Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Alok Sharma

Hancock mocked Eat Out To Help Out amid concerns about virus spread

Matt Hancock and Rishi Sunak clashed over the course of the pandemic on Covid restrictions and the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

The Independent UK

Yes minister, this week it’s your turn to be Business Secretary

Is it a problem that nobody can hold down the Business Minister position for long?

Evening Standard

New Year Honours 2023 list in full as Brian May and Lionesses get top gongs

In the first New Year Honours List rubber-stamped by King Charles, over 1,100 individuals receive awards, including artist Grayson Perry, England women's captain Leah Williamson, and heptathlete and TV presenter Denise Lewis

Daily Mirror

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

New Cumbria coalmine: backlash grows as steel industry plays down demand

‘Red wall credentials’ suspected at Westminster as real reason for approval by Michael Gove

The Guardian - UK

UK’s first new coalmine for 30 years gets go-ahead in Cumbria

Michael Gove greenlights £165m project that will produce estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year

The Guardian - UK

Imminent Cumbria coalmine decision likely to cause new Tory split

Expected approval for coalmine opening could provoke backlash from party’s many opposing voices

The Guardian - UK

Climate summit president warns of hit to UK ‘reputation’ if coal mine gets go-ahead

Alok Sharma insists mine is not needed and won’t create many jobs – ahead of likely decision within days

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Cumbria coalmine plan is ‘backward step’, says Alok Sharma

Tory party’s most respected figure on climate says mine will damage UK’s international reputation as well as environment

The Guardian - UK

Former Tory chair joins rebellion over Sunak’s onshore windfarm ban

Jake Berry is latest senior MP to urge prime minister to amend de facto block on new projects in England

The Guardian - UK

Alok Sharma backs bid to lift ban on onshore windfarms in England

Tory MP becomes latest member of party to get behind push to drop moratorium with reports Michael Gove also supports move

The Guardian - UK

Headache for Rishi Sunak as top Tory MPs back rebellion over onshore wind

RISHI Sunak is facing a growing rebellion from big names in his Tory Party over his ban on new onshore wind farms.

The National (Scotland)

Extreme weather will get worse after ‘disappointing’ COP27 fails to reach fossil fuels agreement

The world will continue to see natural disasters and extreme weather conditions driven by climate change after nations failed to agree limiting the use of fossil fuels at COP27, a leading scientist warned on Monday.

Evening Standard

COP27 strikes historic climate change deal as Rishi Sunak says "more must be done"

Officials and negotiators agreed a deal in the early hours of Sunday to create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries' carbon pollution.

Daily Mirror

World still ‘on brink of climate catastrophe’ after Cop27 deal

Experts say biggest economies must pledge more cuts to carbon emissions but hail agreement to set up loss and damage fund

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

A deal on loss and damage, but a blow to 1.5C – what will be Cop27’s legacy?

Anger at western hypocrisy heated to boiling point in Sharm el-Sheikh, but after intense talks the impasse was finally broken

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak: More must be done to tackle climate change despite COP27 deal

Alok Sharma has warned that hopes of limiting global warming to 1.5C are ‘on life support’

The Conversation

COP27: one big breakthrough but ultimately an inadequate response to the climate crisis

For 30 years, developing nations have fought to establish an international fund to pay for the “loss and damage” they suffer as a result of climate change. As the COP27 climate summit in Egypt wrapped up over the weekend, they finally succeeded.

Reason

Despite Climate Change Activists' Demands, 1.5°C Is Already Dead

The good news is that does not mean "instant Armageddon" by 2030.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Limit of 1.5C global heating is at risk, Alok Sharma warns at Cop27

Previous summit’s president tells ministers no ‘backsliding’ must be allowed over climate crisis ‘red line’

The Guardian - UK

Labour would create ‘anti-Opec’ alliance for renewable energy, says Miliband

Shadow climate change secretary says group would cooperate to cut energy prices and promote clean technology

The Guardian - UK

Water scarcity on agenda as Cop27 climate talks enter second week

Days scheduled to discuss issues such as women’s rights and civil society alongside formal negotiations

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia to Establish Regional Center for Reducing Emissions

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman announced on Saturday three new projects that will further enhance the Kingdom’s national and regional climate action.

The Guardian - UK

Who has Boris Johnson nominated for peerages?

Ex-PM has selected more than a dozen of his closest allies to head to the Lords. Here are some of the key figures

The Independent UK

Labour demands Sunak blocks Johnson’s ‘conveyor belt of cronies’ to the Lords

The former prime minister has asked multiple Conservative MPs to hold off on their peerage so they do not trigger by-elections.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson offers Lords seats for LIFE to young aides, MP pals and his holiday donor

Labour urged Rishi Sunak to block the Prime Minister rewarding cronies and a Tory donor - as he tries to dodge a by-election humiliation by letting four MPs DELAY taking up their seats

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

University College London

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.