9 h. ago PM backs ‘homegrown clean energy’ as Government pushes back on net zero critics

Sir Keir Starmer said clean energy is the only way to ensure energy security and drive down bills.

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33 h. ago Xi contrasts China’s clean energy promises with Trump turmoil

Virtual meeting of leaders also hears UN’s António Guterres proclaim ‘no group or government’ can stop green revolutionChina will continue to push forward on the climate crisis, Xi Jinping has said while appearing to criticise the “protectionism” of Donald Trump’s tariff policies.The Chinese president was attending a closed-door virtual meeting with the UN secretary general, António Guterres, Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and about a dozen other heads of state and government to discuss the climate crisis. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Cabinet war over 'youth free movement' deal with EU: Rachel Reeves 'backs relaxing visa rules' to boost stalling growth

A youth mobility scheme has been among the key demands of EU member states as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer bids for closer post-Brexit ties with the bloc.

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44 h. ago Nigel Farage thinks net zero is the new Brexit. Starmer can prove him wrong | Rafael Behr

Labour must deliver the green transition voters want, leaving Reform and the Tories on the side of economic decline and dictatorsWhich former British prime minister described the climate emergency as “a clock ticking to the furious rhythm of hundreds of billions of pistons and turbines and furnaces and engines quilting the Earth in an invisible and suffocating blanket of CO2”?The florid style gives it away. You’d guess Boris Johnson even if you’d forgotten that the master of Brexit bombast also had a sideline in net zero evangelism. It wasn’t the most memorable part of his repertoire and it didn’t catch on as a Conservative catechism.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Democrats fear that Elon Musk may be pushed out of government before they can use him in midterm attack ads

The unelected billionaire has proved an effective target for the Democrats, but some in the party are ‘concerned’ about their strategy if Musk takes a step back

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7 d. ago Uyghur rights group calls on hotel chains not to ‘sanitise’ China abuses in Xinjiang

Growth in international hotels coincides with government effort to push region as a tourism destination Almost 200 international hotels are operating or planning to open in Xinjiang, despite calls from human rights groups for global corporations not to help “sanitise” the Chinese government’s human rights abuses in the region, a report has said.The report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) identified 115 operational hotels which the organisation said “benefit from a presence in the Uyghur region”. At least another 74 were in various stages of construction or planning, the report said. The UHRP said some of the hotels also had exposure or links of concern to forced labour and labour transfer programmes. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago US Excess & Surplus Lines Boost London Market Re/Insurers’ Topline Growth

US Excess & Surplus Lines Boost London Market Re/Insurers’ Topline Growth  Insurance Journal

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1 week ago John Swinney to kickstart SNP election push as he brings forward government policy plans

John Swinney will effectively launch the SNP’s Holyrood election campaign when he publishes his Programme for Government next month

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1 week ago Keir Starmer 'saved British Steel to stave off Reform challenge in Labour heartlands'

The government used a rare Saturday sitting of Parliament yesterday to push through emergency legislation effectively taking control of the industry.

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1 week ago Growth boost for UK 'could be a false dawn' as investment banks downgrade forecasts for UK amid Donald Trump's trade war

It came as US investment bank Goldman Sachs as well as Germany 's Deutsche Bank both downgraded forecasts for the UK amid Donald Trump 's trade war.

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1 week ago GDP jump offers Rachel Reeves some light as UK enters Trump tariff tunnel

Growth defied forecasts that chancellor had hobbled economy, but trade war casts long shadowUK economy far exceeds forecasts to grow 0.5%Business live – latest updatesEarlier this year Rachel Reeves was being written off for having jeopardised Britain’s economy. The chancellor’s tax-raising autumn budget had sapped business investment, spooked the financial markets and put the jobs market at risk.The latest official figures showing stronger-than-expected economic growth of 0.5% in February will therefore come as a boost for the embattled chancellor, in a sign that the economy was in better health than her critics claimed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Starmer ‘frustrated’ by regulators as he seeks to cut red tape to boost growth

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said in some cases regulators’ priorities ‘aren’t necessarily aligned with what the Government’s trying to achieve’.

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2 w. ago UK to dilute rules for smaller private equity firms and hedge funds

Government proposes lighter regulatory regime in push to encourage investment

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2 w. ago Monty Don urges gardeners with a pond to complete task before deadline

Monty Don warns gardeners to divide aquatic plants by mid-May to prevent overcrowding, boost growth, and keep ponds healthy and visually balanced

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2 w. ago Starmer wants Britain at front of electric car ‘revolution’ as reforms unveiled

The Prime Minister said the ‘new era of global instability’ will push the Government to go ‘further and faster’ to support businesses.

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2 w. ago Starmer to declare end of globalisation while Trump’s tariff war rages

Prime minister argues that tariffs show Britain must ‘move further and faster’ in cutting red tape to boost economic growth

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2 w. ago Starmer to declare end of globalisation and admit it has failed voters

Prime minister argues that tariffs show Britain must ‘move further and faster’ in cutting red tape to boost economic growth

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2 w. ago Gardeners urged to crush up aspirin tablets and apply to plants

Gardeners are being urged to crush up aspirin and spray it on their plants, the surprising hack can boost growth, fight disease and even extend flower life

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2 w. ago Fed’s Powell warns Trump’s tariffs will boost inflation and slow growth

Central bank chief says duties are ‘significantly larger than expected’

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3 w. ago RCT foodbanks raise fears over impact of benefit cuts on the disabled

The foodbank networks in Rhondda Cynon Taf said the UK Government measures around disability benefits risk pushing more people into poverty

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