It is no coincidence that Germany and Spain, which have shut the door on new nuclear power, have invested most in renewables and seen their green industries rocket. Spain now generates as much as 40% of its electricity from wind power and studies show the investment in renewables has lowered wholesale electricity prices in Spain

What an odd sight to see David Cameron making an announcement yesterday on tax which was based on what the Tories would do if they were in power now, not noticing that they are not actually in power now. But more odd was the the shadow chancellor, Gideon Osborne sat on meekly watching as David Cameron made an announcement on taxation. It spoke volumes about what the Tories think of Osborne.

Conservative leader David Cameron today said he plans to give the Scottish Parliament more powers during the first term of a Tory government.

A Conservative government would allow a new nuclear power station to be opened every 18 months to address the threat of a power shortage according to Greg Clark, the shadow energy spokesman.

Climate change report: In the last decade wind and other renewables have grown to the point that they now provide nearly a tenth of UK generating capacity. With nuclear power generating 16% of total UK electricity, a quarter of electricity generation is now low carbon. There’s a difference between generating capacity and generation isn’t there

A Conservative government would ask MPs to fast-track the building of new nuclear power stations, David Cameron has announced.

EDF has finally bought out British Energy, laying the foundations for the construction of a next generation of nuclear power plants. I think this is excellent news both for Britain's future prosperity and in the battle against global warming. We had a big debate about this in an earlier thread, but given that the consensus on the progressive left seems to be against nuclear power, I think its...

Proposals to double the proportion of electricity generated by nuclear power have been criticised by the Conservatives, who warn they could open the door for government subsidies for new reactors

David Cameron has said that this year's Conservative conference will show that "we are ready for government".

New polling sheds some light both on where the public stand in terms of different power options, and on the impact of arguments that make nuclear seem more attractive. At a basic level, nuclear power is currently pretty much the least popular form of power generation in the UK.