David Cameron
Cameron urged to give Paterson the boot
HUNDREDS OF wellington boots have been dumped on the steps of the Department of the Environment this morning by Friends of the Earth, which is calling on the Prime Minister to “Give Owen Paterson the boot” because of his failure…
The political print
IT’S BEEN four years since the coalition promised to become the “greenest government ever”. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and a lot has changed. It has gone from that statement…
UK voters tell politicians to pull their weight on environment
UK VOTERS have delivered a stark warning to our political leaders not to neglect environment and climate change policy with the next General Election little more than a year away, according to new research commissioned by WWF-UK ahead of…
Vote blue, turn green
FROM ‘GREENEST government ever’ to ‘get rid of all the green crap’ – so what are Cameron’s true colours? Though you might disagree with its regular criticism…
Britain’s pigs drafted in to improve quality of China’s porcine stock in £45m trade deal
FROM NEXT year Britain is going to begin exporting pig semen to Chinese farmers in a deal worth £45 million to UK industry. Despite being home to half the world’s pigs – and the largest consumers of pork in the…
Government spending more on nutritional supplements for patients than on hospital meals
THE CAMPAIGN for Better Hospital Food today published new figures showing that the government spends more on nutritional supplements for hospital patients than on food served to them during their stay. In 2012 the NHS spent more than £300 million…
The political print
DAVID CAMERON was rightly lauded for extracting $4.15 billion (£2.8 billion) from the world’s richest nations to tackle child malnutrition at the London hunger summit. The UK, which already has an impressive track record of maintaining aid during austere times,…
‘Weak UK economy is not a strategy for tourism boost’, say campaigners
FOLLOWING COMMENTS MADE by the Prime Minister on cutting VAT for the hospitality sector, campaigners have issued a response arguing that the sector’s case for VAT decreases would fuel consumer leisure spending and increase profits leading to new job creation.…
Environmental sustainability can help poverty
TAXES, INCENTIVES, regulations, subsidies, trade and public procurement need to be realigned to favour sustainable consumption and production patterns if the world wants to end poverty. That’s according to the UN High Level Panel charged with setting the new…