The government has missed its 2020 fuel poverty targets and is already at “high risk” of failing to meet its goals for 2025, a new report by the Committee on Fuel Poverty claims. Fuel poverty generally denotes households that must spend a high proportion of their income to keep their home at an equitable temperature.…
Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said oil and gas supplies cannot be completely ruled out, in a talk ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit. In a Ted Talk in Edinburgh earlier today, the minister failed to say she opposed the Cambo oil field development the UK government is planning. Earlier this week the…
Brexit minister Lord Frost has accused the European Union of ‘historic misjudgement’ over the level of concessions to the Northern Ireland Protocol it is expected to announce on Wednesday. Addressing diplomats on Tuesday afternoon, Lord Frost blasted the Protocol’s effect on the Good Friday Agreement. He claimed in his speech in Lisbon, ahead of intensive…
The UK has its lowest ever number of jobseekers chasing each vacancy on record. This morning’s labour market statistics released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirm that the UK labour market now has the lowest ever number of unemployed people per vacancy since records began in 2001. This is the key measure used…
A new report published by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee today, claims that the UK’s Covid vaccine programme has been “one of most effective initiatives in UK history” but that the delay to implement the first lockdown was a “serious error” that should have been challenged. In their report examining the initial UK response…
The UK and EU could be approaching an impasse on the Northern Ireland Protocol, as both parties are set to lay out their approach to the intensive talks scheduled to commence later this month. The Protocol was implemented to prevent a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the wake of…
Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News at 8.30am this morning, Secretary of State for Energy Kwasi Kwarteng defended his and his government’s actions over the ongoing energy crisis. Since the start of the year, energy prices have rocketed by 250% and ministers are under pressure to prevent the industry from grinding to a halt.…
Conservative MP James Brokenshire has died aged 53. The Old Bexley and Sidcup MP who formerly served as Northern Ireland Secretary and as a Home Office minister took leave from his ministerial duties earlier this year after a tumour recurred. He was initially diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018. Brokenshire died on Thursday evening with…
Footballer Marcus Rashford has further criticised the scrapping of the Universal Credit uplift. The 23-year-old forward for Manchester United has spearheaded high profile campaigns against child hunger and the cut to Universal Credit that came into force this week. Speaking to BBC Breakfast TV this morning, Rashford was critical of the government’s decision to end…
Energy bills could soar by one third for millions of households this spring as natural gas prices continue to rise. Experts forecast that the energy price cap will be permitted to rise by an additional £400 when it is next reviewed in February. The End Fuel Poverty Coalition said last week that one in five…
