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Tories to end taxpayer investment in 'dirty' fossil fuels

Figures show the ECGD is providing £714,715 worth of support to fossil fuel projects. Photograph: Charles O'Rear/Corbis A Conservative UK government would bring to an end the practice of the government underwriting investment in "dirty" fossil fuel ...

From ALLEGRA STRATTON, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  Charles O.,  Andrew Mitchell,  House of Commons

Andy Burnham told charities at risk in policy shift

Leading health experts round on the health secretary Andy Burnham today, warning him off reversing a Labour programme of modernisation and competition within the health service. Burnham surprised cabinet ministers and policy officials alike when he ...

From ALLEGRA STRATTON, Guardian Unlimited,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Andy Burnham,  National Health Service,  Department of Health,  Liam Byrne,  Tessa Jowell

Nick Clegg dents Labour hopes of Lib-Lab alliance

Nick Clegg, right, may be kingmaker in a Brown-Cameron battle. Photograph: Rex Features The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, suggested today he would be unlikely to prop up Labour should the general election result in a hung parliament, setting ...

From ALLEGRA STRATTON, Guardian Unlimited,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nick Clegg,  UK Conservative Party,  BBC,  Andrew Marr,  Gordon Brown

Climate change denial MEP attacks church

Roger Helmer, a eurosceptic and climate change denier in the European parliament Photograph: Jean-Pierre Muller/AFP A Tory MEP has accused the Church of England of having "abandoned religious faith entirely and taken up the new religion of climate ...

From ALLEGRA STRATTON, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,  Roger Helmer

MPs' expenses row claims Tory scalp as Labour acts to calm Kelly

The expenses scandal claimed its latest victim last night when the Tory MP in charge of the Commons standards and privileges committee stood down pending an inquiry into his second home allowance claims. David Curry quit as chair of the watchdog, after ...

From PATRICK WINTOUR, ALLEGRA STRATTON, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Curry,  Harriet Harman,  David Cameron

What did Gordon Brown find funny in the Queen's speech?

The great mystery of the Queen's speech was: what made the famously taciturn Gordon Brown break into laughter during his traditionally uncomfortable walk from the House of Lords with the opposition leader David Cameron? Downing Street could offer ...

From ALLEGRA STRATTON, Guardian Unlimited,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: House of Lords,  David Cameron

Can measures announced in Queen's speech save Gordon Brown?

The Queen's Speech at the House of Lords during the state opening of Parliament. Photograph: PA Parents today were promised new rights to demand their children get a high quality education as the government used the last Queen's speech before a ...

From ALLEGRA STRATTON, PATRICK WINTOUR, Guardian Unlimited,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Health Service,  House of Lords

Compass thinktank considers backing coup against Gordon Brown

The influential centre-left pressure group Compass has reopened the question of whether Gordon Brown should lead Labour into the general election. The group held out against the previous coup attempt in June, but now fears that if Brown stays, an ...

From ALLEGRA STRATTON, PATRICK WINTOUR, Guardian Unlimited,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Alan Johnson,  David Miliband,  Tony Lloyd

Ordnance Survey maps to go free online

A cartographer out and about while mapping for the Ordnance Survey The government is to explore ways of making all Ordnance Survey maps freely available online from April, in a victory for the Guardian's three-year Free Our Data campaign. The move will ...

From ALLEGRA STRATTON, Guardian Unlimited,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tim Berners-Lee,  Liam Byrne,  Highways Agency,  Cambridge University

MPs push to turn Northern Rock back into a building society

The pressure on the government to consider turning the bailed-out bank Northern Rock back into a building society rather than sell it off increased today as 100 MPs from all political parties signed a motion supporting the move. The signatories include ...

From ALLEGRA STRATTON, Guardian Unlimited,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Northern Rock,  Liberal Democrats,  Alistair Darling,  Terry Rooney,  Phyllis Starkey

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