Dominic Lawson: Good Riddance To The Great Solar Scam

When the Confederation of British Industry and the big Trade Unions are in policy agreement, it amounts to reliable circumstantial evidence for taking the opposite view.

Durban Plan Kaput: EU 'Coalition Of The Willing' Seems Doomed

EU insists that it will sign on to Kyoto II only if emerging economies agreed to binding targets by 2015 and start talks for it right away - a substantial shift from its position a year ago. But its attempt to formulate a 'coalition of the willing' seems doomed.

Green Britain: The Sick Man Of Europe

British families suffered their fourth consecutive monthly squeeze in living standards in October, as soaring gas and electricity prices pushed up household costs. Demos-PwC Good Growth Index – which measures unemployment, disposable income, work-life balance, health, transport, income inequality and housing – found that only Spain was less attractive than Britain of major OECD countries.