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MP and doctor Dan Poulter says health secretary’s ideas over ‘nanny statism’ are stopping action on obesity and smoking I’m a Tory MP, but I think Thérèse Coffey is putting ideology above the nation’s health People could die because of Thérèse Coffey’s “ultra-libertarian ideological” reluctance to crack down on smoking and obesity, a Conservative ex-health minister has warned. The strongly worded criticism of the health secretary comes from Dr Dan Poulter, a Tory MP and NHS doctor who served as a health minister in the coalition government from 2012 to 2015. Continue reading… ​MP and doctor Dan Poulter says health…

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  Russia’s space agency threatened to block the launch of OneWeb’s satellites back in March unless the UK Government pulled out of the project, but appears these satellites will now be launched in India. ​Russia’s space agency threatened to block the launch of OneWeb’s satellites back in March unless the UK Government pulled out of the project, but appears these satellites will now be launched in India. 

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  Mike Tindall celebrates his 44th birthday on Tuesday amid widespread speculation that the former rugby player is set to join this year’s cast of ITV’s ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!’. ​Mike Tindall celebrates his 44th birthday on Tuesday amid widespread speculation that the former rugby player is set to join this year’s cast of ITV’s ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!’. 

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British government lawyers tell asylum seekers that unless they go back to Sri Lanka they will be removed to undisclosed country Tamil refugees seeking asylum from the British-claimed Chagos Islands face being forcibly removed to a third country under Rwanda-style plans drawn up by the UK government. Government lawyers have told the asylum seekers that if they cannot be returned to Sri Lanka they will instead be removed to another undisclosed country. Continue reading… ​British government lawyers tell asylum seekers that unless they go back to Sri Lanka they will be removed to undisclosed countryTamil refugees seeking asylum from the…

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Bank of England dismisses FT report over planned multibillion-pound sell-off as ‘inaccurate’ UK business live – latest news updates UK government borrowing costs have risen after the Bank of England dismissed a report that it could delay the sale of billions of pounds of bonds in an attempt to boost market stability after the mini-budget. The yield – or interest rate – on 10-year government bonds rose by more than 0.1 percentage points to trade above 4% after the central bank said the report in the Financial Times was inaccurate. Continue reading… ​Bank of England dismisses FT report over planned…

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CMA says takeover of gif creation website limits choice for social media users Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has been ordered by the UK competition watchdog to sell the gif creation website Giphy, the first time the regulator has blocked a deal struck by a big Silicon Valley company. The Competition and Markets Authority told Meta in November that the only way to resolve competition concerns was to dispose of Giphy, the largest supplier of animated gifs to social networks such as Snapchat, TikTok and Twitter, which it acquired two years ago for $400m (£290m). Continue reading… ​CMA says takeover of…

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