Building greener homes and stronger communities: why social housing residents must benefit from ‘green collar’ jobs
by Lynsey Sweeney, Managing Director of Communities that Work The Government has made economic growth, net zero, and tackling economic inactivity central to its Plan for Change. But if Labour is serious about delivering on all three, it must ensure that its plan to create thousands of new green jobs open up real employment opportunities […]
Petrol-flavoured Easter eggs launched as Chancellor backs North Sea drilling
As the Chancellor of the Exchequer has backed North Sea oil drilling, Climate Basecamp, co-founded by U.S. actor Rainn Wilson, and the Nature and Climate Impact Team (NCIT) have created a limited-edition Easter Egg designed to taste terrible. Petrol Egg has been created to confront consumers with a simple message… climate change is coming for […]
Scotland’s new outdoor learning law offers the kind of real‑world connection young people need – the UK Government should follow suit
James Blake – Chief Executive, YHA (England & Wales) In December 2025, the Scottish Parliament passed legislation guaranteeing every child the opportunity to take part in a residential outdoor education experience during their school years. This was a landmark moment for education policy — and one the rest of the UK should not ignore. The […]
Britain’s electricity bills are not a net zero problem. They are a gas storage problem.
By Dr Andy Palmer CMG, formerly CEO and COO of Aston Martin and Nissan respectively. Today he is the CEO and Co-Founder of Palmer Energy. My timeline has become a chorus of voices insisting that net zero is to blame for Britain’s high electricity prices. Drill more North Sea oil, they say, and all will […]
If AI is at the heart of public sector reform, then skills must come first
By Jo Bishenden, Chief Learning Officer, QA Ltd As Labour approaches its second anniversary in Westminster, public sector reform remains one of the most prominent ambitions for this government. Ministers have repeatedly made clear that AI will sit at the heart of its efforts to modernise public services and boost productivity and economic growth, with […]
Energy sovereignty is the new security
Woochong Um, CEO of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet In today’s geopolitics, one would be forgiven for taking as fact that oil is power, and countries’ fortunes can rise or fall overnight based on access to supply and who strikes the deal. But as PM Keir Starmer visits China – home to […]
Reflections on the proposed NPPF Changes
James Beverley is an associate partner at leading property consultancy Fisher German. He is a Chartered Town Planner and a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute, with over a decade of professional planning experience in the private and public sectors. James specialises on the promotion of strategic scale development including residential and employment land, […]
Getting people back into work across local communities: why it is vital JobsPlus continues
By Lynsey Sweeney, Managing Director of Communities That Work If this Labour government is serious about getting Britain working again, it has a readymade solution: funding the existing JobsPlus scheme on a long-term basis and looking to expand its success more widely across the UK. Run as a pilot across ten communities in England, JobsPlus […]
Running electrification at the limit: Jeff Dodds on what Formula E teaches government
By any measure, Jeff Dodds runs one of the more unusual laboratories in modern industrial policy. As Chief Executive of Formula E, he oversees a global championship that drops ultra-high-performance electric cars into dense city centres, then asks them to race on tight energy budgets with no margin for error. For Dodds, that pressure is […]
Britain Must Choose. Follow the EU or Lead the EV Future
By Dr Andy Palmer CMG. Andy is the former CEO of Aston Martin and COO of Nissan. He is known in the media as the ‘Godfather of EVs’. Today, he is the Co-Founder of CEO of Palmer Energy Technology Ltd (PETL). History will not be kind to the European car industry of the 2020s. European […]
