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- Shake-up will help UK motorists without driveways to charge EVs 21 April 2026Green light likely for law allowing automatic approval for pavement ‘charging gullies’ to help boost EV take-upUK to appeal against tax ruling cutting VAT on public EV chargers to 5%Households without off-street parking could soon be able to charge their electric vehicles from home under new government plans to help households cut their need for […]Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
- Britain should look to biomethane to expand gas supply | Letter 21 April 2026Chris Huhne points out that the UK is not limited to a choice of North Sea drilling or more imports of liquefied natural gasNils Pratley is right to highlight the continuing role of gas in the UK energy system and the risks of growing dependence on imported liquefied natural gas (The UK needs more North […]Guardian Staff
- Why are UK electricity prices linked to gas – and what does it mean for bills? 21 April 2026Government has shaken up the way electricity is priced as British costs are among the highest in the worldElectricity generators threatened with higher windfall taxes in bid to ensure stable pricesThe second global energy crisis of this decade has reignited questions about Britain’s grid strategy, specifically: why does it continue to have one of the […]Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
- Welsh farmers launch landmark claim against ‘intimidating’ pylon firm 21 April 2026About 500 farmers challenge Green Gen Cymru in high court over alleged disregard for landowners and biosecurityA group of 500 Welsh farmers have brought a landmark legal claim to the high court over the alleged conduct of a green energy developer planning to build electricity pylon routes across their land.The court will hear allegations that […]Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent
- Labour’s great green energy plan could be a legacy as vital as the NHS | Polly Toynbee 21 April 2026Ed Miliband has a rare chance to do for the climate what Nye Bevan did for health: create something future generations will be proud ofIt looks unlikely that Labour will emerge as the largest party at the next general election (though it’s by no means impossible). If just one term is Labour’s destiny, what legacy […]Polly Toynbee