Reporting flyposting in Sandgate
Another day, another business decides that rules are not for them, and that they'll advertise their business or event on posters on street furniture somewhere in Folkestone and Hythe.
27 Jun 2018
Wera Hobhouse MP urges government to incentivise solar power
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Chichester Hall: 2018 Works Update
The trustees of the Chichester Hall want to update you or the works we have planned for the hall through to the end of the year.
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Make Votes Matter - Demand Democracy Day
This Saturday June 30th is Demand Democracy Day. With more than 60 street stalls across the UK - from Truro to Aberdeen - this...
27 Jun 2018
Policy motion - Righting wrongs: Restoring the Rights of the Windrush Generation
Subject to acceptance by the Conference Committee, this motion will be moved by Pauline Pearce with summation by Roderick Lynch. It calls for a public enquiry into the policies and implementation of immigration policy undertaken by the UK government between 1997 and 2018, a return to a fair and just rules based immigration system which is transparent and predictable, the righting of the wrongs perpetrated by the Home Office in individual immigration cases and the establishment of a system of compensation for all the victims of the Home Office's unjust policies.
27 Jun 2018
Green Campaigning Resolution submitted
The Green Campaigning resolution which was doing the rounds this last couple of weeks for signatures has been successfuly submitted by the due date. We now have to wait and see whether it makes it onto the Agenda for Brighton.
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27 Jun 2018
Hinckley needs more trains!
The train service running through a Leicestershire town has been branded abysmal and an appeal made for more trains to stop in the town.
27 Jun 2018
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero, called on the government to provide incentives for energy providers to develop solar power in the UK.
Mrs Hobhouse slammed the government for falling behind on meeting the UK’s renewable targets for solar energy capacity. The government plans to deploy 70 GW of solar power across the country by 2035. However, as of 2022, the UK had only installed 14.3 GW of solar pv.
Following a visit to a rooftop solar system installed by Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE) at Beechen Cliff School last year, Wera Hobhouse is keen to encourage the development of similar solar projects across Bath. The solar system is predicted to significantly cut the school’s fuel costs and reduce their carbon emissions by 52 tonnes a year.
In the House of Commons on the 27th February, the Bath MP noted that the UK is lagging behind the rest of the world in renewable energy investment, she urged the government to offer incentives to energy providers to improve solar capacity.
However, Andrew Bowie, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Energy Security and Net Zero, ignored Hobhouse’s proposals, failing to describe the ways in which the government could incentivise solar energy. Instead, Bowie said that the government’s Solar Taskforce would publish recommendations for solar power and reiterated the government’s target to deploy 70 GW by 2035.
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero, commented:
“The Conservatives are falling dangerously behind on meeting our targets for renewable energy production. It is no good the government setting an ambitious 70 GW solar target if they are nowhere near reaching it.
“It is clear that they have no plan to get us back on track to reach Net Zero. Evidently, they are more than happy to dismiss perfectly good proposals like incentivising solar power. That is why I am so proud that Bath is home to many community energy projects like the solar system at Beechen Cliff School, so that we can lead the way in renewables.”
“It is not just our climate targets harmed by the Conservatives’ delay. Families in Bath and across the country are struggling to pay soaring energy bills which investment in renewables could curb. That is why we Liberal Democrats would build significantly more renewable energy, aiming to generate 80% of our electricity from renewables by 2030.”
Peter Capener, Managing Director of Bath & West Community Energy said:
“Our work with schools is really demonstrating the value of community energy in both addressing the climate crisis and reducing fuel bills. Rooftop solar installed last year has already saved local schools a combined total of £134,209 and has reduced carbon emissions by 224.3 tonnes, which is equivalent to 12,173 journeys from Bath to Edinburgh by train!”
