Alex Lawson
Correspondent at The Guardian
Assistant business editor at The Guardian. Previously: MoS, Evening Standard, Independent/i. SWFC sufferer
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Alex Lawson
MPs have warned about the speed and cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear waste dump and raised concerns over a “suboptimal” workplace culture at the site. Members of parliament’s public accounts committee (PAC) urged the government and bosses at the sprawling collection of crumbling buildings in Cumbria to get a grasp on the “intolerable risks” presented by its ageing infrastructure.
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Feb 24, 2025 |
theguardian.com | Alex Lawson |Anna Isaac
Sellafield has said nearly £3bn in new funding is “not enough” and bosses are now examining swingeing cuts, prompting fears over jobs and safety at the vast nuclear waste dump. The Cumbrian nuclear site, which is home to the world’s largest store of plutonium, was last week awarded £2.8bn for next financial year, the bulk of the total of just over £4bn funds allotted to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, a taxpayer owned and funded quango.
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Feb 18, 2025 |
theguardian.com | Alex Lawson
It is reassuring to find that even the boss of a music streaming company can have his listening app commandeered by his children. Nestled among Alexis Lanternier’s top picks on Deezer is the Aladdin soundtrack, fighting for competition with Creedence Clearwater Revival and rapper Jul, the most listened-to artist in France. “My kids have their own accounts, but it can happen in the car,” says the father of four, who has run Deezer since September.
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Oct 29, 2024 |
theguardian.com | Alex Lawson
Sam Stannah is only 31 but is already feeling the pressure to produce the next generation to lead the family-owned lift business. In a recent blooper reel from a corporate video, his 89-year-old grandfather Brian was filmed telling him “get going, don’t hang about”.
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Oct 27, 2024 |
theguardian.com | Alex Lawson |Anna Isaac
Rachel Reeves has been urged not to carry out mooted funding cuts for nuclear sites including Sellafield amid safety concerns, as it emerged that the number of incidents where workers narrowly avoided harm had increased at the Cumbrian site.
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Sellafield has told staff that projects will be slowed, paused or stopped after it was budgeted £2.8bn in funding for next financial year - falling short of what it had hoped for, and sparking concerns over safety. Story with @Annaisaac here https://t.co/TzL7WuzYVy
