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First published on Wed 3 Mar 2021 11.54 EST The chancellor has changed the remit of the Bank of England’s interest rate-setting monetary policy committee to include a duty to support the government’s net zero carbon ambition alongside its longstanding responsibility to keep inflation in check. Rishi Sunak made the change to reflect the importance of environmental sustainability, he said. Under the green upgrade, the Bank must support the government’s strategy to “level up opportunity in...

In an open letter to the prime minister, groups from the RSPB to Whale and Dolphin Conservation praised his work on the world stage pushing the green agenda. But they said he needs to set the world an example in the run-up to the G7 summit of industrialised nations in Cornwall in June and the delayed Cop 26 climate summit in Glasgow in November. Their State of Nature campaign called on him to insert a clause in the Environment Bill to give legal backing to his commitments to protect nature. War...

Budget 2021: Businesses and charities make last-minute calls for green funding to Rishi Sunak With the 2021 Budget being announced on Wednesday (3 March), Chancellor Rishi Sunak is facing mounting pressure over the Green Homes Grant, National Nature Service and other green policy decisions. Sunak will be hosting a press conference after the Budget speech on Wednesday. Image: HM Treasury  Since Sunak delivered his first Budget last March, he has been working to deliver the Treasury’s response...

<strong>Analysis: </strong>Ministers urged to show global leadership as Britain prepares to host UN Cop26 climate talks

Boris Johnson’s father has called on him to “practise what he preaches” on conservation by funding his environmental pledges.The prime minister is expected today to announce continued funding to

Bury South MP Christian Wakeford BURY South MP Christian Wakeford has signed up to champion in Parliament a suite of solutions and policies to create green jobs and get the UK on track to net zero emissions. Mr Wakeford will be working with 24 other Conservative MPs to promote a range of technological and natural solutions to climate change, to ensure that the UK creates more green jobs as part of the post-Covid economic recovery and further reduces greenhouse gas emissions. In June 2019 ...

An MP has hit back at opposition critics over his involvement in a group lobbying against the coal mine, despite being one of its most ardent supporters. Labour councillor Mike Hawkins has quizzed Workington MP Mark Jenkinson on why he is part of the Conservative Environment Network despite being a supporter of the Woodhouse Colliery coal mine. He has cited an article from the group’s member Sam Hall which criticises the mine for it’s impact on the environment. Councillor Hawkins said...

Sophie Perry The Warming, by Stanley Johnson - Credit: Edwin Smet & Author/PA What if Captain Scott unknowingly discovered a mineral that could solve climate change? Thats the premise of the latest novel by Boris Johnsons father, Stanley. The book is billed as a "pulse-pounding adventure" which bolts between the South American jungle, Amsterdam, the Falkland Islands and Antarctica.  The Warming follows journalist Charles Hodson who is on the trail of his missing brother in the Brazilian rainf...

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More than two dozen Conservative MPs have committed to championing green policies and solutions that will help the UK meet its net-zero target in Parliament, amid concerns that major policy gaps remain.