UK ministers reach deal on CO2 production to ease food supply fears
The business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, has been locked in talks with the US firm CF Industries after it stopped work at its fertiliser plants because of the surge in gas prices.
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September 20, 2021 Boris Johnson: We will have to do everything we can to stop energy firms failing
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said “we’ll have to do everything we can” to prevent energy companies going under as wholesale gas prices surge in the UK.
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September 19, 2021 ‘Freedoms need to be defended’: Truss hails AUKUS submarine deal amid deepening row with France
New Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has defended the UK’s “hard-headed” security pact with the US and Australia, amid a deepening diplomatic row with France.
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September 18, 2021 Lord Bethell leaves Government after private email controversy
A health minister and close ally of Matt Hancock has left the Government after becoming embroiled in a number of controversies in recent months.
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September 17, 2021 UK defence industry will get a boost from Australia submarine pact, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s defence industry will get a boost from a new nuclear submarine pact to share U.S. and British technology with Australia, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday.
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September 16, 2021 PM to reshuffle more ministerial roles following cabinet changes
The prime minister is expected to continue his reshuffle on Thursday, concentrating on the lower ministerial ranks, with vaccines minister and schools minister among the roles yet to be filled.
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September 15, 2021 The curious Covid paradox that is stopping ministers from encouraging us back to work
There is no work from home order from the Prime Minister, but nor is he enthusiastically urging Britain’s army of office workers to return to their desks.
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September 14, 2021 Starmer bids to woo trade union leaders with pledge on workers’ rights
Sir Keir Starmer is attempting to woo trade union leaders with a pledge to agree to their demands for a raft of new rights for workers.
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September 13, 2021 Boris Johnson is making a mockery of the UK’s presidency of Cop26
More than 20 years ago, a UK foreign secretary declared that in the modern world, foreign and domestic policy are inseparable and that our quality of life at home depended on the health of our global environment. As our climate crisis deepens and worsens, supporting climate action must no longer be a footnote of our foreign policy but […]
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September 12, 2021 ‘Poll tax 2.0’ will harm jobs and families, Treasury’s own experts admit
Boris Johnson’s National Insurance increase could result in the breakdown of families and deter companies from hiring new staff and increasing wages, according to the Government’s own analysis.
