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Rachel Reeves to raise windfall tax on low-carbon electricity generators
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Rachel Reeves to raise windfall tax on low-carbon electricity generators

Chancellor aims to curb rising household bills as she consults on reforms to weaken link between gas and electricity pricesRachel Reeves is poised to raise the government’s windfall tax on low-carbon electricity generators to help to limit UK household energy bills, the Guardian understands.The chan...

Jillian Ambrose and Nils Pratley
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Starmer was kept in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two other top civil servants
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The Guardian · World

Starmer was kept in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two other top civil servants

Exclusive: Officials have spent weeks debating whether or not to release highly sensitive information about the affairKeir Starmer was kept in the dark about sensitive information relating to Peter Mandelson’s security vetting by two other top civil servants, including the head of the civil service,...

Paul Lewis, Henry Dyer and Pippa Crerar
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India fails to pass bill to boost women’s representation after delimitation row
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India fails to pass bill to boost women’s representation after delimitation row

Opposition accuses Narendra Modi government of using quotas as cover for redrawing electoral mapThe Indian government has failed to pass a bill to increase female representation in parliament after being accused of using the plan as a guise to redraw the country’s electoral map.It was the first time...

Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
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Kenyan outsourcing company for Meta sacks more than 1,000 workers
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Kenyan outsourcing company for Meta sacks more than 1,000 workers

Social media corporation terminated Sama contract after allegations its staff viewed private scenes filmed by Meta’s smartglassesMore than 1,000 low-paid workers in Kenya have been abruptly sacked by an outsourcing company for the US social media corporation Meta, in what activists said was a “shock...

Robert Booth UK technology editor
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Nursery worker jailed for three years over death of 14-month-old boy in her care
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Nursery worker jailed for three years over death of 14-month-old boy in her care

Noah Sibanda died after he was physically restrained while being put to sleep at Fairytales Day Nursery in DudleyA nursery worker has been sentenced to more than three years in prison and the nursery fined £240,000 after a 14-month-old boy was restrained and died in their care.Noah Sibanda died afte...

Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent and agencies
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Supreme court sides with oil and gas firms in Louisiana coastal damage fight
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Supreme court sides with oil and gas firms in Louisiana coastal damage fight

8-0 ruling gives companies new day in federal court after firms including Chevron ordered to pay millions for cleanupThe supreme court handed a win on Friday to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana.The 8-0 procedural decision gives...

Associated Press
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Three in court over attempted arson attack at Persian media company in London
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Three in court over attempted arson attack at Persian media company in London

Boy, 16, among those charged in connection with attempted firebombing at Volant Media offices in WembleyThree people, including a 16-year-old boy, have appeared in court charged in connection with the attempted firebombing of a Persian media company in north-west London.Oisin McGuinness, 21, Nathan...

PA Media
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Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s vetting: what did he do, why – and who knew?
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Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s vetting: what did he do, why – and who knew?

Starmer says ministers were in the dark, but friends of former top civil servant suggest it was a case of them looking the other wayUK politics live – latest updatesFiddling with his reading glasses, the then cabinet secretary, Sir Chris Wormald – sitting alongside the most senior civil servant in t...

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter
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Is Mandelson vetting scandal the final straw for Starmer?
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Is Mandelson vetting scandal the final straw for Starmer?

Keir Starmer says it is ‘staggering’ and ‘unforgivable’ that he was not told Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting before taking up the role of US ambassador. The comments follow a Guardian investigation that exclusively revealed Mandelson had initially been denied clearance after a background...

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