Letter by 61 Labour MPs supports ‘cheapest and most pragmatic’ plan for new electricity infrastructure
UK government urged to change regulations so new homes incorporate solar panels, heat pump, high-grade insulation and battery storage
Company insists project should go ahead despite new government saying it had been unlawfully approved
This live blog is closed.Rachel Reeves has finished the speech, in which she confirmed a range of measures to speed up planning. I will post a full summary shortly.
New chancellor says she will make statement to MPs before summer recess about financial situation as she says UK economy has been ‘held back’
Landmark judgment says planning bodies must account for burning of extracted fuel when considering site proposals
Permission granted for judicial review after Planning Inspectorate overturned local council’s decision to reject plan
Exclusive: Developers still unwilling to put forward schemes despite change to planning rules in September
Fears grow that Rishi Sunak’s anti-green policy shift is driving investment in renewable energy abroad
The de facto ban on building onshore wind sites has been lifted, but experts say they remain at the whims of ‘quixotic decisions by local councils’
Government will make it easier to build turbines, but wind remains at disadvantage compared with other projects
Michael Gove announces changes to planning system that mean turbines can no longer be blocked by a single objection
Campaigners lose judicial review of decision to approve plan by UK Oil & Gas to drill on agricultural land
Friends of the Earth says significant climate impacts not taken into account when go-ahead was given
Jake Berry is latest senior MP to urge prime minister to amend de facto block on new projects in England
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