Joshua Nevett

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Harry Farley |Joshua Nevett

Britain's state-owned energy company will not be allowed to use solar panels linked to Chinese slave labour, under changes to government plans. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband will introduce an amendment to legislation to ensure there is no slavery in GB Energy's supply chains. It comes after ministers rejected an amendment to a bill last month that would have prevented GB Energy spending money on solar panels where supply chains had "credible evidence of modern slavery".

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Michael Race |Faisal Islam |Joshua Nevett

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to make further cuts to welfare benefits and government departments in her Spring Statement on Wednesday. The government announced big welfare spending reductions last week but the chancellor is set to expand the cuts after being told reforms to the system would save less than planned. The chancellor faces pressure over the performance of the economy, with growth remaining sluggish despite being the government's top priority in order to improve living standards.

2 months ago | nickcohen.substack.com | Joshua Nevett |Joe Pike |Nick Cohen

“Let Hercules himself do what he may,The cat will mew, and dog will have his day”HamletNigel Farage is finding out that even the most manipulative leaders can be undone by dog-whistle politics. The shock may finish him off. For more than a decade, dog-whistling has served Farage well. He has used coded and suggestive messages to reassure the British far right that he is on its side, while presenting himself to the wider electorate as an unthreatening bloke who just tells it like it is.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Joshua Nevett |Joe Pike

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage put on a brave face this week, as he sought to put a blazing row with one of the party's now suspended MPs behind him. The party is still neck-and-neck with Labour in the polls, and on Monday, it showed off 29 councillors who had recently defected to Reform UK. While Farage acknowledged there had been "a little bit of turbulence", he stressed the upset was "very much at the edges". AdvertisementBut does the disquiet within the party go deeper than he suggested?

2 months ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sam Francis |Joshua Nevett

Net zero by 2050 'impossible' for UK, says BadenochKemi Badenoch has said it is "impossible" for the UK to meet its net zero target by 2050 - a goal set by a previous Conservative government. The UK is legally committed to reaching net zero by 2050 under a law passed by former Tory Prime Minister Theresa May in 2019. It means the UK must cut carbon emissions until it removes as much as it produces, in line with the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.