Who says there’s no good news around these days? 🥳🎉🍾
While Tony Blair is trashing UK govt energy policy, NESTA analysis finds "early signs [it] may be working"
2022: Gas prices went up 100%, electricity 83% (roughly 1:1)
2026: Gas +28%, elec 6% (5:1 = "electricity beginning to decouple from gas")
www.nesta.org.uk/blo...
One of most destructive acts of the Cameron-Osborne era was the decision to target austerity on local government.
Simon Evans
Tim Bale
Robert Saunders
Uplifting after these recent dark days
Women Workers in the Canteen at Williams & Williams, Chester (1940s) by Ethel Leontine Gabain, commissioned as a UK WW2 artist #womensart
Linda Brown
This is well worth reading and a reminder about how vital the drive for net zero is
The grubby coalition of Reform and the Tories have to be stopped from destroying Bradford’s clean air zone and the huge health benefits for those living and working in the city
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour taking Net Zero seriously 👏👏👏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Linda Brown
Linda Brown
Linda Brown
We have to be serious about net zero
Linda Brown
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
Aerial PARTIAL view of the anti racist, anti fascist crowd in Belfast right now. City Hall to the left for scale. This - this is the real Belfast. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
I’m amazed anyone needs reminding of this, but local government spending power per person fell by 18% from 2010 to 2024 (would have been 26% but for increases in council tax).
At the same time, social care pressures on local govt have grown a lot. The decay of the public realm is NOT a mystery
Really significant and welcome move from the government to get major clean energy projects built quicker. www.businessgreen.com/news/4529991...
Andrew Sissons
James Murray
Sarah Kay
Enjoyed writing this for @iandunt.bsky.social excellent substack. Labour does have a genuinely inspiring vision and impressive track record. It's called net zero and if the government talked about it more it might start to improve its fortunes. iandunt.substack.com/p/guest-post...
James Murray
ifs.org.uk
Increases in council funding over the last parliament have not reversed big cuts made during the 2010s, with spending on many services still down 40%.
Treasury to set out 'sweeping reforms' that would give MPs authority to designate clean energy projects as being of 'Critical National Importance'
In the face of frenzied right-wing attacks, this government has successfully executed one of the most ambitious climate change projects in the world. It's time to give credit where it's due.
