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Lib Dems fix communities, says Davey at election campaign launch

The Lib Dem leader highlights policies on the NHS and energy bills ahead of council polls in England.

Lib Dems fix communities, says Davey at election campaign launch

The Lib Dem leader highlights policies on the NHS and energy bills ahead of council polls in England.

LIVE: Reeves Addresses Commons on Surging Energy Bills

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.

I saw Rachel Reeves while out shopping with my teenager. Apparently I completely humiliated myself | Zoe Williams

It’s hard to know how to handle meeting a famous person in public. I decided to forgo political debate for a simple ‘Hello’, but my daughter assures me I was the most mortifying I’ve ever been This is going to sound improbable, so soon (a year) after I saw Liz Truss at a sixth-form open day, but I went round the clothes shop Hollister yesterday and saw Rachel Reeves embarked on the same pursuit: trying to exist in the world without embarrassing her daughter. The difference this time, apart from

More North Sea drilling will put UK at mercy of fossil fuel markets, ministers say

Ed Miliband insists only clean power will provide ‘energy sovereignty’ amid opposition calls for oil and gas expansion UK politics live – latest updates Ministers have said expanding North Sea drilling would put the UK at further risk of volatile fossil fuel markets, amid calls from the Conservatives and some Labour MPs to breach the manifesto pledge of no new oil and gas licences. The energy minister, Michael Shanks, said the UK was “learning the right lessons from this conflict so that we’re

No fuel shortage in Britain, says minister, as Reeves prepares to set out economic response to Iran war – UK politics live

Energy minister Michael Shanks reassures drivers ahead of chancellor’s statement to MPs Good morning. At lunchtime Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will give a statement to MPs that will cover what the government is doing, and (more tentatively) might do, in response to the soaring global energy prices caused by the Iran war. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, also creating a global energy shortage, the Conservative government ended up spending £40bn supporting families and firms with energy bi

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Labour should recognise its pensions defeat – and drop mandation

The Lords were right to strip ministers of powers that would let them direct investments into pet projects. The post Labour should recognise its pensions defeat – and drop mandation appeared first on Conservative Home.

Lord Ashcroft: My latest focus groups -“This is the only time I’ve agreed with Keir Starmer in a while”

My latest focus groups took place in the North-East, where we heard from regular Labour voters in Newcastle East and Wallsend who might be tempted elsewhere, and from people in Bishop Auckland who switched from the Conservatives to Labour at the last election. The post Lord Ashcroft: My latest focus groups -“This is the only time I’ve agreed with Keir Starmer in a while” appeared first on Conservative Home.

Ed Miliband's net zero 'cult' blasted by Tories for making Britain 'weaker and poorer'

Badenoch is forcing a Commons vote on Rosebank as Tories brand Miliband's net zero stance "cult-like fanaticism" making Britain "weaker and poorer."