Solar has a bright future in the UK despite Tory efforts to cloud the picture

The tough, innovative and resilient UK solar industry can outlast this government's energy policies

King Canute is alive and well in Britain.

While solar energy has become a global success story over the past few years, with tumbling costs and exploding deployment, Britain, which was keen on the technology, has slammed on the brakes, casting a shadow over a sector which employed more than 30,000 people but is now shedding jobs by the thousand.