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Programme would mirror scheme launched by EU
UK chancellor heightens focus on economic growth in list of four priorities for Financial Policy Committee
UN climate leaders write to Number 10 about PM’s ‘lackadaisical’ attitude to global warming
Move comes as government is set to provide £80mn in seed funding for launch of Great British Nuclear
Chris Stark’s departure in April could leave the independent body without chief executive or chair
PM under fire as he examines delaying initiatives intended to take the country to net zero emissions
UK prime minister delays ban on sales of new petrol and diesel engine car sales by five years
PM is pushing back key green targets as he seeks to draw a sharp dividing line between the Tories and Labour
...British academic Jim Skea, who has taken over as chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said the continued rise of greenhouse gas emissions since its 2021 report had reduced the chances...
Energy minister says Britain has ‘no option’ but to extract remaining fossil fuel reserves to ensure energy security
Campaign groups seek to challenge new emissions plan as ‘not fit for purpose’
Environmentalists criticise COP28 role for lobbyist David Canzini
Critics point to lack of joined-up thinking in raft of climate and energy policy announcements
Energy secretary backs existing plan in face of pressure from some in own party and after EU concessions on issue
...Additional reporting by Attracta Mooney and Tom Wilson...
...It is a message that will have a willing audience within the Tory party — and as Jim Pickard and Attracta Mooney detail here, one of the politicians who may be swayed by it is the prime minister....
...Reporting by Daniel Thomas, Stephen Morris, Ian Smith, Attracta Mooney, Michael O’Dwyer, Jim Pickard and Owen Walker...
...The families of co-founders Sir Stanley Clarke and Jim Leavesley, who together own about 10 per cent of shares, are also supportive of the deal....
...Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at The Leuthold Group, an independent investment research firm, said the sector was home to many “steady eddies”, or companies that produce medicines and products...
Billions in broadband spending at risk as Openreach nationalisation dismissed as ‘lunacy’
Silchester urges defence contractor to seek better value as investors express unhappiness
...Jim McCaughan, former chief executive of Principal Global Investors, the $413bn US fund manager, said the BGI sale was a milestone....
...In Mr Corbyn’s own constituency of Islington North, Helen Mooney, a local NHS worker, said that her family’s 50-year record of backing Labour was trumped by her priority of staying in the EU — her husband...
...Mehreen Khan in Brussels and Jim Pickard in London Bankers and lawyers lose out on Unilever decision The fallout from Unilever’s abandoned plan extends to some of London’s top bankers and lawyers who worked...
...Jim Norris, head of international at Vanguard, the world’s second-largest fund manager and a big provider of ETFs, also does not expect a slowdown in growth....
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