Alok Sharma

Omar Shaikh, managing director of the Global Ethical Finance Initiative.

Finance summit marks COP26 anniversary

Demand for new windfarm turbines has driven ScottishPower to create 1,000 jobs

ScottishPower to hire 1,000 staff amid renewables boom

Readers' letters: Conservatives are the weakest link

A new UN science report is set to send what may be the starkest warning yet about the impacts of climate change on people and the planet.

New UN report set to paint stark picture of impacts of climate change

Pupils at Flora Stevenson Primary School have a first shot at playing the COP26 Top Trumps game which they helped to design

Edinburgh pupil among winners to have design on Top Trump card

Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke during a press conference inside the Downing Street Briefing Room on November 14. His conference came after fourteen days of gritty negotiations by 20,000 diplomats from nearly 200 countries and the hopes of salvaging a deal at COP26 boiled down to cash, coal, compensation and the willingness to speed up the drawdown of fossil fuels.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson mistakenly says COP26 was held 'in Edinburgh

Alok Sharma, President of Cop26, during a press conference in Downing Street, London about the Cop26 climate summit. Picture date: Sunday November 14, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story ENVIRONMENT COP26. Photo credit should read: Daniel Leal/PA Wire

Readers' letters: Legacy of COP26 needs monitoring

In a statement, the palace said it was with “great regret” the Queen would be unable to attend the service.

Queen misses Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking at a press conference during the Cop26 summit at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow.

Boris Johnson to return to COP 26 climate summit this week

Puppet Little Amal visits Action Zone at the Cop26 summit at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow for the opening of the Gender Day event.

Climate action by countries puts world on track for ‘at least 2.4C’ of warming

Soaring gas prices have impacted food production due to shortages of carbon dioxide.

Soaring gas prices fuelling fears of UK meat production 'crisis'

Readers' letters: Sectarianism is alive and well in football

Top 5 ways children would solve climate change

Readers' letters: Wind farms should pay compensation

French engineer-virologist Thomas Mollet looks at 24 well plates adherent cells monolayer infected with a Sars-CoV-2 virus at the Biosafety level 3 laboratory (BSL3) of the Valneva SE Group headquarters in Saint-Herblain, near Nantes, western France, on July 30, 2020. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP via Getty Images)

Everything you need to know about the Valneva Covid-19 vaccine

The Valneva factory in Livingston.

Coronavirus in Scotland: Valneva begins clinical trials of vaccine made in West ...
The Covid-19 vaccine being manufactured by French company Valneva in Livingston, West Lothian has entered clinical trials.
Elsa Maishman

More people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are wanted for the research (Photo: Shutterstock)

Thousands more volunteers are needed to take part in the next stage of coronavir...

A company with a base in Livingston has signed a deal with the UK Government to produce up to 190 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

West Lothian firm secures UK Covid-19 vaccine deal

Boris Johnson wants the UK Government to be able to override the Scottish Parliament on devolved matters, says Tommy Sheppard (Picture: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA Wire)

UK's Internal Market Bill is an explicit attack on devolution – Tommy Sheppard

Amazon has announced it will create a further 7,000 UK jobs this year, in order to meet growing demand (Photo: Shutterstock)

Amazon jobs: company announces 7,000 new UK vacancies - here’s the average pay,

West Lothian factory to be expanded to produce 60 million vaccines

Scottish factory expanding for production of 60 million vaccines

Business Secretary Alok Sharma visited the factory on Wednesday to hear about plans to scale-up production.

Alok Sharma visits Livingston vaccine plant

UK Government one step closer to securing vaccine for coronavirus

Government one step closer to securing vaccine

The UK government has agreed to partner with a vaccine producer that operates a facility in West Lothian.

Covid-19 vaccines could be made in West Lothian

Morgan’s latest takedown comes after Alok Sharma claimed nearly a quarter of a million people were tested on Monday.

Watch as Piers Morgan accuses Business Secretary of 'bare-faced lie'

Expert warns two-metre rule could lead to 'economic devastation'

Two-metre rule could lead to 'economic devastation'

Why is Jacob Rees-Mogg forcing MPs back to Commons to vote when they could stay ...
Member for 18th century keeps Commons behind the times
Ian Swanson

MPs are observing social distancing, making for a queue of more than one kilometre when they come to vote (Picture: Jessica Taylor/AFP via Getty Images)

Even Tories think Commons is now an ‘embarrassing shambles’ – Ian Swanson

Mr Sharma struggled to deliver a speech at the despatch box on 3 June

MPs may have to self isolate after suspected coronavirus in Parliament

How is the Oxford University vaccine being trialled, and could it be ready by au...

These are your rights as a worker during the coronavirus pandemic

Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma spoke during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (COVID-19). Picture: Andrew Parsons/PA Wire

Hunt for coronavirus vaccine given boost by the launch of UK Government taskforc...

COP26 is crucial, so let’s put a sceptic in charge! – Alison Johnstone

Sajid Javid quits dramatically as Chancellor as cabinet reshuffle takes place