Rishi Sunak has given up Britain’s reputation as a world leader in the fight against the climate crisis and has “set us back” by failing…
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Sunak and Gove accused of caving in to lobbying in favour of landlords
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The government has U-turned on its plans to phase out the badger cull, with proposals to exterminate the vast majority of some local populations across…
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Income tax may eventually have to be raised to pay for abolishing national insurance, Jeremy Hunt has suggested the day after delivering the government’s spring…
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Jeremy Hunt has announced a 2p national insurance cut in his budget as a pre-election gambit to revive flatlining opinion poll ratings and reboot Britain’s…
View More Budget 2024: Jeremy Hunt announces 2p cut in national insuranceUK quits treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over climate policies
The UK is pulling out of a treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over their climate policies. The UK will quit the controversial…
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Labour has laid out its plans for farming at the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference, promising to reduce imports that undercut British farmers and forge…
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Ministers are to ban bonuses for water company bosses in England and Wales who fail to prevent illegal sewage spills that pollute rivers, lakes and…
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Alok Sharma has said the government’s oil and gas bill going through the Commons will not cut household energy costs or create jobs and instead…
View More Alok Sharma condemns government’s oil and gas bill as vote passes first hurdleUK should invest in green economy instead of tax giveaways, Lstudy shows
The UK should invest £26bn a year in a low-carbon economy to revive prosperity instead of planning tax giveaways that will only lead to further…
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