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Government says strategy would create 440,000 jobs, but Treasury warns taxes may need to rise to fund changes

Long-awaited plan aims to expand electric car use and windfarms and commits £120m to new nuclear plant

PM says partnership will help emerging solutions that are still too expensive for commercial development

In the wake of Britain's recent catastrophic wind drought, the Boris Johnson administration appears set to embrace nuclear power as their main strategy for achieving net zero.

Funding comes as part of government’s heat and buildings strategy, but campaigners say plan lacks ambition

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DUP had stopped attending meetings of the North South Ministerial Council in protest at the Northern Ireland protocol

Boris Johnson’s spokesperson says he does not accept suggestions Treasury and Department for Business have fallen out

Prime minister faces calls to return from Marbella as gas prices continue to soar

People who lived through the blackouts and economic chaos of the 1970s must be experiencing a strong sense of deja-vu, with Boris Johnson starring as the spiritual successor of the weak, ineffectual Conservative leader Edward...

Boris Johnson was in New York this week, trying to dodge awkward conversations and ignore domestic shortages

Boris Johnson was in New York this week, trying to dodge awkward conversations and ignore domestic shortages

Even the BBC seems perplexed by UK PM Boris Johnson's grotesque climate hypocrisy, demanding action from everyone else, while failing to practice what he preaches in Britain.

As Britain turns to coal to fend off blackouts during the Europe wide wind drought, British PM Boris Johnson has scolded other world leaders for not agreeing to a shutdown of the coal industry.

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