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Reeves calls for Middle East de-escalation amid oil price fears | Economic policy

Leave a Comment / Business, Economic policy, Energy industry, Jonathan Reynolds, Middle East and north Africa, Oil, Politics, Rachel Reeves, UK news, World news /

Rachel Reeves has called for de-escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, warning that rising global oil prices could hit the UK economy as she unveiled Labour’s long-awaited industrial strategy. Launching the policy package at an engineering business in Nuneaton alongside Keir Starmer and the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, Reeves acknowledged the potential impact […]

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Ancient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now | Dale Vince

Leave a Comment / Business, Climate crisis, Drax, Ed Miliband, Energy industry, Environment, Labour, Politics, UK news, Yorkshire /

How green is this? We pay billions of pounds to cut down ancient forests in the US and Canada, ship the wood across the Atlantic in diesel tankers, then burn it in a Yorkshire-based power station. Welcome to the scandal of Drax, where Britain’s biggest polluter gets to play climate hero. The reality is that

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