Mike Foster Articles

The Committee on Climate Change published the Fifth Carbon Budget at the end of last month. The CCC was established to advise the British government and devolved bodies on meeting future carbon targets. It makes for an interesting read but beneath the surface there is...

‘Tories woo Worcester Woman’ was the headline that appeared on the billboard outside my local newsagent one Sunday morning in 1996. Having read the article which reported on Tory central office’s identification of the mythical voter that is Worcester Woman, I was...

A fiscal stimulus that cuts energy bills, saves the planet, protects jobs and raises revenue? Yes it is possible. Back in 2009, in the pre-budget report, then chancellor Alistair Darling announced the UK’s first boiler scrappage scheme. It was modelled on the very...