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- Labour’s £13.2bn warm homes plan will not face cuts in spending review Thu, 5 Jun 25, 8:51pmSource confirms decision that will help meet net zero targets and pledge to cut energy bills by £300
- Don’t cut £13.2bn warm homes pledge over winter fuel payments, Labour told Tue, 27 May 25, 3:00pmCharities and experts urge government to honour pledge on energy efficiency as it looks to pay for policy reversal
- Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn Thu, 22 May 25, 9:00pmBill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts
- UK windfall tax can fund switch to green jobs for North Sea oil workers – report Mon, 12 May 25, 11:00pmExclusive: Campaigners call for energy profits levy to be made permanent to enable ‘just transition’ from fossil fuels
- Fuel duty expected to rise by up to 7p a litre after the budget Sat, 19 Oct 24, 1:30amCampaigners point out it is often cheaper to drive or even fly within the UK than take the train
- Fuel duty expected to rise by up to 7p per litre after the budget Sat, 19 Oct 24, 1:30amCampaigners point out it is often cheaper to drive or even fly within the UK than take the train
- Rich countries could raise $5tn of climate finance a year, study says Tue, 24 Sep 24, 3:00pmSimple measures could raise five times more money than poorer countries are asking for, research claims
- Tax giveaways, rent caps and childcare: what the manifestos would mean for your finances Sat, 22 Jun 24, 6:00pmWe look at general election pledges from Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems on tax, spending and benefits
- Circumstances have changed, our ambitions have not. That’s what you need to know now about our green plan | Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves Fri, 9 Feb 24, 4:48amNo one expected the Tories to crash the economy like they did. Building a greener Britain means being honest about this
- Circumstances have changed, our ambitions have not. That’s what you need to know about the £28bn green plan | Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves Fri, 9 Feb 24, 4:48amNo one expected the Tories to crash the economy like they did. Building a greener Britain means being honest about this
- Tax on vapes could be part of plans to create a smoke-free generation in UK Wed, 8 Nov 23, 5:49amDocuments published alongside Rishi Sunak’s first king’s speech show that a new duty is being considered by ministers
- Ed Miliband urges PM to close ‘Swiss cheese’ holes in windfall tax on energy firms Thu, 27 Jul 23, 6:44pmShadow net zero secretary attacks Sunak’s ‘perverse’ policy as Shell and British Gas report soaring profits
- Wife of Tory MP who criticised windfall tax on oil firms has £50,000 in BP shares Sun, 9 Jul 23, 11:00pmDavid Duguid opposing tax while wife is in receipt of BP dividends raises questions over potential conflict of interest
- Campaigners call for EU to tax fishing industry to fund decarbonisation Wed, 12 Apr 23, 11:42pmReport says revenues raised from a gradually imposed fuel tax could be used to transition to low-carbon fisheries
- Scotland to earn £260m from floating windfarms powering North Sea rigs Sat, 25 Mar 23, 1:59amCrown estate leases seabed rights to new projects as oil firms look to replace gas and diesel generators