Both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have been confronted by the reality of how voters respond to being asked to pay for green policies.
Labour’s plans will make matters even worse. Blocking all new domestic oil and gas developments if they win power at the next election only plays into Vladimir Putin’s hands.
Conservative councils most committed to ambitious climate and clean air action often bucked the trend.
Our deputy editor joins the Institute for Government to talk about Thames Water, Net Zero, and Boris Johnson’s new column.
As the impacts of climate change and nature loss become ever more visible, the Government can’t afford to rest on its laurels.
The importance of expanding homegrown energy production extends far beyond the borders of Scotland. The domestic supply chain workforce spans from Shetland to Southampton, with job opportunities in almost every parliamentary constituency.
The committee’s report was thorough, but the sentence is disproportionate.
Many of Tory MPs will be sick and tired of the self-reverential obsequies attached to the Committee’s deliberation and verdict – and of the hysteria, hate, vitriol and venom directed at a man without whom many would never have had the opportunity to serve in Parliament.
Contrast the leisurely approach towards this allegedly extinction-level threat with the Government’s response to the pandemic.
Government risks fixating on specific projects, such as electric vehicles, rather than nurturing innovation and letting industry develop solutions.
None of Vince’s presuppositions about the project – that the technology, the economy, and the public are on side – stand up to scrutiny.
The changing global landscape should refocus our policy on the factors that are need to improve the investment outlook – such as sound macro polices and the level, predictability and simplicity of tax.
The key issue is the difference between EU codified law which prevents any action not permitted, and our common law, under which everything is permitted unless prohibited.
A fairer deal for those who have to tolerate new power lines and pylons is the best way to reach Net Zero and secure Britain’s energy supply.