Policy

Advisors recommends Seventh Carbon Budget should seek to cut emissions 87 per cent by 2040, arguing decarbonisation will deliver major savings for households and enhance UK security

Business leaders, campaigners, and climate experts react to the CCC's official advice on the next phase of the UK's net zero transition

Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirms increase in defence spending will be delivered through cuts to development funding, just months after government backed international deal to increased climate finance for developing economies

Environment Secretary Steve Reed's address to the 2025 National Farmers' Union (NFU) Conference - in full

New legislation to receive Royal Assent, handing regulators fresh powers to ban water industry bonuses, impose tougher fines, and even pursue custodial sentences

Average home to see energy bills climb once again to £1,849 a year, as government promises more support for fuel poor households

Government confirms policy package aimed at boosting farmers' incomes, upholding environmental standards in trade deals, and developing cutting edge agri-tech

Coalition of trade bodies and unions warn proposals to switch UK electricity market to zonal pricing risk undermining investment

Too much reporting of climate change focuses on denial, delay-ism, and dismissal - but is it possible to better communicate the realities of the climate crisis?

Commission said to considering cutting back number of companies covered by new EU sustainability reporting requirements