Politics

Unwinding Labour’s new green prosperity plan

Ambitious action on emissions

Barry White – a personal comment piece Just where are we on Labour’s commitments to create a new green deal to make Britain aclean energy superpower? Writing in The Observer on 25 June Andrew Rawnsley its ChiefPolitical Commentator commented: “….Talking is a whole lot easier than doing. When thecrunch comes, when a Labour cabinet faces the horribly …

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Are 15 minute Cities an Orwellian plot?

Are 15 minute Cities an Orwellian plot?

Are 15 minute Cities an Orwellian plot? An independent media platform and news website based in the UK, reports that the government has endorsed a conspiracy theory about “15-minute cities” as part of its major policy announcement prioritising car owners – despite having already dismissed it. Speaking to the Conservative party conference in Manchester on …

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Is the Government’s Retreat on Climate Targets Electoral Opportunism?

A personal comment piece from Barry White In the run up to the Conservative party conference in Manchester this week, we have been bombarded with a series of policies aimed at diverting attention away from the government’s failed economic policies and the cost of living crisis by offering a number of contentious measures which they …

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Keep climate Out of the Political Fray

North Yorkshire Climate Coalition, of which ACE is a member, writes today… On Wednesday, the Prime Minister announced a series of net zero policy announcements that he claimed were all about easing the financial burden of the transition to a low-carbon economy for ordinary working people. There is certainly a discussion to be had about …

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