Energy saving instead of windfall tax

Eleven million British homes will be covered in a government backed programme to improve their energy efficiency.  In the biggest ever such programme in last forty years, the government claims it is the best way to reduce energy bills instead of a windfall tax. The energy efficiency measures, likely to be

by Jenson Brayshaw  September 11th, 2008

• PM Brown's relaunch strategy to include energy package
• New blow to government's plan to help fuel-poor
• Heat on Brown over high energy costs
• Brown faces party opposition over energy windfall tax issue

Brown seeks help to improve energy efficiency

PM Gordon Brown is trying to convince the country's big retail companies and media firms to support its initiative of helping consumers in cutting down their energy bills. Mr. Brown's bid to enlist some of private industry's biggest name is part of government's efforts to give a boost to its £1bn

by Samantha Donovan  September 7th, 2008

• Utility firms refuse to sign energy deal to assist the poor
• UKs power supply future looks dismal
• UK Residents £730 Bill for Green Energy
• UK PM Brown to propose stimulus package in winter

Brown gives up on energy rebate

by Emma Young  September 6th, 2008

• Utility firms refuse to sign energy deal to assist the poor
• UKs power supply future looks dismal
• UK PM Brown to propose stimulus package in winter
• UK government unfriendly towards Scottish renewable energy projects

Utility firms refuse to sign energy deal to assist the poor

Following a refusal to sign up for a deal by the "big six" utility firms, a £1 billion fuel-poverty package sponsored by the UK government has gone awry. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's undersecretary of state with the Department of Business, Baroness Vadera, is said to be spearheading the effort. She held last-minute negotiations with top officials from UK's foreign utility firms.

by Jenson Brayshaw  August 31st, 2008

• Thousands across UK suffer 29% rise in gas and electricity costs
• Licences for nine UK offshore wind projects awarded
• GDF Suez initiated a bid for International Power
• Gordon Brown to reveal £100 billion wind project winners