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Cabinet split over Heathrow expansion
Posted by tracy on 4 December 2008.
Rumours have been flying around for the last few days that the government would make an announcement on a third runway at Heathrow on Tuesday, but the BBC just reported that the government is delaying the announcement until January because of a split in the cabinet.
It’s good to see Gordon Brown is finally feeling the heat over Heathrow expansion.
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Miliband's new department - what does it mean for the climate?
Posted by bex on 3 October 2008.
Ed Miliband (image by Christian Guthier, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0)
Big news from this morning's Cabinet reshuffle: Gordon Brown has created a new department for climate change and energy, and Ed Miliband has been appointed its head.
This is, potentially, fantastic stuff. Until now, one department has been dealing with climate change and another - the department for business (DBERR) - with energy. This entirely nonsensical division hamstrung any chances of a coherent, low carbon energy policy and kept business and environmental interests at perpetual loggerheads. No prizes for guessing who usually won.
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