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- InvestigationGovernment Opens £600m a Year Industry Subsidy Before Earlier Energy Support Has Shown Its Investment Return
Applications have opened for the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme, expected to cost around £600 million a year and cut electricity bills for more than 10,000 manufacturers by up to 25 per cen…
1 Oct 2026 · Industry - InvestigationGreat British Grid Launched Without a Long Term Budget, First Project or Estimate of Bill Savings
The government has created Great British Grid to invest public capital in electricity transmission infrastructure alongside private investors. Its budget for the long term will be set at a future Spen…
30 Sept 2026 · Energy & Infrastructure - InvestigationBritish Steel Is Costing Taxpayers £1.3m a Day Without a Costed Plan for Its Future
British Steel is costing around £1.3 million a day in public money, more than a year after emergency intervention prevented the closure of its Scunthorpe blast furnaces. The Public Accounts Committee …
18 Sept 2026 · Industry - Bill
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- ReleaseRemedies offered to resolve concerns in non-domestic meter reading merger
Remedies submitted by Macquarie to address concerns over its acquisition of EAG may be accepted
9 Oct 2026 · Competition and Markets Authority - InvestigationA Beagle Breeder Now Falls Under the Same Protest Offence as Power Stations
MBR Acres breeds beagles intended for use in laboratory research. Since 12 February, it falls within a criminal offence originally created to protect infrastructure including railways, airports, oil a…
1 Aug 2026 · Law & Protest - InvestigationMinisters Accept PFAS Pollution Could Be Irreversible but Give No Date for Consumer Restrictions
On 6 July, the government responded to a parliamentary proposal to begin phasing PFAS out of products such as food packaging, cookware and school uniforms from 2027. It did not accept the timetable. M…
16 Jul 2026 · Environment - InvestigationState of the UK: Britain Keeps Funding the Consequences of Delayed Decisions
On 30 June, Keir Starmer announced another £15 billion for defence over the next four years. The remaining £4.7 billion has not yet been allocated. The Defence Investment Plan arrives in a country alr…
4 Jul 2026 · Opinion - InvestigationEngland's Ten Highest Council Tax Areas, and Who Actually Takes the Money
Dorset has the highest average Band D council tax in England this year at £2,765.02. But five of the ten highest areas are district council areas where most of the bill is not set by the district coun…
3 Jul 2026 · Local Government - InvestigationLabour Promised Not to Raise National Insurance. The OBR Says Workers Bear Most of the Rise
Labour's 2024 manifesto said it would not increase National Insurance. Four months after the election, Rachel Reeves increased employer National Insurance. The OBR estimates that by 2026/27, 76 per ce…
23 Jun 2026 · Labour Government - InvestigationCouncil Tax Has Risen 66% Since 2010. The Bill Still Does Not Tell You Which Council Is Better Run
The average Band D council tax bill in England was £1,439 in 2010/11. For 2026/27 it is £2,392, an increase of £953, or 66 per cent in cash terms. The difference between areas is even larger: Dorset c…
23 Jun 2026 · Local Government - InvestigationEleven Political Scandals, and What Actually Brought Them Down
At Newry Crown Court on 22 June, a jury convicted Jeffrey Donaldson of 18 sexual offences. His case belongs in any account of political disgrace, but it does not fit the comforting old line that the c…
22 Jun 2026 · Political Accountability - InvestigationTen of England's Most Serious Council Failures
There is no official league table of England's worst councils, and pretending there is would create more certainty than the evidence allows. This ranking looks at the severity of documented failures s…
8 Jun 2026 · Local Government - Bill
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- DivisionGreat British Energy Bill: Third Reading29 Oct 2024
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- DivisionGreat British Energy Bill: Second Reading5 Sept 2024
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- DivisionEnergy Bill [Lords]: Third Reading5 Sept 2023
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- DivisionEnergy Prices Bill Committee: New Clause 1817 Oct 2022