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- Water for Melbourne via pipe from Tasmania Fri, 13 Nov 09, 7:26amDiscussion over why its far better for the environment to pipe water from Tasmania to Melbourne than building the Wonthaggi desalination plant
- More than 160 offshore rig workers plan walkout amid rising tensions between unions and oil companies
- How wonderful to see the FBI focusing on alleged North Korean spies and fraudsters, which is truly a welcome change from the bureau’s controversial scrutiny of traditional Catholics and concerned parents at school-board...
- Climate Alliance’s anti-affordability platform raises big election issues Mon, 12 Oct 26, 12:00amEighteen of the 23 Climate Alliance Governorships are up for grabs in November so the Alliance’s anti-affordability platform is especially important...
- Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending Mon, 12 Oct 26, 4:00pmExclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say
- ‘We need less point scoring’: What party conference season taught us about UK climate action Sun, 11 Oct 26, 5:00pmTories plan to scrap low-carbon housebuilding, Greens back new nuclear reactors, and Labour put oil-drilling decisions on hold
- Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power Tue, 6 Oct 26, 2:53amParty in England and Wales ditches commitment to phase out nuclear in major shift in its energy policy
- Burnham says he would put PR in Labour manifesto and scrap triple lock to fund social care – as it happened Wed, 30 Sep 26, 3:20amPM, in first speech to party conference as leader, insists his plans are a ‘good deal’ for older people
- Burnham says he would put PR in Labour manifesto and scrap triple lock to fund social care – UK politics live Wed, 30 Sep 26, 12:59amPM, in first speech to party conference as leader, insists his plans are a ‘good deal’ for older people
- Angela Rayner tells Labour conference councils will be given more powers to tackle homelessness – UK politics live Tue, 29 Sep 26, 9:45pmHousing secretary said new measures would get rid of ‘Tory barriers’ holding back local leaders from tackling the issue
- Campaigners claim Miliband saying Palestine Action ban not meant to criminalise ‘grannies’ will help legal challenge – UK politics live Tue, 29 Sep 26, 6:44pmDefend Our Juries welcomes ‘honesty’ from foreign secretary who has said ban was not intended to criminalise ‘elderly people, vicars and grannies’
- Shabana Mahmood says Labour party wants to create ‘fairness in our immigration system’ – as it happened Tue, 29 Sep 26, 3:00amShe says a lack of fairness can make ‘people turn inwards’
- Burnham promises to roll back privatisation with government-backed grid plan Tue, 29 Sep 26, 7:33amExclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control
- Burnham to announce government-backed body to invest in electricity grid Tue, 29 Sep 26, 5:00amExclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control
- ‘They will bow’: energy secretary challenges Reform and Tories – podcast Tue, 29 Sep 26, 5:03amSpeaking to Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, said a mark of her success or failure would be whether she could get bills down and said she...
- Shabana Mahmood says Labour party wants to create ‘fairness in our immigration system’ – UK politics live Tue, 29 Sep 26, 3:00amShe says a lack of fairness can make ‘people turn inwards’