Labour peer urges Opposition to make a pitch for countryside vote, but warns it has to challenge perception the left wants to 'pick a fight' with rural communities
Business secretary insists only Labour has the right policy to deliver green jobs
Manchester plant will produce cardboard to be used in the manufacture of recycled corrugated boxes
Mandelson announces £19m competition to develop electric vehicles from next year
Government designates Yorkshire and the North West as first Nuclear Low Carbon Economic Area
Despite on-going controversy over the initial wave of eco-town plans, nine authorities have applied for funding to help develop further green town proposals
Failing to do so will mean influx of workers from overseas
New funding competition and national research centre to help improve the efficiency of cars, planes and wind turbines
All major environmental policies should be accompanied with a corresponding skills strategy, recommends Aldersgate Group report
Lord Mandelson announces an extra 100,000 vehicles to be included under changed criteria