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Former Sunrise reporter Bianca Stone's shock career change

Anthony Albanese is caught in very expensive act before claiming he still remembers what it is like to struggle in impassioned cost-of-living speech

26/05/24 23:28

Anthony Albanese was spotted partaking in the expensive act with billionaire Justin Hemmes at his new restaurant Good Luck in Sydney's CBD just days before he claimed he felt the pain of Aussies during the country's cost-of-living crisis....read

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  Geelong homeowner left 'mentally scarred' and forced to sell due after six-year battle against decrepit state of social housing next door

  24/05/24 05:04

  Ben Slater, from Geelong in Victoria, claims that he had to sell his St Albans Park home after a six-year battle to remove rubbish and fix the shoddy social housing property next door.

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  Rail Minister reaches the end of the line as Tory election exodus grows: Huw Merriman becomes latest senior figure to step down on July 4 following departure of former PM Theresa May and three ex-chancellors amid fears for hundreds of seats

  23/05/24 15:33

  Huw Merriman confirmed he would not contest Bexhill and Battle, the East Sussex seat he has held since 2015. He is one of four Tories to step down today, taking the total to 69.

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  The election exodus of the Tory big hitters:  Former PM Theresa May, ex-chancellors Nadhim Zahawi and Sajid Javid, and Boris's deputy Dominic Raab among more than 100 MPs standing down on July 4 amid fears hundreds of Conservatives will lose their seats

  23/05/24 08:23

  More than 100 from across all parties already deciding to bow out. And MPs now having just days to decide whether they will stand or not.

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  Former PM Theresa May and ex-chancellor Nadhim Zahawi lead exodus of more than 100 MPs standing down ahead of July 4 general election

  23/05/24 00:01

  Former Prime Minister Theresa May and ex-Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi are part of a 65-strong Tory contingent that will leave Parliament after voters go to the polls on July 4.

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  Angela Rayner's plans to build generation of Milton Keynes-style towns and 300k homes per year slammed as 'fantasy island' by housing minister

  21/05/24 21:06

  The deputy leader pledged to unveil sites for 'towns of the future' within 12 months of her party coming to power.

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  The flop at the centre of Albo's Future Made in Australia is exposed as boss lifts the lid on nation's broken tradie training scheme

  20/05/24 06:19

  Industry experts say this well-meaning initiative hasn't actually been as successful in practice as the government would have voters believe.

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  BUDGET 2024: A $300 boost for every Aussie, student debt wiped, tax cuts for millions and major change for overseas travellers: Albanese government hands down latest Budget

  14/05/24 09:39

  Labor has announced major cost of living support to struggling Aussies in its 2024 Budget ahead of the election as it tries to win over voters.

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  Barefoot Investor reveals the three radical ways to fix our housing crisis

  05/05/24 00:41

  The Barefoot Investor, Scott Pape, has listed the three steps the Albanese Government can take to solve the housing crisis and help domestic violence victims.

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  New South Wales to unveil emergency domestic violence housing package within days

  03/05/24 13:51

  Deputy Premier Prue Car announced the housing package on Friday saying that it would focus an prevention and assisting women trying to leave dangerous situations.

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  Veteran MP Tim Loughton joins Tory exodus as he announces he will stand down at the next election - following in the footsteps of ex-PM Theresa May and more than 60 other Conservatives

  13/04/24 19:47

  Veteran MP Tim Loughton (pictured) has become the latest to join the Tory exodus from Parliament after he today announced he will will stand down at the next general election.

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  Controversial former RAF base earmarked for 2,000 asylum seekers finds ground gases and unexploded artillery on the land, minister claims

  02/04/24 12:40

  Lincolnshire's RAF Scampton (pictured) is one of the three sites the Home Office intends to use to house asylum seekers in the hope it will be cheaper than using hotels.

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  Former Channel Seven Sunrise reporter Bianca Stone's shock career change has been revealed - shortly after moving to radio

  01/04/24 21:22

  Bianca Stone has made a shock career change shortly after nabbing a fill-in role as a radio host.

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  Michael Gove's renters' rights bill to abolish no-fault evictions is watered down amid pressure from Tory MPs and landlords

  28/03/24 22:48

  The Renters' Reform Bill will now include amendments to prevent tenants ending contracts in the first six months and hinted at delays to no-fault evictions being banned.

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  Theresa May joins Tory exodus as ex-PM becomes the 60th MP to announce they are quitting Parliament - more than at any time since 1997 - with polls pointing to Labour landslide

  08/03/24 14:05

  The ex-premier became the 60th Conservative MP to reveal they won't be seeking re-election to the House of Commons - more than at any point since 1997.

