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The Guardian Politics29 May 2026

Why are our homes and cities all so hot? – podcast

In the week when the hottest May days were recorded, environment editor Fiona Harvey examines a new Climate Change Committee report on how the UK can better withstand extreme heat Temperatures across the UK and Europe this week have shattered May heat records. As the environment editor Fiona Harvey points out: we might expect heatwaves in July and August – but 30C in spring? Fiona talks to Nosheen Iqbal about a report from the Climate Change Committee warning that the UK is unprepared for extrem

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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

The Guardian view on energy shocks: winter is coming – and Labour needs a plan | Editorial

Clean power remains essential. But until it arrives, Britain must stop LNG made scarce by the Iran war setting gas and electricity prices The US-Israel war on Iran will drive household energy costs in Britain to their highest level in two years over the summer. This has given fresh impetus to calls for the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, to change course. The cabinet minister is vulnerable because he promised cheaper bills if Britain embraced his clean, green power plan. Critics, including Labou

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BBC Politics28 May 2026

Greens can bring 'hope and joy' says Makerfield by-election candidate

Makerfield by-election Green candidate Saraf Wakefield pledfdaction on two" big buckets of issues"

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BBC Politics28 May 2026

Greens can bring 'hope and joy' says Makerfield by-election candidate

Makerfield by-election Green candidate Sarah Wakefield pledged action on two "big buckets of issues"

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Guido Fawkes28 May 2026

REPORT: Cost of Renewables Set to Double by 2030

A new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) shows the UK’s electricity system costs are on track to more than double by 2030. The equivalent of adding £700 to the average household bill even if – and it’s a big if – gas prices remain static… According to the IEA, total subsidies and…

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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

The Campaign Diary of Robert Kenyon Aged 41 and Three-Quarters (as imagined by John Crace)

What’s Carol Vorderman moaning about? All I said was how fit she was online … must be going through the menopause Another sweltering sub-Saharan summer’s day in late spring. If this is global warming, I say: “Bring it on.” I go outside to the van, turn on the engine and leave it running. This is the kind of day you want to burn as many fossil fuels as possible. Back indoors, I turn on the radio where Tony Blair is talking. There’s a politician who talks sense. Bollocks to net zero. That’s what

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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

Blair’s fossil fuel ideas ‘bizarre’ in face of energy and climate crises, experts say

Energy specialists say abandoning net zero and increasing oil and gas drilling would cause more instability for Britons Abandoning net zero and drilling for more oil and gas in the North Sea would be a massive setback for the UK and would not help the economy, leading experts have said in response to claims by the former prime minister Tony Blair. “This is a bizarre intervention to make during the worst May heatwave on record and when the Iran crisis is providing yet more evidence of the enormou

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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

Ministers in talks over shelving carbon tax on fertiliser to curb food inflation

Exclusive: Package of measures discussed with farmers, including pause on duty due to come into effect next year Ministers are in discussions about suspending a carbon tax on fertilisers, due to come into effect early next year, in an effort to curb food inflation. The move would be part of a package of measures, including the suspension of import tariffs on a range of foods including bread, biscuits and bananas. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

Why the Green party must run in every seat – including Makerfield – and ignore Labour demands to stand aside | Ben Smoke

Only the Greens can actually counter Reform UK – Labour is out of touch and partly responsible for the hard right’s rise The Green party of England and Wales has announced Sarah Wakefield as its candidate for the upcoming Makerfield byelection. The constituency is split between Greater Manchester and Wigan, and the latter’s council saw a surge in support for Reform in the latest local elections, with the party taking 24 of the 25 seats up for grabs. The showdown between Labour’s Andy Burnham, th

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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

To reverse the ‘greenlash’, Europe’s Green parties should embrace Polanski’s boldness | Tarik Abou-Chadi

Be more strident and ambitious, take on economic inequality, and progressive voters will reward you as they have the UK’s Greens Tarik Abou-Chadi is a professor of European politics at the University of Oxford European Green parties have been through a phase of stagnation and crisis in recent years. Long gone seem the days of the “green wave” across Europe. Back in 2019, Green parties secured their best-ever result in the European parliament elections, with 74 seats. In the same year, Green pa

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Express Politics27 May 2026

Ed Miliband's net zero policies branded 'fantasy' by Tony Blair in blistering attack

Sir Tony Blair called on Sir Keir Starmer to rip up Energy Secretary Ed Miliband's net zero targets and reduce the welfare budget.

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Express Politics27 May 2026

Ed Miliband is refusing to budge on net zero obsession - this is the reason why

The Energy Secretary has been accused of 'fantasy politics' by Sir Tony Blair.

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