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Ed Miliband’s “ pylon presumption ” has come under fire from rural MPs around the country who are demanding a nationwide study into the use of underground electricity cables.A group of Tory MPs has written to the Energy Secretary to say they are “ profoundly concerned ” about the potential impact that his department’s pylon-first agenda will have on countryside communities.Mr Miliband has repeatedly insisted that using underground cables rather than pylons to transmit energy around the country i

Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theView from Westminster email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... But the passing of the amendment was followed by rapturous cheers across the conference hall. The Young Liberals tweeted after the vote: “ Thank you,# LDConf.... There is nothing more liberal than ensuring everyone has the right to a home.” Simon Clarke, who was the levelling up secretary under Liz Truss, offered a “ sincere w

Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theView from Westminster email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... But the passing of the amendment was followed by rapturous cheers across the conference hall. The Young Liberals tweeted after the vote: “ Thank you,# LDConf.... There is nothing more liberal than ensuring everyone has the right to a home.” Simon Clarke, who was the levelling up secretary under Liz Truss, offered a “ sincere w

Voters are overwhelmingly opposed to the planned super-embassy( Image: Getty/ David Chipperfield Architects) A new poll has revealed the huge scale of opposition againsyt plans for a Chinese “ super-embassy ” next to the Tower of London.... The new Opinium poll shows that across the UK, 43% of all Britons oppose the plans. Londoners are slightly less opposed, but would still like the Government to reject the plans – which have already been rebuffed by Tower Hamlets Council.... This is not just

California’s business community didn’t really have to put its proposed solutions to the epic logjam at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in writing, as it did in a recent letter to Gov.... Drop environmental quality concerns in the dumpster. Never mind that most of these options would do little to relieve the backup at the ports.... They would, however, undermine newly passed state labor laws and fulfill their enduring goal of eviscerating the groundbreaking California Environmental Qual