[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" top_padding="25" overlay_strength="0.3"][vc_column column_padding="padding-2-percent" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" width="1/1" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default"][vc_column_text]David Cameron made the environment a central plank of his modernisation agenda. Upon becoming Prime Minister in 2010, he famously pledged to lead the ‘greenest government ever’. For him, environmental concern married together the traditional conservative idea that we have a duty to pass on a good inheritance to future generations, and the modernising idea that people value quality of life, as well as economic growth. By contrast, little is known of Theresa May’s views on the subject. After her first party conference as leader, however, the early signs for the environment are positive. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
http://reaction.life/green-shoots-appearing-theresa-mays-new-government/[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" top_padding="25" overlay_strength="0.3"][vc_column column_padding="padding-2-percent" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" width="1/1" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default"][vc_column_text]In Theresa May, we have someone whose background and emphasis are different. For those who applauded David Cameron for his boldness in taking on entrenched attitudes in the party, the shift is perhaps unsettling.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/redbox/topic/no-topic/mays-nasty-party-speech-proved-shes-always-been-a-moderniser[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" top_padding="25" overlay_strength="0.3"][vc_column column_padding="padding-2-percent" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" width="1/1" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default"][vc_column_text]The search to understand what Theresa May really believes never ends. Is our new Prime Minister on the Tory Right or Left? Actually a closet Leaver rather than a reluctant Remainer?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/03/is-theresa-may-holding-back-conservative-modernisation---or-driv/[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" top_padding="25" overlay_strength="0.3"][vc_column column_padding="padding-2-percent" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" width="1/1" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default"][vc_column_text]It’s over three months since referendum day, and still few details about what Brexit will really mean have been revealed – or perhaps even decided. Ahead of Conservative conference, five observers advise the PM on her next move[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/01/100-days-after-brexit-what-does-theresa-may-do-nextBright Blue's Sam Hall argues a major overhaul of domestic energy efficiency policy is essential if the UK is to meet its carbon targets.
One of the first achievements of Theresa May's new government was to secure the passage through Parliament of the fifth carbon budget. This committed the UK to reducing emissions by 53 per cent between...
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