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GMB calls for renewables to be funded by a surcharge on energy bills

Every single one of the 27 million households in Britain has already had to fork out to wind farmers for not producing any electricity and that may be just the tip of the iceberg says GMB...

Tuesday, 22 August 2017 07:30

A Quarter of India’s Energy Demand Can Be Met with Renewable Energy says International Renewable Energy Agency

Increasing India’s renewables would save 12 times more than it costs...

Tuesday, 22 August 2017 07:28

DEEU: Certainty for families, businesses and individuals in cross-border disputes

Families, businesses and individuals living and working across Britain and EU Member States will be given certainty to resolve disputes in a clear and sensible way under proposals to be put forward by the UK Government tomorrow...

Monday, 21 August 2017 22:00

Latest large-scale government fire safety test result published

The latest in the government’s series of fire safety tests of cladding and insulation combinations has been completed by the Building Research Establishment (BRE)...

Monday, 21 August 2017 16:28

Position papers published ahead of round three negotiations on Brexit

The papers outline the UK’s negotiating approach to goods on the market and to confidentiality and access to official documents..

Monday, 21 August 2017 12:30

Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser starts at the Department for International Trade

Crawford Falconer will take up his position as the new Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser for the Department for International Trade (DIT) this week...

Monday, 21 August 2017 12:01

Department for Exiting the EU to publish next series of papers on the future partnership between the UK and the EU

This week the Government will issue the next three papers in our series on the future partnership between the UK and the EU...

Monday, 21 August 2017 11:35

Colleges join forces to make young people's mental health a priority

The Royal Colleges of GPs (RCGP), Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), and Psychiatrists (RCPsych)...

Monday, 21 August 2017 10:32

More than 3000 female councillors needed to reach 50:50 gender balance in local government says IPPR study

New IPPR study shows that only 33% of councillors and 17% of council leaders are women...

Monday, 21 August 2017 00:01

LGA responds to IPPR report on gender imbalance in local government

Responding to the IPPR report ‘Power to the people? Tackling the gender imbalance in combined authorities and local government’, Cllr Marianne Overton, Vice Chair of the Local Government Association, said...

Monday, 21 August 2017 00:01