2 h. ago Labour under pressure to delay 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars with EU primed to push back its deadline

Brussels is reportedly preparing to announce that its ban will be delayed by five years to 2040 - a decade later than Britain's plan to outlaw sales of combustion engine models.

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3 h. ago Labour 'has done nothing on grooming gangs': Kemi Badenoch heaps pressure on government over 'stalled' inquiry

The Tory leader called for the inquiry to examine the ethnicity and religion of offenders, ahead of a press conference unveiling draft terms of reference drawn up with the help of victims.

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3 d. ago Vin Diesel pushes Michael Caine’s wheelchair along Red Sea festival red carpet

Caine, 92, received an award at the festival

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3 d. ago Why Labour MPs are starting to crack under pressure from farmers over inheritance tax

Dozens of Labour MPs decided to abstain on a vote about inheritance tax changes that will affect farmers

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5 d. ago Millions of hybrid drivers face double tax under Rachel Reeves's plans

Millions of hybrid drivers face being taxed twice under Rachel Reeves's plan to introduce a pay-per-mile electric levy that will also apply to petrol and diesel cars.

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6 d. ago ‘The Chinese will not pause’: Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban

Exclusive: Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff dateAs the battle lines harden amid Germany’s intensifying pressure on the European Commission to scrap the 2035 ban on production of new petrol and diesel cars, two Swedish car companies, Volvo and Polestar, are leading the campaign to persuade Brussels to stick to the date.They argue such a move is a desperate attempt to paper over the cracks in the German car industry, adding that it will not just prolong take up of electric vehicles but inadvertently hand the advantage to China. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Blow for Reeves as business confidence at near record low after Budget

Labour chancellor under pressure to do more to improve the prospects for economic growth

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8 d. ago Pressure mounts on Labour Government to call for release of two British businessmen 'forgotten' for 17 years in a UAE jail

Two leading human rights lawyers have written to Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper calling on her to personally intervene in the cases of Ryan Cornelius, 71, and Charles Ridley 66.

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1 week ago Now ditch the rest of it! Labour under pressure to scrap Angela Rayner's  workers' rights revolution after dropping 'job killing' plan to let staff sue their boss from day one

In a humiliating U-turn, the government last night announced it was dropping Ms Rayner's plan to give people the right to sue their employer for unfair dismissal on their first day in the job.

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1 week ago Reeves asks banks to praise her plans as they escape Budget tax raid

Chancellor is under pressure from some Labour MPs to raise levies on business this week

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2 w. ago RAY MASSEY: Toyota's Land Cruiser switches from diesel to electrified hybrid

Manufacturer adds a lithium-ion battery and electric motor-generator to engine and an eight-speed automatic gearbox.

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2 w. ago Andy Burnham won't rule out Labour leadership bid as pressure grows on Keir Starmer

Andy Burnham refused to rule out standing against Keir Starmer for leadership of the Labour Party, as rumours continue to grow about the future of the Prime Minister

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2 w. ago Starmer refuses to rule out freeze on income tax thresholds in Budget

Labour prime minister under pressure from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch

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3 w. ago ‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed

A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reachedSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereHeatwaves will become hotter, longer and more frequent the later net zero emissions is reached globally, new research suggests.Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather and Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, simulated how heatwaves would respond over the next 1,000 years, examining the differences for each five-year delay in reaching net zero between 2030 and 2060. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago At least 45 dead after bus smashes into diesel tanker & erupts into flames with passengers trapped inside

AT least 45 people have been killed after a bus carrying pilgrims tragically crashed into a diesel tanker in Saudi Arabia. The horrific crash occurred on the highway between Mecca and Medina before the bus erupted into flames with passengers still inside. Most of the victims of the tragic crash are believed to be Indian...

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3 w. ago Drivers with diesel cars face 13p per mile charge this month

Diesel and petrol prices have both dropped since October

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer says any No 10 briefings against ministers ‘unacceptable’

Starmer defends Wes Streeting at PMQs but dodges question on his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeneyUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has condemned as “completely unacceptable” any briefings against cabinet ministers from inside Downing Street as he tried desperately to close a rift at the top of government.Questioned by Kemi Badenoch at prime minister’s questions, Starmer defended Wes Streeting, the health secretary, who was the apparent target of a pre-emptive No 10 push against a feared imminent leadership challenge against the prime minister. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Three major car brands turn their backs on diesel motors completely as they ’head for extinction’

DIESEL MOTORS are steadily disappearing from showrooms as manufacturers increasingly switch to electric vehicles to cut pollution. Recent data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) shows that many carmakers have reduced the number of diesel models on sale - while Jaguar, Mitsubishi and Dacia have scrapped them altogether. Indeed, their figures reveal...

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4 w. ago If this government is serious about climate change, it should increase tax on petrol and diesel rather than taxing EV drivers

A potential three pence per mile levy on electric car drivers has brought much criticism, and EV Editor Steve Fowler thinks it shows how little the government knows, or cares, about the car business and car owners

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