37 h. ago Cannabis could revive our economy as we face 'huge opportunity', drug chiefs say

The legalisation of cannabis could spark a boost in the flagging UK economy, drug experts and MPs have claimed in what is being dubbed a 'huge opportunity'

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50 h. ago Keir Starmer is right. Climate change is creating a massive economic opportunity that we must not miss

Scotland must be canny enough to seize the economic opportunities within its grasp – most importantly by becoming a global leader in marine renewables.

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2 d. ago Only Keir for the beers? Starmer, Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan live it up in Rio after PM travels 12,000 miles for ONE DAY at COP30 climate jamboree... while Trump, India and China stay away

Keir Starmer enjoyed a black tie bash last night after making the emissions-heavy 12,000-mile round trip to the Amazon to reiterate his commitment to Net Zero.

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer makes major pledge as he arrives at climate summit

The PM Keir Starmer will meet with global leaders at COP 30 in Belem, Brazil, where he will outline how clean energy is the economic opportunity of the 21st century

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4 d. ago Kemi Badenoch: You're better off on welfare than in work under Labour

The Tory leader warned that Keir Starmer was creating a climate where being on benefits was preferable to having a job - unless you happened to work for government itself.

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8 d. ago World leaders, remember that future generations will judge you. At Cop30, you can define how | Gordon Brown

Keir Starmer is taking the lead on tackling the climate crisis. With the US backing away, now is the moment when other nations must step upWith the once-familiar pillars of the old world order crumbling and the US stepping away from action on climate crisis, it falls to others to assume global environmental leadership. Those leaders who understand the urgency should seize the opportunity afforded by Brazil hosting Cop30 this month to build a coalition of committed countries determined to turn back the climate deniers.Many now see China – the most successful manufacturer of solar, wind, battery and electric vehicle technologies – as the global low-carbon powerhouse. But its national emission goals, recently submitted to the UN, are underwhelming and it is unclear whether China is willing to take up the mantle of climate leadership. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago More air miles in the name of Net Zero! Keir Starmer WILL attend COP climate summit in Brazil

The Prime Minister will head to Belem, a port city known as a gateway to the Amazon rainforest, in November to push forward his Net Zero agenda.

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4 w. ago The Guardian view on an AI bubble: capitalism still hasn’t evolved to protect itself | Editorial

Warnings about inflated tech stocks suggest investors never learn and central bankers learn too lateThe message from global regulators this week was blunt: the AI boom is driving stocks to dotcom-bubble highs – and the world is finally listening. With so much cash riding on so few firms, any loss of faith could send shares tumbling and drag down the wider economy. China’s proposed export controls on rare earths add a fresh threat: not just to sentiment, but to advanced chip supply chains themselves. It’s a long way down from such dizzying heights if gravity reasserts itself.Warnings from the past abound in Charles Kindleberger’s history of financial crises, Manias, Panics and Crashes, which begins with tulip mania in 1636. What commonly happens, he wrote, is “that some event changes the economic outlook. New opportunities for profits are seized, and overdone.” Once the mistake is realised, there’s a panicked exit with a crash in the price of “whatever has been the subject of the man...

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