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Scrapping landmark legislation risks future jobs, says Tory ex-climate chief

Conservative peer Alok Sharma urged his party not to ‘squander’ its legacy of climate progress.

Evening Standard

Tories urge Michelle Mone to hand back peerage after PPE contract breach

Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho described Baroness Michelle Mone’s actions as ‘disgraceful’.

Evening Standard

Senior Tory calls for Baroness Mone to resign over PPE scandal

The shadow energy secretary said the peer’s behaviour was ‘disgraceful’, saying the ‘honourable thing to do’ would be to resign

The Independent UK

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MP says allowing 16-year-olds to vote will distract them from GCSE’s

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The Independent UK

Top Tory says 16-year-olds shouldn’t vote because it will ‘distract them from exams’

Pupils will be forced to choose between focusing on exams or staying up late watching political debates, Claire Coutinho warned

The Independent UK

Shadow minister hits back at claims she was in ‘hiding’ when with her baby

Conservative MP Claire Coutinho recently returned to the Commons from maternity leave.

Evening Standard

MP accused of ‘hiding’ for Commons statement says she was looking after her baby

Conservative MP Claire Coutinho was absent for Ed Miliband’s statement to the Commons on climate and nature

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Plans to split UK market into energy pricing zones dropped

The Government has decided to retain a single national wholesale price.

Evening Standard

Ed Miliband emerges from his bunker to bask in Labour backbench love

Deprived of Rachel Reeves’s affections, the energy secretary revelled in playing climate crisis hero to her villain

The Guardian - UK

Miliband: Logical to say energy bills will reduce under clean energy policies

The Energy Secretary was responding to criticism from Conservative MPs over the Government’s approach.

Evening Standard

Ministers to be given powers to bypass local opposition to onshore wind farms

The Government unveiled a major action plan on Friday to reach 95% clean energy in the UK by the end of the decade.

Evening Standard

Government publishes major action plan to decarbonise grid by 2030

Ed Miliband has announced a comprehensive roadmap to achieving Labour’s 95% clean power target by 2030.

The Independent UK

Miliband warns of ‘extreme’ climate change impacts in UK while defending Cop29

The Energy Secretary said reducing UK carbon emissions is ‘absolutely in our national interest’.

The Independent UK

Tory Foreign Office minister used official visit to Azerbaijan to promote party donor’s business

Leo Docherty posed on one of Lord Bamford’s JCB diggers in Baku when the company wanted to ‘raise their profile’ in the country

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Tory donor Lord Bamford funds helicopter flight for Nigel Farage

Ally of Boris Johnson gave Reform UK leader a £8,000 trip to tour his JCB site, raising eyebrows among Conservatives

The Independent UK

Government supports ‘single-sex exemptions’ based on biological sex – Phillipson

The equalities minister said the Government would ‘make sure that providers can continue to support single-sex exemptions’.

Evening Standard

Tories press the Government to clarify the definition of sex

Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson said it was ‘important that providers have clarity in this area’.

The Independent UK

Tories claim Starmer’s 81% emission cut will cause ‘hardship’ for British people

Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho said the cut would require a ‘shift away from meat and dairy’, as energy ministers said bills would be lower.

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The Guardian - UK

Tory former energy secretary facing conflict of interest claim over JCB owner links

Shadow cabinet secretary Claire Coutinho accepted donation from Lord Bamford while overseeing millions awarded to his family businesses in green grants

The Conversation

What Kemi Badenoch means for the UK’s fragile consensus on climate change

The UK has historically had a cross-party consensus on the need to tackle climate change among most politicians and voters. Only five MPs voted against the Climate Change Act in 2008, and both Labour and the Conservatives have committed to the targets enshrined in it at each subsequent election.

The Independent UK

From gaffe-prone Philp to hardliner Patel, who makes up Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet?

The newly elected party leader unveiled her top team on Tuesday morning ahead of its first meeting

The Guardian - UK

Who has been appointed to Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet?

Mel Stride and Priti Patel take top jobs while defeated leadership rival Robert Jenrick also joins the new team

Evening Standard

Government defeats bid to make GB Energy prioritise cutting bills by £300

The Conservatives said it tabled the amendments in the Commons to ensure Labour delivers on its election promises.

Evening Standard

GB Energy should treat cutting bills by £300 as a priority, say Tories

The Opposition wants to amend the Great British Energy Bill to ensure the new company tracks its progress on cutting bills.

The Guardian - UK

Senior Tories may push for party to become pro-fracking

Calls grow for lifting of moratorium on onshore drilling in England to become policy under new leader

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