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Chris Huhne is the Energy and Climate Change Secretary in the Conservative and Liberal Democrats coalition government. He is a Liberal Democrats and ran against Nick Clegg in 2007 for leadership of the party. He was a key member of the team that conducted negotiations with the Conservatives during the creation of the coalition government.

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Chris Huhne opens up over marriage split

21.09.11
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has spoken of his 'enormous regret' at the bitter break-up of his marriage... more

Huhne attacks Tory Right-wingers' 'slavering' over tax cuts for the rich

20.09.11
Chris Huhne has launched a vicious new attack on the Tory Right, warning they could split apart the Coalition and plunge Britain's economy into crisis... more

Chris Huhne speeding points file handed to prosecutors

27.07.11
Police have passed a file on Energy Secretary Chris Huhne to the Crown Prosecution Service, in relation to allegations that he asked another person to take penalty points for speeding... more

Bills 'must rise to protect power supply'

12.07.11
Electricity bills will rise as a result of government plans to maintain Britain's power supply, Chris Huhne warns... more

Police contact prosecuters in Chris Huhne case

26.05.11
Police investigating allegations that Cabinet minister Chris Huhne dodged punishment for speeding make contact with prosecutors... more

Chris Huhne accuses wife over drive-ban claims

20.05.11
Chris Huhne launches a fightback against his estranged wife today, accusing her allies of making false claims about him ... more

Vince Cable: Departure of Chris Huhne would be 'loss' to Coalition

19.05.11
Vince Cable warns it would be a 'loss' to the coalition if fellow Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne was forced to quit the Cabinet ... more

Vince Cable: Huhne would be a loss if he has to quit

19.05.11
A cabinet colleague of embattled minister Chris Huhne has said it would be 'a loss' if he was forced to resign over claims that he used his wife's name to escape a driving ban... more

Huhne lies in a feathery nest of his own making

18.05.11
Unlike the sense of loss when David Laws resigned, it is clear that few will mourn the Energy Secretary... more

We may not do sex, but we do have standards

18.05.11
The first time Chris Huhne found himself in the trouble that befalls an English politician in possession of a wife and a mistress, I was on a conference fringe panel with him, alongside a very senior French businessman... more

Backbench Labour MPs pile pressure on Chris Huhne over speed points

17.05.11
Cabinet minister Chris Huhne should quit if the storm over a motoring offence turns him into a 'laughing stock', Labour warns... more

Watching Chris Huhne squirm is just hilarious

16.05.11
I wrote last week that, if it were established that the Lib-Dems' Chris Huhne had compelled an aide to take his speeding points so that he could avoid a driving ban, the fact would rather humanise him... more

No 10 backs Huhne as police look into driving ban 'dodge'

16.05.11
Downing Street has announced that David Cameron had 'full confidence' in Energy Secretary Chris Huhne... more

Chris Huhne's ex-wife 'ready to wreck party leadership bid over affair'

05.05.11
Chris Huhne's former wife is set to ruin any bid by him to seize the Liberal Democrat leadership from Nick Clegg... more

AV rivals target Londoners as fight for votes enters final day

04.05.11
Millions of Londoners targeted as never before as the historic referendum on the Alternative Vote enters its final day of campaigning... more

Huhne's outburst over AV is merely a smokescreen

04.05.11
The Energy Secretary's is feigning outrage in the hope of advancing his own leadership ambitions... more

Lib-Dem clashes with David Cameron in Cabinet over AV 'trashing'

03.05.11
Coalition tensions over the AV referendum exploded in Cabinet when a senior Liberal Democrat minister confronted David Cameron about the No campaign tactics... more

Chris Huhne under fire over cuts stance

25.03.11
Cabinet minister Chris Huhne has been branded 'opportunistic' by a senior Conservative councillor after attacking the planned closure of children's centres in his Hampshire constituency... more

Chris Huhne under fire over cuts stance

25.03.11
Cabinet minister Chris Huhne has been branded "opportunistic" by a senior Conservative councillor after attacking the planned closure of children's centres in his Hampshire constituency... more

Energy minister is left powerless by another calamity at 'cursed' building

25.03.11
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne was left in the dark when the lights went out in his department... more

Energy ministry spends £7,000 on away day at wetlands centre

02.03.11
Chris Huhne's energy and climate change department spent more than £7,000 on an away day at the London Wetland Centre, the Standard reveals ... more

Chris Huhne reopens Britain's first commercial wind farm

22.02.11
Britain's first commercial wind farm is due to reopen after a multi-million-pound redevelopment which will double potential output... more

Chris Huhne condemns energy firms over 'soaring profit margins'

19.01.11
Cabinet minister Chris Huhne condemns the 'soaring profit margins' of energy firms as millions of people struggle to keep their homes warm during the cold snap... more

Energy bills to rise by £160 a year

16.12.10
Household energy bills will soar by at least £160 a year under plans for greener electricity, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne admitted... more

Conservative MP set to become first to resign over fees rise

08.12.10
Conservative MP Lee Scott was today poised to become the first government member to resign over the increase in tuition fees... more

Stop bickering about energy, minister tells rival camps

18.10.10
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne defies Liberal Democrat activists to back a new generation of nuclear power stations... more

Chris Huhne: Lib-Dems could deal with Labour in future

27.09.10
Coalition Cabinet minister Chris Huhne ventured into the Labour conference today and held out the prospect of the party striking a deal with his Liberal Democrats in a future government... more

Chris Huhne, his mistress, the wife and a very liberal affair

24.09.10
It was the most dramatic event at the Lib-Dems’ conference: the surprise appearance of Energy Secretary Chris Huhne's estranged wife and the woman he left her for. One witness describes the shockwaves in the party... more

Chris Huhne: New nuclear power stations 'to open in 2018'

09.08.10
Britain is on track to have new nuclear power stations up and running within eight years, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne insists... more

Green energy deal lets councils sell to National Grid

09.08.10
Councils will be able to sell renewable energy to the National Grid under government reforms ... more


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