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  • 17 May 2010
    Cameron promises "greenest government ever"

    NGOs and campaigners have given a mixed reaction to the Prime Minister's promise that his administration will be Britain's “greenest government ever”.

  • 13 May 2010
    We've been here before (350 years ago)

    History has great comic timing. It is 350 years this month since a major political compromise with an uncanny modern-day parallel.

  • 13 May 2010
    Students call on Lib Dems to keep promise on tuition fees

    Students and academics have called on the Liberal Democrats not to abandon their opposition to increases in university tuition fees now that they are in coalition with the Tory Party.

  • 13 May 2010
    Vince Cable urged to act on RBS investments

    The new Business Secretary Vince Cable has been urged to act on his view of the banking system by curbing the unethical investments of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

  • 13 May 2010
    Disgruntled Lib Dems invited to 'come home to the Greens'

    The Green Party have urged Liberal Democrat supporters who object to their party's coalition deal with the Conservatives to join the Greens to achieve real change.

  • 13 May 2010
    Coalition urged to focus on low-carbon economy

    Friends of the Earth have called on the new government to take urgent action to create a low carbon-economy. They said it should be a key priority for the coalition.

  • 12 May 2010
    Greens attack 'fickle' Liberal Democrats

    The Liberal Democrats have been criticised by Green Party politicians and activists for the terms on which they have agreed a coalition deal with the Conservative Party.

  • 12 May 2010
    Don't keep calm. Don't carry on.

    Last week the British public did something extraordinary. With millions of different views and motivations, we managed to vote in such a way as to deliver a hung parliament, driving the first wedge in the door of a system that has for too long kept most politicians far removed from democratic accountability.

  • 11 May 2010
    'Stable government' is no excuse for bad policy

    No coalition has yet been formed, but politicians on various sides are already talking of “stability” as if it over-rode all other considerations of democracy and policy.

  • 11 May 2010
    Lib-Lab coalition might not be 'progressive', warns Green MP

    Britain's first Green MP has warned against describing a coalition of Labour and the Liberal Democrats as a “progressive alliance”, saying that such a name would have to be earned.