Politics

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: October 2024 – Part Two

Chancellor tipped to boost clean energy infrastructure investment and formally instruct the Bank of England to prioritise climate action, as government signals it intends to strengthen UK net zero plans

But plans to lift national cap on bus fares from £2 to £3 slammed by green groups for potentially encouraging more polluting cars on UK roads

Keir Starmer and Anthony Albanese confirm net zero pact and discuss free trade agreements between the two nations on the sidelines of this week's Commonwealth Summit

The White House is racing against the clock to distribute all clean energy funding before a new administration takes the reins

Major new report from Cambridge and the LSE on how to catalyse green infrastructure investment comes amid reports Rachel Reeves could relax fiscal rules to unlock more clean energy spending

Energy prices in the UK and around the world remain high with myriad risks ahead, but this winter could be the final act of the gas crisis, according to University of Warwick academics Michael Bradshaw and Louis Fletcher

Finalisation of deal means bailout delivered £1.5bn profit to the government and resulted in no cost to taxpayers

Legislation to ban sale of single use vapes from 1 June 2025 laid in Parliament, Circular Economy Minister confirms

Tory leadership contender Kemi Badenoch is more committed to decarbonisation than media reports suggest, argues former Conservative MP Alexander Stafford