Friends of the Earth calls Tory environment plans ‘dangerous’
Friends of the Earth says Conservative environment plans set out at the party's conference would hand free rein to polluters and weaken regulation.
Thursday 8 October 2026
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Friends of the Earth says Conservative environment plans set out at the party's conference would hand free rein to polluters and weaken regulation.
The prime minister will end the state pension triple lock after the next election, as Wealth Club says private pensions will need to do more work.
The BCC says the Burnham conference speech gave business encouraging signals on costs, but next month's Budget will be the critical test for government.
Microsoft AI chief executive Mustafa Suleyman says AI has reached a "watershed moment" and calls on Britain to build sovereign AI capacity urgently.
Advisory firm Blick Rothenberg says John Healey should model Budget defence spending on Canada and treat it as an investment in high-value UK jobs.
Artificial intelligence has crossed an important threshold in British business. It’s no longer something companies are merely discussing, testing in innovation teams or watching from a…
Robert Jenrick's package of Reform UK tax pledges, including scrapping income tax on overtime, cutting employer national insurance and lowering VAT for the self-employed, would eat…
Nigel Green, chief executive of deVere Group, says a bank windfall tax in the Chancellor's first Budget would hand a competitive gift to rival financial centres,…
Keeping a team happy when you’re running a small or medium sized business isn’t always easy. It’s hard to match the salaries that larger companies can…
As GCSE grades land and the number of young people out of work and education passes one million, City Year UK chief executive Victoria Head sets…
FairFuelUK has urged ministers to scrap the 2030 petrol and diesel ban after the EU proposed replacing its 2035 phase-out with a 90 per cent target.
The state screamed at every phone in England and Wales about wildfires, then spent the same week quietly loosening the policies that tackle their cause. Richard…
Richard Alvin argues Westminster's vertical drinking clampdown is the scotch egg rule reborn, and the West End pub cannot survive being made to sit down.
