New Energy secretary Ed Davey has pledged to tackle soaring power bills in his first few weeks in his new job.

Wealthy business leaders have donated millions to Republican campaigners working to beat Barack Obama in the 2012 election, largely through new fundraising vehicles

Ah, the beat goes on... Notwithstanding the massive recalls of Chevy Volts, the low driving range before recharging and the high incidence of battery fires,The California Air Resources Board unanimously approved a set of new rules requiring that one in seven of the new cars sold in California by 2025 be an electric or other zero-emission vehicle. The plan also mandates a 75 percent reduction in sm...

The longer the row over the benefit cap goes on, the better it will be for the Tories. The cap chimes with the public’s sense of fairness. Polls show massive public support for capping benefits at £26,000 a year for non-working households (the cap won’t apply to the disabled or war widows), and if Labour oppose it, they’ll be handing the Tories a stick with which to beat the...

Ed Miliband's leadership of the Labour Party has been called into question by a poll suggesting he can't secure a lead over the Conservatives, but his brother David can.

So Jon Huntsman is dropping out of the US Presidential race today. Apparently a battle with Rick Perry for fifth in South Carolina didn't appeal. Even though he looked like the best bet to beat Obama, Huntsman was never likely to win the Republican nomination. When many Republicans were desperately searching for a more conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, running as the more moderate alte...

Enjoy (but please, don’t copy): PS No, she didn’t win. PPS For some other horrors, see the strange political adverts here.

Tonight's New Hampshire primary is very unlikely to provide the sort of razor-thin margin we saw in Iowa last week. Mitt Romney looks assured of a comfortable win – Nate Silver's poll-based model (above) gives him a 98 per cent chance of victory. If one of the others did somehow beat him, it'd be the biggest upset of any modern US primary. The only real questions are just how ...

Newcastle did not beat Manchester United today, because the long term trend is for Manchester United to beat Newcastle. - Bishop Hill's quote of the day today. He found it here. This is the game being referred to....

Republican contenders for the party’s presidential nomination use Iran as a stick to beat Obama. Paul’s fate will be key to party strategy