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Healey’s budget cuts mean Britain is likely to miss green heating targets

The chancellor unveiled more than £3bn worth of cuts to the energy department's budget this week, much of which will pay for higher defence spending. One casualty of the cuts is the government's scheme to subsidise heat…

Russian oil refinery suffers major drone attack

Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery can produce about 8.8 million metric tons of oil per year, according to Russian oil company Rosneft . The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Kyiv had agreed to pause strikes on…

Roll up, roll up, roll up your sleeves would-be candidates – it’s the next batch of seats up for selection

The issue between Chancellor John Healey on the airwaves, Number Ten freaking out about deadlines and targets, the Prime Minister explaining what Healy really meant – ironic when he’s often having to explain what he…

Sarah Ingham: Is Britain ready for emergency?

“ Are you emergency ready? ” , the UK government demands. Perhaps the more important question to ask is: is it? Bringing back memories of lockdown loo roll stockpiling, Britain’s households are ticking off items from the…

Conor Burns: Why are people obsessed with Badenoch’s heritage?

He was Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West from 2010 to 2024 and is a former trade envoy to the US and former Minister of State for Northern Ireland. As Kemi Badenoch begins to demonstrate that the Conservative…

David Barton: How do we combat the Lib Dems?

This arises from having canvassed many high-profile individuals and organisations that have emigrated or are considering leaving the UK. I am beginning this six piece series by addressing the Conservatives’ historical…

UK government’s obesity plan ‘doomed to fail’, MPs warn

The health and social care select committee said in a report that there are no signs the so-called "moonshot ambition on obesity", set out in the 10-year health plan for England, will achieve anything significant. More…

Labour members back Budget but split over Rosebank, exclusive poll reveals

Polling conducted by Survation found that almost nine in ten (89 percent) of party members supported John Healey’s first Budget as Chancellor, with only three percent opposed – with similar levels of support recorded for…

Opening the EU debate again is clearly a political minefield. But we have to do it | Simon Jenkins

That is why it should be welcomed. To jeopardise his popularity so soon after coming to office might seem reckless, but the issue is urgent and not going away. Brexit is continuing to damage the nation's economy. The…

Hitting the fan: London council angers residents with removal of 700 dog-waste bins

"People are worried there's going to be dog shit everywhere," said Daniel O'Neill, the chief road steward at Ruislip Residents' Association. Hillingdon's pet dogs produce about 174 tonnes of faeces each year, which…