climate change has finally grown up – in London appeared first on Conservative Home.

DefenceEnvironmentHousing
Express Politics29 Jun 2026

Keir Starmer's green light to medical abuse of children is PM's woeful legacy

OPINION - ESTHER MCVEY: This must be stopped.

Environment
The Guardian Politics28 Jun 2026

Ed Miliband as chancellor would benefit every part of the UK – and the bond markets | Josh Ryan-Collins

If Andy Burnham chooses the energy secretary, Labour could fully use the benefits of net zero to promote growth and jobs It should have been a great week for Ed Miliband and his mission to decarbonise the UK economy. Western Europe has experienced one of its worst ever heatwaves, providing powerful evidence of the need to transition away from fossil-fuel-driven energy production to reduce the carbon emissions that are contributing to global warming. Instead, however, he has been attacked by an u

EconomyDefenceEnvironment
The Guardian Politics28 Jun 2026

Rising cost of insuring against climate crisis will have wider knock-on effects for UK economy | Heather Stewart

As extreme weather events become more common, economists say government will need to take more active role to protect consumers Anyone attempting to notch up a productive day’s work in the searing heat of southern England this last week was left in little doubt about the impact of extreme weather. But the economic effects of the climate crisis for the UK are not confined to the many hours lost to quietly perspiring – or fetching kids dismissed early from scorching classrooms. Continue reading..

EconomyDefenceEnvironment
The Guardian Politics28 Jun 2026

Greens examining how party decides policy as membership triples under Zack Polanski

Exclusive: Concerns in-person vote system is giving bigger say to organised fringe activists who can attend conference Senior Greens are examining ways to revamp the party’s structures to make it more effective and representative now its membership has more than tripled since Zack Polanski became leader. Under the party’s direct-democracy model, policy is voted on only by members who attend one of its two annual conferences, a system some Greens believe risks empowering organised fringe activist

Environment
The Guardian Politics26 Jun 2026

Climate sceptics cheering as they melt in record temperatures? This heatwave is where satire has come to die | Jonathan Freedland

Delegates at an ‘anti-woke’ conference disparaged Ed Miliband’s net zero policies. But even they could not ignore the sweat on their foreheads It was hardly a perfect film, but I keep thinking of Don’t Look Up. In its depiction of a world that stubbornly refuses to heed the warnings of an imminent planetary disaster, it was perhaps too on the nose. But these days, reality itself is too on the nose. This week served up ample evidence, on both sides of the Atlantic. In Britain, like much of Europe

DefenceEnvironment
BBC Politics26 Jun 2026

Green Party returns inadmissible donation from Polanski

Under UK electoral law parties can only accept money from people on the UK electoral register.

Environment
BBC Politics26 Jun 2026

Green Party returns inadmissible donation from Polanski

Under UK electoral law parties can only accept money from people on the UK electoral register.

Environment
Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

EXC: Top Mahmood Adviser’s Proposal for a Huge Country-Wide Carbon Tax

Guido has been examining what a Mahmoodian chancellorship would look like. An intriguing proposal from her top SpAd in 2021 suggested an economy-wide carbon tax… The written-up briefings about Shabana Mahmood being desperate to stay in the Home Office are not necessarily accurate. Her own SpAd team was briefing about how keen Burnhamites are for…

EconomyEnvironment