Subsidies

Missing crucial ingredients: Campaigners slam government's new Food Strategy

Policy

Missing crucial ingredients: Campaigners slam government's new Food Strategy

Farming and environmental groups unite in condemning new Food Strategy, accusing government of taking ambitious proposals and 'stripping them to the bone'

clock 13 June 2022 • 8 min read
'Financing our own extinction': $1.8tr in subsidies funding nature destruction every year, global study finds

Biodiversity

'Financing our own extinction': $1.8tr in subsidies funding nature destruction every year, global study finds

Major report calls for rapid action to be taken by government and business to deliver subsidy reform

clock 17 February 2022 • 4 min read

Legislation

Agriculture Bill: Government targets 'balance between food production and environment'

Defra to table updated Agriculture Bill in Parliament today, promising radical overhaul of 'bureaucratic' EU farming subsidies

clock 16 January 2020 • 7 min read

Infrastructure

New study shows public wants renewables - but the government is not listening

The polling is remarkably consistent - the public wants to see more renewables projects

clock 09 July 2019 • 4 min read

Marine

Tidal wave of MPs call for step-change in state support for marine renewables

91 MPs have signed a letter urging Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry to introduce new policies to support wave and tidal stream technologies

clock 12 May 2019 • 3 min read

Legislation

European Commission launches investigation into UK Capacity Market

Probe will determine whether subsidy scheme is in line with EU State Aid rules following shock court ruling last year

clock 22 February 2019 • 1 min read

Energy

UK has biggest fossil fuel subsidies in the EU, finds commission

Subsidies for coal, oil and gas are not falling despite EU pledges to tackle climate change

clock 23 January 2019 • 4 min read

Politics

Gove argues 'fourth agricultural revolution' can help slash environmental impacts

Environment Secretary warns of turbulence from 'no deal' Brexit, but predicts that embracing new technology and subsidy reform can ensure a greener and more productive future for UK farming

clock 03 January 2019 • 4 min read

Politics

Investors urge G20 to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2020

Investors worth $742bn in assets urge world leaders to help tackle financial risks by setting a 2020 deadline to end fossil fuel subsidies across biggest economies

clock 29 November 2018 • 4 min read

Solar

'Daylight robbery': MPs display 'Halloween horror' at solar tariff changes

MPs, Solar Trade Association and National Farmers Union urge government to maintain "fair" export tariff payments for small-scale solar

clock 31 October 2018 • 3 min read