Chris Ames
Articles by Chris Ames
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UK Politics
Brown faces Heathrow revolt
- 15 January 2009
Giving a new runway at the Heathrow the go-ahead is expected to provoke a political backlash not just among residents and green groups but from Labour MPs
UK Politics
Labour 'dithering' over third runway
- 04 December 2008
The government is accused of dithering as the decision over Heathrow's third runway is put back to 2009. And a leading Labour opponent says the delay is proof of Cabinet-level divisions
Environment
Conflict over Heathrow third runway
- 26 November 2008
- 1 comment
British ministers at the same environment conference have expressed conflicting views on the impact of Heathrow expansion on air pollution
UK Politics
End to rough sleepers estimate
- 19 November 2008
- 3 comments
The commitment to end street homelessness in England “for good” could mark a landmark. But with virtually no new resources and few new ideas, just how it will be achieved?
UK Politics
UK faces Heathrow legal action
- 12 November 2008
- 1 comment
Controversial plans to build a third runway at Heathrow may fall foul of EU pollution regulations with Commissioner Stavros Dimas vowing to take legal action
Environment
Heathrow plan attacked
- 29 October 2008
- 9 comments
Amid growing rumours of a Cabinet split over Heathrow expansion ex-culture secretary turned Environment Agency chief Chris Smith criticises plans to defer new pollution limits
Economy
Flint: Property boom unsustainable
- 04 July 2008
- 5 comments
Housing Minister Caroline Flint concedes the booming housing market that Britain has enjoyed for more than a decade is "unsustainable"
Politics
Was it Campbell?
- 07 May 2008
- 3 comments
Tony Blair's former chief of spin, Alastair Campbell, may after all have sexed-up the notorious 45 minutes WMD claim when the case for invading Iraq was being made
Politics
Iraq dossier - watchdog ruling
- 24 April 2008
- 2 comments
The government is attacked as "dodgy" after a ruling that criticises the way in which author of the September 2002 Iraq dossier has effectively been allowed anonymity
