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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Commenting on the announcement that EDF will not purchase the Government’s shares in British Energy, putting the UK’s energy strategy in doubt, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Steve Webb said: "The Government’s energy policy is now in total disarray. "New nuclear build is supposed to be a central part of the Government’s energy strategy, but it seems to be dependent on...
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Commenting on the Government’s proposed £5m flood protection scheme, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Steve Webb said: "This announcement is laughably inadequate. "A typical semi-detached house could cost £5,000 to flood-proof, so £5m would barely meet the costs for just 1,000 homes. "There needs to be a nationwide strategy to tackle flood risk, working in partnership with...
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Bristol Evening Post (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Northavon Mp Steve Webb has visited the secure mental hospital at the centre of controversy after two of its patients went on the run.
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Commenting on today’s Business and Enterprise Committee report, which warns that energy prices will rise significantly in the near future, with ‘serious consequences for millions of households, and especially the fuel-poor’, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Steve Webb said: "The Government’s response to soaring energy prices has been woefully complacent. "The planned rise...
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Jonathan Wallace (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
For those Lib Dems attending conference in Bournemouth at the end of next week, you may or may not be interested to know that I am running the members' photo ops again. If you are on the party's daily bulletin email list, you would have received a flyer tonight about the photo ops.This conference, I've lined up Steve Webb, Vince Cable, Sarah Teather and Nick Clegg (the latter is by invite...
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Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Commenting on the announcement that insurers have agreed to cover households with a flood risk of up to one-in-75 years, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Steve Webb said: "It is all very well making insurance available, but it must be affordable to people living in the most vulnerable homes. "Even when people can get insurance they may be asked to pay large chunks of the...
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Commenting on the announcement that insurers have agreed to cover households with a flood risk of up to one-in-75 years, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Steve Webb said: "It is all very well making insurance available, but it must be affordable to people living in the most vulnerable homes. "Even when people can get insurance they may be asked to pay large chunks of the...
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Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Commenting on a recent Business and Enterprise Committee report, which warns that energy prices will rise significantly in the near future, with ‘serious consequences for millions of households, and especially the fuel-poor’, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Steve Webb said:“The Government’s response to soaring energy prices has been woefully complacent. “The planned rise...
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
... is now preparing minimal price rises for French customers.Liberal Democrat energy spokesman Steve Webb said: “You have the incredibly hands-on French government dramatically capping bills and the British Government fiddling around the edges.” Mr Webb warned that families here could lose out because of the price curbs in France. SEARCH HAVE YOUR SAY for:
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
... bills and the British Government fiddling around the edgesLiberal Democrat energy spokesman Steve WebbThat followed its January increases of 7.9 per cent for electricity and 12.9 per cent for gas.It blamed soaring wholesale costs for the increases which add hundreds of pounds to customers’ annual bills.Meanwhile its state-controlled parent company EDF (Electricite de France) is now...
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Commenting on reports that the Government is to announce that energy companies will be told to reallocate money spent on reducing carbon emissions to fuel poverty measures, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Steve Webb said: "The Government is saying it is going to downgrade saving the planet because its priority is helping people struggling to pay their energy bills. "It...
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Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
... prices there can now rise by just two per cent and gas five per cent.Lib Dem energy spokesman Steve Webb said France's state-owned energy giant EDF, which has five million customers in Britain, "will have to make up the shortfall somehow".He went on: "They may have to look to customers in countries where the markets are less interventionist, like Britain." EDF raised its electricity...
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An Englishman's Castle (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Britons face bigger bills as French Government caps energy prices British families could find themselves subsidising households in France after the French Government ordered a 2 per cent cap on electricity price increases yesterday. EDF, which supplies homes on both...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
British families could find themselves subsidising households in France after the French Government ordered a 2 per cent cap on electricity price increases yesterday.
