UK news archive

13.03.2006 One year after the publication of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Africa Commission Report, many of the promised reforms on trade and conflict have yet to materialise, a prominent development charity pointed out.

13.03.2006 UK taxpayers are effectively subsidising airlines to the tune of £300 per person every year, according to a leading environmental group.

10.03.2006 The UK Government is urged to use all its influence to drive a world trade deal this weekend that will benefit poor countries rather than sit passively while development interests are sidelined.

10.03.2006 The Code for Sustainable homes is to become mandatory for all new homes - and possibly all existing homes - in Britain, setting new energy and water efficiency standards beyond building regulations.

10.03.2006 The British Government is criticised for its opposition to the creation of minimum standards for disposal and recycling facilities across Europe.

10.03.2006 Oil multinational Shell has accepted an agm resolution from ethical shareholders that calls for "a major improvement in Shell’s performance in terms of community and stakeholder consultation, risk analysis, and social and environmental impact analysis".

07.03.2006 Sheffield will be joining the global protests that draw attention to the plight of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on International Women’s Day - 8 March - by awarding her the freedom of the city.

02.03.2006 Marks and Spencer is named the UK’s number one retailer for sustainable fish and Lidl comes bottom of the league table by default because the Marine Conservation Society was unable to get any information from it.

01.03.2006 No economist of the 20th century was "as persistent in focusing on the problems of developing countries" as Sir Hans Singer, who died on 26 February.