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Boris Johnson unveiled a major expansion of nuclear power as part of the Government's new energy strategy. But plans to build a string of new reactors are light on detail.

This plan could have ended dependence on Russian gas and tackled the cost of living crisis. Thanks to Tory backbenchers, it did neither, says climate writer Eleanor Salter

The long-awaited UK government energy strategy leans heavily on nuclear power and boosting North Sea production while avoiding alternatives like onshore wind farms.

‘It is very important in politics to try and keep people’s families out of it’

Business secretary says Boris Johnson’s long-delayed plan is ‘more of a medium-term answer’

Does the British public care about the integrity and honesty of its politicians? The answer to this question may profoundly shape domestic politics in the weeks ahead. The Metropolitan police are in the process of issuing fines to government officials who broke lockdown restrictions in 2020 and 2021, and the…

Critics accused the Government of failing to focus on insulating homes and cheap onshore wind.

Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, revealed he was not given a copy of Boris Johnson strategy ahead of its publication.

For all the prime minister’s ambitions on the world stage, the big decisions are being made by Washington and Brussels, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle