Policy

Government confirms £630m deal with National Grid to acquire Electricity System Operator, confirms October launch date for new publicly-owned agency

Mary Creagh says government has begun appointing industry, academic, and civil society groups to new Circular Economy Taskforce to help design fresh policy regime for waste, recycling, and reuse in the UK

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: August 2024

The latest OBR report on the UK's increasingly unsustainable deficit and the macro trends that threaten to make it worse still demands a bold response

Head of government's new Mission Control for clean power unit lifts the lid on the vision for decarbonising Britain's electricity system

Decarbonisation of heavy goods vehicles in the UK is happening at a glacial pace, writes Transport & Environment's Ralph Palmer

Energy Systems Catapult calls on government to turn tide on excess winter deaths and back a national trial of its warm home prescribing service

Environment Secretary Steve Reed hosts local government, communities, and emergency services at first meeting to improve UK resilience in face of extreme weather

Office for Budgetary Responsibility warns climate change and an ageing population are set to deal further blows to the UK's already dire public finances