From Bridgetown to Nairobi to Paris, no country is immune to the worsening effects of the climate crisis. Even a partial redistribution through solidarity levies would guarantee a large source of predictable climate finance for these countries, thus complementing flows of official development assistance without amplifying existing debt burdens. To that end, we launched the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force …
Critics say state interventions adopted by the Tories have prevented the energy market from operating competitively, driving up costs even before the recent rise in wholesale prices. The problems date back to 2008, when the Labour government imposed a series of green levies on households through their energy bills using the Climate Change Act, the brainchild of Mr Miliband. David …
