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January 09, 2022

Oil And Gas Industry To Help Write New UK Climate Rules

Oil and gas companies were invited by the government to help write the rules on whether new drilling complies with the UK’s climate obligations, just weeks after Boris Johnson urged countries to stop extracting fossil fuels at Cop26.

5 mins

NHS accused of ‘bullying' hospitals into silence over true scale of Covid crisis

NHS leaders have been accused of downplaying the impact of the Covid crisis and putting hospitals under scrutiny for declaring critical incidents and postponing surgeries.

4 mins

UK Covid Deaths Pass 150k

More than 150,000 people in the United Kingdom have now died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus, according to government figures.

3 mins

PM warned against plan to crap free lateral flow tests

The government has come under pressure after reports that it is planning to axe universal free lateral flow tests.

2 mins

Workers can take 28 days of sick leave without a note

Workers have been told they can take 28 days off sick without needing a doctor’s note, allowing GPs to focus on the Covid booster rollout.

3 mins

Tax hikes and soaring bills to deliver £1,660 ‘pay cut' for UK's average earners

Tax hikes and soaring bills will deliver the biggest shock to household incomes for almost half a century, and risk knocking the UK’s fragile economic recovery off course, experts have warned.

4 mins

Johnson To Escape Another Inquiry Into Flat Decoration

Boris Johnson is set to escape a further investigation into the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat.

2 mins

Djokovic Given Exemption After Testing Positive In December, Lawyers Claim

The saga over Novak Djokovic’s botched entry into Australia took another twist yesterday as his lawyers claimed the world No 1 was granted a vaccine exemption after testing positive for Covid-19 on 16 December.

4 mins

Ministers' ‘blind optimism' puts future of farms at risk

The “blind optimism” shown by government ministers in their plans for the future of England’s farms could result in many small and tenant farmers being forced out of business, a parliamentary report has warned.

3 mins

Developers may be asked to pay for removal of cladding

Thousands more flat owners could be spared the cost of removing dangerous cladding from their buildings under new government plans to coerce developers into shouldering the expense, according to a report.

3 mins

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