Tim Yeo

Fracking 'May Not Reduce High Energy Bills' Say MPs

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK

Fracking for shale gas is not guaranteed to provide the "silver bullet" needed to solve Britain's high energy bill woes, according to MPs. Although...

Heathrow's 'Small Capacity Is Damaging UK Growth' Claim MPs

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.08.2012 | UK Politics

The capacity of Heathrow Airport is too small and is constricting the UK's economy, a report by MPs has said. The UK is being left behind by the ca...

Are You A Man Or Mouse?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.08.2012 | UK

A senior Tory MP has challenged David Cameron to decide whether he is a "man or a mouse", in the latest in a series of backbench attacks on the govern...

Are You A Man Or Mouse?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.08.2012 | UK Politics

A senior Tory MP has challenged David Cameron to decide whether he is a "man or a mouse", in the latest in a series of backbench attacks on the govern...

Green Stealth Taxes 'Could Subsidise Other EU Countries'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.01.2012 | UK Politics

Households face artificially inflated electricity bills under a government move to make businesses greener, an influential committee has warned. Se...

MPs Are Waking Up to the Unfairness of Aviation Tax: Will The Chancellor?

Brian Donohoe | Posted 28.01.2012 | UK Politics
Brian Donohoe

I am a realist. The Chancellor will not announce a cut in APD today. But what I would like to see from the Treasury would be a compromise - for him to establish the principle that future Emissions Trading Scheme ticket price rises are offset by reductions in APD.

MPs: Energy Companies Should Take Responsibility For Mis-Selling To Customers

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 23.09.2011 | UK Politics

MPs have slapped down the 'big six' energy groups and other companies who sell doorstep deals in a new report. The Energy and Climate Change Commit...