Winter fuel payments U-turn likely to lead to higher tax, or alternative benefit cuts, says IFS director The Treasury says restoring the winter fuel payments for most pensioners will cost […]
Read MoreNigel Farage’s pitch for Welsh elections: bring back coalmining
Nigel Farage has demanded the reopening of domestic coalmines to provide fuel for new blast furnaces, arguing that Welsh people would happily return to mining if the pay was sufficiently […]
Read MoreUK urged not to exploit poor countries in rush for critical minerals
The risk of neocolonial exploitation in the global rush for critical minerals must be addressed by the government as it formulates its official supply chain strategy, say civil society campaigners. […]
Read MoreCobalt firm taps in to electric car boom with £174m London stock market float
A cobalt trading company has said it will raise £174m in rare a stock market float in London, in a bet on demand for car batteries that defies investor nerves […]
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