11 h. ago Irish Government increases spending and scales back planned tax measures

Ministers pledged to ‘secure jobs and stability at a time of global challenge’.

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6 d. ago ‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics

Pontiff laments that some ‘ridicule those who speak of global warming’, days after Trump’s claims of ‘con job’Pope Leo XIV has taken aim at people who “ridicule those who speak of global warming” as he embraced Pope Francis’s environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments on the subject to date.Leo presided over the 10th-anniversary celebration of Francis’s landmark ecological encyclical, Laudato Si (Praised Be), at a global gathering south of Rome. The encyclical cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral concern and launched a global grassroots movement to advocate for caring for God’s creation and the peoples most harmed by its exploitation. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Labour must fight rightwing billionaires undermining net zero, says Ed Miliband

Exclusive: Energy secretary will hit out at the Tory and Reform ‘culture war’ and unveil target of 400,000 new jobs in clean energyLabour is in a fight against “global network of right-wing billionaires” who want to undermine net zero for their “vested interests”, the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has said.He said that the Tories and Reform UK were “importing a net zero culture war” and that accelerating the green transition would be key to winning the argument with the public. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Climate change scepticism is rising. Will Starmer hold firm or buckle?

Attacks from Donald Trump and Reform UK – plus a cost of living crisis – have created a politically tricky conundrumWhat are the critical environmental decisions piling up in Labour’s inbox?This week, the world’s most powerful man claimed that climate change is a “con job”. Speaking at the UN general assembly, Donald Trump told global leaders – including Keir Starmer – that “all of these predictions made by the United Nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong”.“They were made by stupid people that have cost their countries fortunes and given those same countries no chance for success,” the US president said. “If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago How getting a job in the Artificial Intelligence sector can safeguard your future

PANIC over AI putting people out of work is nothing new, but less well known is that it is also creating employment. The World Economic Forum’s 2025 Future of Jobs Report estimates 92million jobs will be lost to AI globally by 2030, but 170million will be generated, a net gain of 78million. Working in the...

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2 w. ago Revolut Pledges £3bn Investment and 1,000 UK Jobs at London Global HQ Opening

Revolut Pledges £3bn Investment and 1,000 UK Jobs at London Global HQ Opening  Fintech Finance

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2 w. ago Amazon Fresh: news as global retailer to close all UK stores with 250 jobs at risk

The retailer is closing its stores but doubling down on online grocery shopping 🛒

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2 w. ago UN needs to cut $500m from 2026 budget and lose 20% of staff after US funding reductions

Job losses and global reorganisation expected amid Trump administration’s slashing of funding and ‘UN80’ reviewThe UN will need to cut $500m (about £370m) from next year’s budget and lose 20% of its staff as it struggles to cope with a massive reduction in funding by the Trump administration.The plan, in gestation since Donald Trump started cutting his foreign aid budget, is likely to involve an initial minimum 3,000 job cuts out of a 35,000-strong main workforce. The overall UN core or regular budget would be cut from $3.7bn to about $3.2bn next year. It means reductions of 15.1% in resources and 18.8% in posts in the regular budget compared with the 2025 budget. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ozempic maker to slash 9,000 jobs globally as competition intensifies

Novo Nordisk’s plans would result in around 11% of the pharmaceutical giant’s 78,400-strong workforce being axed.

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3 w. ago Weight loss drugmaker to slash 9,000 jobs in £926 million cost cut

Novo Nordisk was at one point last year Europe's most valuable listed company

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3 w. ago Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk to cut 9,000 jobs amid increased competition

Danish manufacturer of weight-loss and diabetes drugs under pressure from US rival Eli Lilly Business live – latest newsThe Danish maker of the weight-loss drug Wegovy and diabetes drug Ozempic is to cut 9,000 jobs as it issued a profit warning amid fierce competition from its US rival Eli Lilly.Novo Nordisk’s decision to cut 11% of its global workforce of 78,400 takes place as sales of Wegovy have slowed sharply as it has lost ground to Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro jabs, as well as cheaper versions by generic drugmakers, and the pharmaceutical sector faces the threat of targeted US tariffs. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk to cut 9,000 jobs amid increased competition

Danish manufacturer of weight-loss and diabetes drugs under pressure from US rival Eli Lilly Business live – latest newsThe maker of the weight-loss and diabetes drugs Ozempic and Wegovy is to cut 9,000 jobs as it issued a profit warning amid increased competition from the US rival Eli Lilly.Novo Nordisk’s decision to cut 11% of its global workforce comes as sales of its diabetes drugs including Ozempic have slowed sharply as it faces fierce competition from Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro jabs and the threat of US tariffs. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago UN chief argues that investing in fighting poverty instead of wars would make a more secure world

The United Nations chief is warning that soaring global military expenditures are reducing essential investments in health, education and job creation and don’t guarantee peace

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4 w. ago UK workers ‘job hugging’ to seek security as competition grows – report

A top economist cautioned that workers are clinging onto roles as opportunities thin out and competition for jobs intensifies.

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