09 Feb 2012
But, in Ed Davey, they have a new Lib Dem Energy and Climate Change Secretary who is bright, highly regarded, a safe pair of hands, trusted by Nick Clegg and rated by his Conservative coalition partners. That is a good start. He has the advantage that the major Lib Dem U-turn - on nuclear power ...
02 Feb 2012
| by Alex Aiken
Yet, at least seventeen authorities are planning to turn it down; from Green-run Brighton and Hove to Conservative-run Cambridgeshire. They defy Communities Secretary Eric Pickles who says any rise would be an almighty kick in the teeth for local residents.
Why they are thinking of doing this goes to the heart ...
The most recent political opinion polls show the Conservatives and Labour neck and neck
02 Feb 2012
| by George Eustice
is to get shot of them as soon as possible.
George Eustice is Conservative MP for Camborne and Redruth ...
group-level.
In January a group of 30 Conservative MPs urged the Government to rethink its rejection ...
to Whitehall departments headed by Conservative ministers....Clegg has recruited Monitor s head of media and stakeholder relations, Veena Hudson. She is the sixth and final special adviser to join the Liberal Democrats, with the aim to oversee work carried out in Conservative-led departments, reported last October.
Hudson will oversee the Department for Communities ...
27 Jan 2012
| by John Owens
. Adams added that he felt that the whole thing had been a political fudge by the Conservatives ...
its investment in renewable energy sources, and encouraging customers and staff to conserve energy ...
26 Jan 2012
| by John Woodcock
Sometimes, history gives the sense that you can make a speech, flick a switch, and hey presto, the job is done.
That is the impression given of an example bandied around a lot in the past few days: Tony Blair and Gordon Brown s pledge in the run up to the 1997 election to accept the then Conservative ...
19 Jan 2012
| by George Eustice
reviews more than a year ago but they have sunk without trace.
The Conservatives eventually learned ...
. It might already be too late for Miliband to turn things around.
George Eustice is Conservative MP ...