nuclear – Saddleworth Liberal Democrats

07Apr 2022 by Sam Al-Hamdani

Energy Strategy: Poorly insulated homes are paying £9bn more in heating bills

13 million homes across UK have poor energy efficiency ratingConservatives’ failure to upgrade homes leaves some households paying nearly £1,000 than neededIn some areas over four in five families are living in leaky homesChancellor’s failure to invest in insulating homes branded “short-sighted penny pinching” The Government’s failure to insulate Britain’s homes is leading to families paying over £9 billion more a year for their energy bills, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. It comes as the Treasury has reportedly blocked plans to invest more in home insulation in tomorrow’s energy security strategy, despite a government target of upgrading all homes to Band C by 2035. Analysis by the Liberal Democrats shows 13.4 million homes across the UK have received poor energy efficiency ratings (EPC Bands D-G). These households pay…

07Apr 2022 by Sam Al-Hamdani

Energy betrayal: Nuclear power plants to add £96 to average bill

Parliamentary news

Household energy bills are set to rise by another £96 per year because of the government’s plans to build eight new nuclear power plants, new figures have revealed. This comes as the government has released its long awaited energy strategy which focused on expensive, new nuclear rather than ambitious plans to expand onshore wind, one of the cheapest forms of renewables. EDF has previously estimated that the cost of funding Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk will add up to £12 a year to household energy bills for every family in the country at its peak. The government has now confirmed that each new nuclear plant station will add around £1 per month to energy bills during construction. There are just over 27 million households in England, Wales and…

05Jul 2020 by Sam Al-Hamdani

Councillors call for Shaw and Crompton to support treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Borough news, Campaigns

Councillor Louie Hamblett has put forward a motion in his capacity as the peace champion for Shaw and Crompton Parish Council in conjunction with The Oldham Pledge to Peace Forum, for the Parish council to declare its support for the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), a historic international treaty which once ratified will result in the complete prohibition of developing, testing and using nuclear weapons. Councillor Hamblett said: “Only nine countries have nuclear weapons. Many countries could make nuclear weapons but have as of yet decided not to do so.” He continued, “As it is written in The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons booklet; ‘a hundred and ninety-one countries have joined the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) which prohibits the acquisition of nuclear weapons. The United States,…

03Feb 2019 by Sam Al-Hamdani

Nuclear treaty withdrawal risks global instability

Campaigns, Parliamentary news

Responding to reports that Russia has suspended its involvement in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, following the United States’ decision to also suspend their involvement yesterday evening, former Liberal Democrat Leader Lord Campbell said:“These developments are both alarming and depressing. Gradually piece by piece the security architecture which followed the end of the Cold War has been destroyed. “The world is a much less safe place with nuclear weapons when they cease to be the subject of treaties and agreements. Although both Putin and Trump deny it, there is a severe and continuing risk of a nuclear arms race which will bring instability throughout the world.”

Tag: nuclear