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Net zero by 2050 'impossible' for UK, says Badenoch
The Tory leader says the target is impossible "without a serious drop in our living standards".BBC News - 1h -
Revealed: House of Lords members have given £109m to political parties
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Ed Miliband vows to engage with China on climate after Tory ‘negligence’
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Conservatives push for ban on phones in schools
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Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off
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Labour picks candidate to replace shamed Amesbury
Cheshire councillor Karen Shore hopes to retain the seat which Labour won at the general election.BBC News - 4d -
Many said the Starmer era would be just Tory-lite – now it’s worse than that. Time to stop the pretence
He’ll be radical, the PM’s allies claimed. Well, look now, as poor people are targeted and ministers boast of wearing Tory clothes better than the Tories. I reckon it’s time to call it. The threat ...The Guardian - 1d
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