It is all but announced that the Chancellor will continue to freeze fuel duty rates in the Spring Budget. But as the cost of the move to the Exchequer ticks up to nearly £130 billion - it's a shame that it will merely put money back into wealthy motorists' pockets, whilst also imperiling the Prime Minister’s goal of reducing debt as a proportion of GDP.

Banks and investors can do more to support the world’s shift to a low-carbon economy and help avert a climate emergency that threatens every living person on Earth, the former UN climate chief Mary Robinson has said.  

Reforms to alcohol duty could boost pub sales by 100 million pints a year, providing a lifeline to the hospitality industry and reducing harmful drinking, a think-tank says today.

In our first UKRI-sponsored Ask the Expert virtual panel event, the SMF brought together three different experts to discuss the future of scientific advice in policymaking.