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Committee report highlights necessity for people to change how they travel, eat and heat their homes A third of the UK’s emissions reductions must come from changing people’s behaviour, a House of Lords committee has said A report published on Wednesday by the upper house’s environment and climate change committee urged ministers to lead a public campaign and use regulations and taxation to guide public behaviour change in order to stop the decline of nature and reach legally binding net zero targets. Continue reading… ​Committee report highlights necessity for people to change how they travel, eat and heat their homesA…

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  The Duchess of Sussex’s latest podcast has been branded “eye-rolling” by a royal expert as she talked about the treatment of women as “hysterical” and “crazy” through history. ​The Duchess of Sussex’s latest podcast has been branded “eye-rolling” by a royal expert as she talked about the treatment of women as “hysterical” and “crazy” through history. 

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Business secretary claims impartiality rules breached by suggestion market turmoil is linked to mini-budget Politics live: latest updates Jacob Rees-Mogg has insisted pensions are not at risk and claimed the BBC is breaching its impartiality guidelines by suggesting the financial market turmoil is linked to the government’s mini-budget. After another turbulent morning for the markets, the business secretary was accused of “denying economic reality” by the Liberal Democrats, as he said there was no systemic problem and claimed the economy was in a “good state”. Continue reading… ​Business secretary claims impartiality rules breached by suggestion market turmoil is linked to…

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Business secretary claims presenter breached impartiality rules fiscal event being blamed for chaos by most financial experts Good morning. Liz Truss will later today take PMQs for only her second time as prime minister. On her first appearance, four weeks ago, she was praised for being refreshingly direct, answering questions that her predecessor would have swerved. She was also very forthright about her faith in low taxes, and how she believed this was the only route to growth. Today, after a month which has seen successive statements and comments from the government alarm the markets and jink the pounds, we…

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  ‘Tax cuts to mums for having kids is completely pointless and actually just insulting when we have the second most expensive childcare system, and the third worst maternity pay in Europe,’ campaigner says ‘Tax cuts to mums for having kids is completely pointless and actually just insulting when we have the second most expensive childcare system, and the third worst maternity pay in Europe,’ campaigner says 

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