The Energy Secretary, Amber Rudd, has announced plans to close all coal-fired power stations by 2025 and restrict their use by 2023 in a major policy speech this morning. Ms Rudd claims her speech has set out a new vision …

Giving evidence to the DCLG Select Committee last week about the Housing and Planning Bill, which is currently at committee stage, Brandon Lewis reiterated the Government’s aim to increase the supply of starter homes, delivering 200,000 by 2020. The general …

Nick Wood-Dow examines the issues and politics behind the Governments approach to renewable energy.   The very future of the solar industry is in the balance. An industry that promised so much, in creating localised power for UK households, at …

    On the back of an unexpected General Election victory, this year’s Conservative conference in Manchester was an upbeat affair with little or no controversy, some interesting new policy announcements and much media speculation about the next leader. The …

On the back of an unexpected General Election victory, this year’s Conservative conference in Manchester was an upbeat affair with little or no controversy, some interesting new policy announcements and much media speculation about the next leader. The protests outside …

Liam has been involved with some of the most significant construction and infrastructure projects of recent years – from energy to transport, house-building and strategic land development – over a career spanning more than two and a half decades. A …

Director of Planning and Property Michael has almost 40 years’ experience of planning public affairs working on a wide range of projects across the UK including residential, retail, commercial and energy, as well as public open spaces and even a …

  A specialist in political engagement, he has special responsibility at Chelgate for local and national government relations, and has practical experience of politics at every level. He has been a Councillor in a county borough, serving on planning, highways …