Russell Hargrave

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Russell Hargrave |Oscar Williams

LONDON — The U.K. government has announced that supercar brands McLaren, Aston Martin and Bentley will be exempt from new electric vehicle sales quotas, as it finalizes a long-awaited industry review. Under the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate, manufacturers are fined if they miss targets for new electric vehicle sales as a proportion of total sales each year. The fines ratchet up every 12 months, with an earlier intention of phasing out sales of new diesel and petrol cars by 2030.

Sep 25, 2024 | politico.eu | Abby Wallace |Charlie Cooper |Nicholas Earl |Russell Hargrave

LONDON — The Conservative Party “got trounced in the polls,” ex-Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho admitted earlier this month. After 14 years controlling Westminster's levers of power, voters dumped the Tories unceremoniously from office overnight in July. And yet — the party is already regrouping, jumping on energy bills and cost-of-living as one basis for a fight back. As the party dusts itself off, POLITICO has picked the Conservative's 20 most influential energy and climate policy folk.

Sep 18, 2024 | politico.eu | Abby Wallace |Charlie Cooper |Nicholas Earl |Russell Hargrave

Ministers newly installed in their Whitehall offices. Special advisers moving from opposition to government. The first Labour administration for 14 years — and one marked in its early weeks by a raft of energy and climate promises which could, at least in theory, transform the country. As the party gathers in Liverpool this weekend, we have the ultimate power list: Who holds influence over U.K. energy policy?

May 16, 2024 | politico.eu | Russell Hargrave |Charlie Cooper

LONDON — The government faces “enormous challenges” to decarbonize the energy system by its 2035 target, a leading Conservative MP said. The 2035 goal is “just about doable if everything goes right — and it rarely does in government,” said MP Philip Dunne, who chairs parliament’s influential Environmental Audit Committee. Dunne also today called for the creation of a Cabinet sub-committee dedicated to cross-government work to hit net zero targets.

Dec 22, 2023 | subscriber.politicopro.com | Russell Hargrave

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