UK Government

Deals reached for Mid Wales and the Tay Cities region

04.01.2021

Laura Edgar

The heads of terms for a growth deal for Mid Wales have been signed by the Welsh and UK government and the region’s local authorities, while the financial arrangements for £700 million investment in the Tay Cities region has been reached.

Growth deal signed for North Wales

21.12.2020

Laura Edgar

The UK and Welsh governments have signed the North Wales Growth Deal in a virtual event. The deal is backed with £120 million from each government.

Academics lambast planning reforms as ‘wasted opportunity’

24.08.2020

Huw Morris

Government proposals to reform England’s planning system are ‘the wrong answers to the wrong questions’, driven by free-market ideology and vested property interests, according to leading academics.

UK ministers in hot water over loss of North Wales nuclear jobs

13.09.2019

Roger Milne

Cymru | Infrastructure - Energy | Policy & Politics | UK Government | Wylfa Newydd

Chair of the UK Parliament’s Welsh Affairs Committee David T C Davies has accused the UK Government of a ‘lacklustre’ response to the MPs’ report on Hitachi’s suspension of work on the proposed nuclear plant on Anglesey – its Wylfa Newydd project.

UK climate action ‘lagging behind’

10.07.2019

Laura Edgar

Climate Change | Committee on Climate Change | UK | UK Government

The UK Government must demonstrate that it is serious about meeting its legal obligations to tackle and prepare for climate change, says the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).

MPs urge action after nuclear hiatus blights North Wales growth deal prospects

10.05.2019

Roger Milne

MPs have called on the UK and Welsh governments to consider a range of low-carbon energy projects in north-west Wales following the suspension of work on the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station.

Draft departmental decision-making powers bill for NI panned

12.10.2018

Roger Milne

The UK Government's draft proposals to end decision-making paralysis in Northern Ireland do not provide proper accountability and are an invitation for legal challenge, warn unionists.

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NI infrastructure to benefit from Budget bill

13.07.2018

Roger Milne

DUP | Infrastructure - Transport | Northern Ireland | UK Government

MPs have approved special legislation that will give legal authority for money allocated in the Northern Ireland Budget to be spent by the Northern Ireland Executive.

UK offshore wind industry reveals 2030 plans

21.03.2018

Prithvi Pandya

The UK offshore wind industry has said it will work with the UK Government on a transformative sector deal that could deliver thousands of additional skilled jobs in coastal areas and export opportunities by 2030.

RTPI: Whitehall having powers to protect environment post-Brexit not enough

06.12.2017

Laura Edgar

It isn’t enough for Whitehall to be repatriated with the powers to uphold existing planning and environment related EU directive following Brexit, according to the RTPI.

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