28 Jun 2017
Business Green on the Queen’s Speech The assertion of support for the Paris Agreement was welcome, the paucity of the government’s wider green programme was anything but First, the good news. The Queen’s unequivocal assertion that her government “will continue to support international action against climate change, including the implementation of the Paris Agreement” is hugely […]
19 Apr 2017
It really was a no-brainer. With such a small majority, 12 or 17 depending on who you are counting, any group of Conservative MPs could thwart what Government wanted to achieve. A perfect illustration of this was the recent embarrassing U turn by Philip Hammond over self-employed NI payments in the budget. The impending CPS […]
07 Dec 2016
James Murray – businessGreen ‘Brexit means Brexit, as our tautological Prime Minister is wont to say. It also means ‘having our cake and eating it’ if poorly concealed government briefing notes are to be believed. Although anyone pinning too much hope on patisserie-based negotiating strategies should recall European Council President Donald Tusk’s pointed observation earlier this summer: […]
15 Jun 2016
The mix of global energy is set to change and renewables are gaining a bigger foothold. UK’s position looks increasingly bizarre. Three articles which cover the developing picture of the energy mix and the fate of renewables in the UK since the election. The UK’s Government’s approach to energy claiming low costs for consumers whilst […]