Tim Yeo “very pleased” to be cleared after sleaze claim

Backbench Tory MP Tim Yeo has admitted it is a relief to have been cleared by Parliament’s sleaze watchdog over newspaper allegations he offered help to a fake solar power company. Back in June, he stepped down temporarily from his post as chair of the climate change committee after a secretly recorded conversation with two […]

Government still won’t open coffers for Severn barrage

The Government still won’t open the public coffers to help finance a tidal power scheme across the River Severn (pictured), it confirmed yesterday. The comments are likely to be another knock for a £25billion Severn Barrage proposed by Hafren Power. In its response to a report on the project brought out by parliament’s energy watchdog […]