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October 28, 2021

It Seems The Chancellor Has Forgotten The Climate Crisis

“A new age of optimism.” That is what the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, promised us at the opening of his Budget speech. Yet with just days to go before the opening of the most important climate talks for years, the words climate and nature did not pass his lips in any meaningful way. It’s hard to know what he bases his optimism on when he had almost nothing to say about the greatest challenge of our age.

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The chancellor held tightly to his tax cut wriggle room

Rishi Sunak’s Budget contained more surprises than economists had expected, even with a host of measures having been announced ahead of time. A sharper-than-hoped-for recovery from the pandemic’s assault on the economy increased the amount of borrowing available to the chancellor within his new fiscal rules, meaning that he could afford some rabbits to pull out of his sliders.

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Starmer Tests Positive For Covid Hours Before PMQs

Ed Miliband stands in for Sir Keir in parliament yesterday

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Met Office Warns Of Threat To Life As Flooding Predicted

The Met Office yesterday warned of life-threatening flooding as it issued amber weather warnings for rain in northwest England and southwest Scotland.

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India's Highest Court Orders Pegasus Spyware Inquiry

Modi government accused of snooping on MPs and media

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Moldova Turns Away From Russia To EU Amid Gas Crisis

The former Soviet republic of Moldova has turned to a non-Russian natural gas supplier for the first time as the former Soviet republic seeks to avert a looming gas shortage this winter after failing to renew a long-term supply contract with Moscow.

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