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The Economist
The Economist
10 Mar 2025


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Why Britons pay so much for electricity

Almost all the time, expensive gas sets the price

When campaigning for office Labour named five priorities, from kickstarting economic growth to halving serious violent crime. Progress has been patchy, at best. But on one of its five “missions”, making Britain a clean-energy “superpower”, there is some cheerful news. In 2024, for the first time, renewable energy (mainly wind and solar power) generated most of Britain’s electricity.

A computer screen displays a silhouette of a woman stretching across it, surrounded by speech bubbles containing various symbols like scribbles, exclamation marks, and stars. The background is red, with a keyboard and mouse in the foreground.

How Mumsnet changed Britain

The parenting website turns 25 this month

The lights of the West End of London wish everyone a happy Ramadan

A thorny debate in Britain around the definition of “Islamophobia”

The government asks a new working group to grapple with the issue


 The painting “Bluebird at Bonneville” by Jack Vettriano


Jack Vettriano was a fantastic painter

Whether he was a great painter is a different matter


Sir Keir Starmer finds a role

Foreign policy has given the Labour government a purpose, at last 

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are forging a tight link

As Donald Trump threatens to leave Europe on its own

Britain’s government may be about to waste its best chance of success 

A bill to unblock house-building and boost growth looks far too timid