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The Guardian Politics26 Mar 2026

Fears net zero is ‘next Brexit’ as oil crisis fuels political climate divide

Rising energy bills give Reform and Tories opening to attack net zero while government hesitant to make case for clean energy Could net zero become “the next Brexit”? That is the fear stalking climate advocates as the oil crisis caused by the war on Iran starts to bite. A powerful coalition of the well-funded Reform party, led by Nigel Farage, the Conservative party, some business interests, and the UK’s right-wing media, are engaged in an onslaught against the longstanding target of reaching ne

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Conservative Home26 Mar 2026

Terri Bloore: Mark Carney’s landmark Davos speech already reads differently today

Strategic competition between major powers is intensifying. In that environment, middle powers cannot simply assume stability will hold. The post Terri Bloore: Mark Carney’s landmark Davos speech already reads differently today appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home26 Mar 2026

Elliott Malik: Environmental regulations are failing to restore nature whilst blocking housebuilding

We need a common sense approach to Biodiversity Net Gain. The post Elliott Malik: Environmental regulations are failing to restore nature whilst blocking housebuilding appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes25 Mar 2026

Net Zero Ministers Generated Four Times Annual Household Emissions Flying to Climate Talks

DESNZ spent £64,376 flying ministers around the world in just three months, burping out around 22 tonnes of CO2 equivalent into the atmosphere. Almost all of it was on trips to climate conferences. That is the ministerial bill alone. As the Mail revealed, the full cost of the department’s COP30 delegation came to more than…

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Express Politics25 Mar 2026

Ed Miliband given brutal verdict over North Sea gas drilling

Readers have their say on whether the Energy Secretary should ditch 'huffing and puffing about net zero'

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The Guardian Politics25 Mar 2026

‘Doge of the left’ could save UK taxpayers up to £30bn, says new green thinktank

Report by Verdant says rooting out waste, fraud and tax avoidance would save money that could help improve public services A “Doge of the left,” could save up to £30bn a year for taxpayers by rooting out waste, fraud and tax avoidance, according to the first report from a new green thinktank. Launched amid growing interest in the future manifesto of Zack Polanksi’s Green party, the Verdant thinktank will be co-chaired by James Meadway, a former adviser to Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell,

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The Guardian Politics25 Mar 2026

‘Seriously wrong’: flood-hit Lincolnshire residents at odds with Reform MP over climate

Constituents’ frustration with Richard Tice reflects growing problem for party and its leaders’ climate-sceptic stance “The worst part of it was the smell,” says Audrey Crook, 58. A full-time carer who lives with her 20-year-old son, Crook woke up at 11pm one night to find a foot of flood water on the ground floor of her home. “It was like black water. It had sewage and everything in it, it was absolutely disgusting.” Crook’s home – along with more than 30 others on Wyberton West Road and Park R

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The Guardian Politics25 Mar 2026

Environment Agency too weak to tackle illegal waste dumping, MPs say

Regulator for England lacks powers to deal with what the public accounts committee calls an ‘out-of-control plague’ The Environment Agency is too weak to tackle an “out-of-control plague” of waste dumping, a powerful group of MPs has said. The public accounts committee (PAC) said the EA had gaps in its powers and intelligence gathering which meant it was not set up to deal effectively with the rise in waste dumping. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics24 Mar 2026

Labour lost white working-class voters to Greens in Gorton and Denton, party analysis finds

Lucy Powell says byelection sends message people need ‘reason’ to vote Labour, as party chiefs mull change in strategy UK politics live – latest updates Labour lost significant numbers of white working-class voters to the Greens in Gorton and Denton, the party’s postmortem has concluded, after it came third in the Greater Manchester byelection last month. The Greens won the byelection, with Reform in second place. Continue reading...

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BBC Politics24 Mar 2026

Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive

Solar panels that can be plugged in at home could be available to buy in supermarkets in the coming months.

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Guido Fawkes24 Mar 2026

POLL: Green Voters More Likely to Back Iran Over Israel and US

New polling from More in Common shows Green voters are far more likely to back Iran over Israel and the US, with 38% taking the Iranian side compared to just 4% backing the Americans and the Israelis. 40% back neither side and 6% judge both equally. The Green support for the Iranian side is more…

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BBC Politics24 Mar 2026

Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive

Solar panels that can be plugged in at home could be available to buy in supermarkets in the coming months.

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