Energy

Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party Sir Ed Davey has called on the Government to appoint a cross-departmental minister to address the needs of rural communities.

Upto 1,000 hectares of Oxfordshire agricultural land is set to make way for a giant solar farm that could sit amid community allotments and bee hives, it has been revealed.

A new £70 million scheme that aims to transform the UKs National Park peatlands from carbon sources to carbon sinks has been met with caution by farming groups.

A project designed to prove the potential of green hydrogen power in a farm situation is being carried out in South Aberdeenshire.

Plans to construct a 1,215-hectare (3,000-acre) solar farm in East Yorkshire have fuelled demands for Defra to make clear its position on land use.

Rural campaigners have welcomed news that the Government is considering a rethink regarding land that can be made available for solar farms.

Rural campaign body CPRE has warned that a return to fracking risks ‘breaking the countryside’ and ‘further hammering’ rural communities already hit hard by the cost of living crisis.

Oil giant BP has been accused of using ‘heavy handed’ tactics with farmers and landowners in order to push through plans for its first offshore windfarm.

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has today outlined the ‘biggest tax cuts in 50 years’ in response to raging inflation and a cost-of-living crisis.

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has today outlined the biggest tax cuts in 50 years in response to raging inflation and a cost-of-living crisis.