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Germany amps up battery production with massive state subsidies

To meet its Paris Agreement commitments, as well as other domestic decarbonisation objectives, the German government has recently ramped up investment in renewables. Part of this is through an ...

Georgian parliament ratifies constitutional amendments introducing proportional representation

Earlier this week (29th June), the Parliament of Georgia voted to adopt a series of constitutional amendments designed to strengthen Georgia's democracy. This follows an electoral reform ...

Book review: The Monstrous Member

I don’t think I’m the only ex-Labour member who is still traumatised by 2015, or the only liberal who still has nightmares about 2016. The atmosphere was unique and grim, and looking back it is ...

How will the government reach it’s recycling targets?

As global temperatures rise and oceans fill with waste, people increasingly value how much attention government’s give to being environmentally friendly. In some regards, the Conservative ...

Johnson v Hunt: Where do they stand?

We now know that Johnson and Hunt are the candidates Conservative MPs have decided to put to members. They have both put forward their policies, and have attended hustings and debates. We have ...

Germany amps up battery production with massive state subsidies

To meet its Paris Agreement commitments, as well as other domestic decarbonisation objectives, the German government has recently ramped up investment in renewables. Part of this is through an ...

Georgian parliament ratifies constitutional amendments introducing proportional representation

Earlier this week (29th June), the Parliament of Georgia voted to adopt a series of constitutional amendments designed to strengthen Georgia's democracy. This follows an electoral reform ...

Book review: The Monstrous Member

How will the government reach it’s recycling targets?

As global temperatures rise and oceans fill with waste, people increasingly value how much attention government’s give to being environmentally friendly. In some regards, the Conservative ...

Johnson v Hunt: Where do they stand?

We now know that Johnson and Hunt are the candidates Conservative MPs have decided to put to members. They have both put forward their policies, and have attended hustings and debates. We have ...

Boris Johnson supporters want no-deal Brexit and less talk of climate change – new survey of party members reveals

By the end of July the UK will have a new prime minister. They will be chosen not by the electorate but by a group of around 160,000 members of the Conservative Party. This selectorate gets to choose ...

Stella Creasy is right to call for better maternity rights for MPs

Labour MP Stella Creasy has been calling for better maternity rights for MPs. She is not the first MP to call for better maternity rights; last year Lib Dem MP (and current leadership contender) Jo ...

Beyond Brexit, these are the issues Conservative leadership candidates should be debating

The Conservative leadership contest is entering its most intense phase. Potential leaders are being whittled down by their parliamentary colleagues before the party’s roughly 160,000 members vote ...