Tory MP Owen Paterson quits after sleaze scandal November 4, 2021 Owen Paterson will resign as Conservative MP for North Shropshire, after being engulfed in a scandal over his breach of parliament’s lobbying rules. A vote to veto Paterson’s proposed suspension and dismantle the standards process for MPs was rammed through parliament by Tory backbenchers and the government yesterday in a move described as “corrupt” by [...]
David Frost ‘sets out concerns’ in crunch talks over post-Brexit fishing row with France November 4, 2021 UK Brexit minister Lord David Frost has today outlined the UK’s “position and concerns” over the post-Brexit fishing row with France in a crunch meeting with a senior French minister today. A Number 10 press release said Frost and European minister Clément Beaune met in Paris this morning where they “discussed the range of difficulties [...]
Owen Paterson set to be suspended after major Johnson U-turn on sleaze reforms November 4, 2021 A motion to suspend ex-minister Owen Paterson for 30 days will come back before parliament next week, after a 24-hour Boris Johnson U-turn over the fate of the Tory MP. A vote to veto Paterson’s suspension and dismantle the standards process for MPs was rammed through parliament by the government yesterday in a move that [...]
More than half FTSE100 firms commit to ending carbon emissions by 2050 November 4, 2021 Almost two-in three FTSE100 firms are now committed to ending their carbon emissions by 2050, after a new group of companies recently signed up to a United Nations campaign. Sixty FTSE100 firms have now signed up to the UN’s Race to Zero campaign, with bluechip companies like Barclays, AstraZeneca, Coca Cola HBC and HSBC all [...]
UK set to announce multilateral deal to end international fossil fuel project funding November 3, 2021 A deal to end state funding of international dirty coal, oil and gas projects is expected to be signed tomorrow morning in Glasgow by a host of developed and developing countries. The UK-brokered deal will see a commitment to end funding of ‘unabated’ coal projects – those without clean technologies to reduce carbon – oil [...]
Labour outrage as MPs vote down Owen Paterson’s 30-day parliament suspension November 3, 2021 MPs have taken the unprecedented step of voting against a recommended parliamentary suspension as Tory MP Owen Paterson escapes a 30-day House of Commons ban for now. Paterson’s case, an accusation of breaching the lobbying rules, will now be reviewed early next year by a panel that will be made up of a majority of [...]
Conservative MPs set to veto Owen Paterson’s parliament suspension November 3, 2021 Tory MPs are expected to veto the recommended 30-day parliamentary suspension of former cabinet minister Owen Paterson today and instead hand his case to a Conservative-led panel. Parliament will vote on the North Shropshire MP’s fate today, with his backers in the Tory party attempting to table a series of amendments to stop the 30-day [...]
Cop26: Sunak to force all UK financial firms to publish net-zero transition plans November 2, 2021 The UK’s financial institutions and listed firms will soon have to publish strategies on how they will transition to net-zero by 2050 as Rishi Sunak today unveiled his plan to make Britain the world’s first “net-zero financial centre”. The chancellor today said great efforts have been made to “rewire the entire global financial system for net [...]
Cop26: Boris Johnson pushes China for ‘more progress’ on its climate commitments November 2, 2021 Boris Johnson has called on China to make “more progress” on its climate change commitments at Cop26, while urging the country to commit to peaking its Co2 emissions before 2030. Johnson said as world leaders began to leave the United Nations summit in Glasgow today that “we’re keeping the pressure up” on China to commit [...]
Cop26: Major economies sign deal to promote emerging green technologies November 2, 2021 The world’s ten largest economies have today signed up to a commitment to work with businesses to encourage tens of billions of pounds of investment into emerging green technology. The deal, signed at Cop26 by the 40 countries that make up 70 per cent of the globe’s economic activity, will see “countries and businesses … [...]
