You may see your garden as a spare room or a place to be in touch with nature, but changes to planning rules mean it is likely to attract higher council tax if it hasn’t already been snapped up by a developer. Jack Shamash reports
… Not any more. In the document Planning Policy Guidance 3, which was issued in 2000, … opposition’. The latest draft Government policy (Planning Policy Statement 3–Housing), which was issued …
That’s what I would do if I were energy minister, says the former environment minister
… only realistic and equitable mechanism is the policy of contraction and convergence – … is that, in the Blair regime where power and policymaking has been highly centralised … failed over the fuel duty escalator policy – which was meant to give motorists the …
Sir Richard Branson is offering a $25 million prize to the first scientist who can demonstrate a way to remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere.
… scientist James Lovelock, international policy maker Sir Crispin Tickell, author Tim …
Christian Aid this week released a report showing that, if account is taken of the UK's overseas investments, the country is responsible for as much as 15 per cent of global emissions of CO2. We asked Andrew Pendleton, the lead author of the research, where we go now.
… in the public consciousness and in government policy. How easy will it be to dispel it? …
As doctors can tell you, the best remedy for colds and flu is the traditional one: rest, warmth, fluids – and time. Drug manufacturers want you to believe otherwise. But, as Pat Thomas reports, pharmaceutical ‘cures’ may be more than just a waste of money
… factor, along with continuing government policy that encourages self-medication …
Record demand for cheap flights has resulted in 21 (mostly regional) airports publishing expansion plans in the last 5 years. They have been spurred on to do so by the Government’s plans to raise plane passenger numbers from 200 million in 2003 to 500 million by 2030.
… to the current governments aviation policy click here To read about the joys of …
The claims for biofuels make it seem truly a wonder crop. Mark Anslow separates the wheat from the chaff
… As Michael O’Hare, Professor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, pointed out in a recent … (15) Reitze, 2006. (16) National Center for Policy Analysis, 2002, cited by Pimentel & …