• Professor of Energy Policy and Director of the Institute of Sustainable Resources, UCL
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt outside 11 Downing Street in London before presenting the latest government budget to Parliament. Tolga Akmen/EPA-EFE

Spring budget 2023: experts react to UK government’s plan to get the economy moving

Childcare, pensions and support for energy bills are among the main budget plans for the UK government.
Hey, big spender. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL

Mini budget 2022: experts react to the new UK government’s spending and tax‑cut plans

How the government plans to address the energy crisis and economic growth, among other key issues.
Demonstrators gather on the opening day of the public inquiry into Lancashire County Council’s decision to refuse permission for fracking at two sites. Reuters Staff

Should fracking decisions be made locally?

There’s a bunfight about whether local or national government should call the shots when it comes to fracking.
Restructuring the market is harder than it looks. David Cheskin/PA

Ofgem faces select committee, but market reform still lags

With high energy prices all anyone can talk about this winter, Ofgem’s interim chief Andrew Wright appeared before MPs today to defend the regulator’s performance. Predictably, he was met with some hostile…

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