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‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became Britain’s latest culture war

Sean Matthews, the Reform UK leader of Lincolnshire County Council, has said he’ll “lie down in front of bulldozers” to stop Britain’s largest solar farm being built in the county. He’s taking sides in a new rural culture war that pits green energy against the countryside’s traditional image of food…

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England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows

Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.

The Independent UK

Year’s worth of British bread lost since 2020 amid extreme weather – analysis

Experts warned that the wheat deficit could grow, with 2025 likely to see another poor harvest.

The Independent UK

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One year’s worth of bread lost in UK to wrecked harvests since 2020, report finds

Worsening droughts and floods have destroyed wheat for 4bn loaves of bread and forced record levels of imports

The Guardian - UK

UK harvest on course for near record low after drought hits crops – analysis

Experts say another poor harvest in 2025 would mean that three of the five worst since records began all occurred this decade.

Evening Standard

Japanese car firms at bottom of UK electric sales ranking

Honda had the largest decrease for UK EV sales in the first six months of 2025.

Evening Standard

British potatoes and Spanish olives: How climate extremes are pushing up food prices

The study highlights how climate-driven food price spikes can aggravate public health risks and social unrest.

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More than 80% of UK farmers worried about climate crisis harming livelihood, study finds

Farmers warn of risk to Britain’s food supply as more than three-quarters take hit to income from extreme weather

The Guardian - UK

Heatwave to peak with temperatures of up to 35C in likely hottest day of year

Tuesday could be the hottest day of the year so far as extreme heat warnings remain in place.

Evening Standard

UK farmers lost £1bn in arable income after extreme wet weather, data show

Fears are growing that farmers could be facing another terrible harvest this year following the hottest spring on record.

Evening Standard

‘On a knife edge’ – hot dry spring threatens arable harvest

Analysis suggests the harvest could be one of the worst in records stretching back to the 1980s.

Evening Standard

Farmers’ harvest in limbo after UK endures driest spring in nearly 70 years

The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) think tank warns that climate change is already having a ‘devastating’ impact on farmers

The Independent UK

Poor building standards add £1,000 to energy bills of new homes, analysis finds

About £5bn more spent than if rules for low-carbon new-builds had not been scrapped in 2016, ECIU thinktank finds

The Guardian - UK

EVs could power homes if UK suffers major power cut – think tank

The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit said 60% of an EV’s battery is capable of providing nearly six days of electricity for a typical UK home.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Families could save £1,000 a year by switching to electric vehicles – but there are two big issues to consider

The government have changed their Zero Emission Vehicle mandate which could see more hybrids instead flood the market

The Guardian - UK

Motorists ‘could save £850 a year by choosing an electric car over a hybrid’

Owners of hybrids save only £13 a year compared with petrol equivalents, thinktank says

The Independent UK

Chocolate prices up nearly 50 per cent in three years as ‘Chocflation’ persists

Chocolate prices are going up year on year making Easter a more expensive time

Evening Standard

Chocolate prices up by almost half in three years

Chocolate price inflation is accelerating as climate change hits West African cocoa producers, the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit said.

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The Independent UK

Decarbonising home heating at risk from weakened policies, think tank warns

Two key policies to drive up heat pump installations have been beset by delays or softened by ministers over time, researchers said.

Evening Standard

New car tax rules could ‘undermine consumer confidence’ in EVs, Treasury warned

The Treasury will remove EVs’ exemption from vehicle excise duty – known as car tax – from Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Relaxing sales rules could mean there ‘aren’t enough electric cars to go round’

Think tank the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) said this would significantly increase the cost of driving for millions of motorists.

The Independent UK

Net zero economy grows 10% in a year with £83bn boost to UK, report says

Analysis suggests green sectors from renewables to recycling are boosting regional growth.

The Guardian - UK

‘They’ve heard so much wrong information’: Selling heat pumps across Germany’s political divide

Green heating technology has an image problem. Now energy groups are promoting them on grounds of cost, status and energy security

The Independent UK

Government aims to ‘restore clarity’ with consultation on petrol car phase-out

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has launched the consultation to ask for views from industry

The Independent UK

Car industry set to meet 2024 EV sales target, analysis finds

A think tank said this is because the zero-emission vehicle mandate takes into account credits from selling low-emission petrol and diesel cars.

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