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  More than 100 MPs warn against the sale of The Telegraph to UAE fund

  06/03/24 23:37

  MPs from five different parties have backed powers to block the sale of a UK news media organisation to a foreign government without parliamentary approval.

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  LORD AUSTIN: How I'm being driven out for calling Hamas 'Islamist murderers'

  18/02/24 22:00

  I was shocked to learn on Friday that I had been suspended after a campaign organised by political opponents, extremists and an online mob driven by woke ideology.

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  The 20 towns and cities in England earmarked for more homes: List reveals where councils could be forced to use brownfield under Tory plans to turbocharge development - as ministers claim changes could see 11,500 extra homes a year in Sadiq Khan's London

  13/02/24 14:33

  In a bid to woo younger voters struggling to get on the housing ladder ahead of the general election, ministers today announced a major shake-up of planning rules.

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  Chinese investors find easy way around Labor's tax hike on foreigners snapping up Australian real estate

  12/02/24 08:26

  Real estate insiders have revealed how Chinese property buyers are planning to get around new Labor rules targeting foreigners snapping up real estate.

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  How one Australian state is tackling the housing crisis as rental vacancies dry up

  03/02/24 13:04

  Queensland Premier Steven Miles and Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon vowed to address the state's housing shortage by also releasing more state-owned land for social and affordable homes.

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  How Queensland is tackling Australia's growing homeless problem during the cost-of-living crisis as it snaps up yet another disused hotel

  18/01/24 03:20

  Premier Steven Miles and Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon (pictured) announced on Tuesday that the Queensland government will convert a vacant hotel into housing for the homeless.

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  As one of its engineers demands immunity from prosecution and it emerges the tech firm that produced the Post Office's flawed Horizon system has a staggering £6.5billion worth of government contracts - will Fujitsu ever face justice?

  13/01/24 02:23

  Behind a thick velvet rope, guarded by burly bouncers from security firm G4S, lay the 'Blue Room', a VIP lounge billed as the Tory Party conference's single most hallowed space.

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  How tiny footbridge at the Middletons' local railway station has taken 10 YEARS to build at ballooning £9.5m cost - longer than Blackpool Tower and Tower Bridge... and it's STILL not expected to open until Spring

  02/01/24 16:40

  Passengers have been left frustrated by the unbearably slow building pace on the bridge at Theale station near Reading in Berkshire.

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  Embarrassment for ministers as new legislation to ban 'feudal' leasehold house sales is introduced ... without text that would ban leaseholds

  29/11/23 16:43

  The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was hailed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove as a 'landmark moment for millions'.

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  Labor government MPs targeted by Gaza protestors laying fake dead babies covered in blood outside their Melbourne offices

  15/11/23 05:34

  The group, No More Bodies in Gaza, put 15 fake corpses outside seven Labor MPs' offices in Victoria and Tasmania on Wednesday.

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  Revolving door sees the 16th minister for housing since 2010 appointed as Lee Rowley is given the job

  13/11/23 21:55

  Lee Rowley, who had been local government minister, returned to the post he briefly held under Liz Truss last autumn.

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  Elderly Queensland woman is forced to live in her car as soaring rent pushes her out onto the street

  21/10/23 23:47

  A retiree who can no longer afford rent during the cost-of-living crisis has revealed to be living in her car and showering out of a public wash basin.

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  Foreign Secretary James Cleverly: Why I believe the voters simply won't trust slippery Starmer over Brexit

  29/09/23 22:00

  James Cleverly seems unfazed by the Conservative Party's parlous position in the opinion polls.

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  Sir Alok Sharma reveals he will NOT stand at the next General Election: Ex-COP26 president resigns from the Conservative Party after string of Tory MPs also make exodus

  26/09/23 18:42

  The former COP26 Climate Conference President, who has been the MP for Reading West since 2010, made the announcement on X, formerly Twitter .

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  Environmentalist plot legal challenge to Rishi Sunak's green U-turn on cars and boilers after he accuses them of not caring about the £15,000 cost to families of Net Zero plans

  22/09/23 08:22

  Friends of the Earth and the Good Law Project have both written to ministers warning that they could seek to undo the PM's U-turn at the High Court.

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  Tory rebels could block Rishi Sunak's plan to delay the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in parliament

  21/09/23 21:32

  The Prime Minister indicated on Wednesday that the government believed it could avoid a parliamentary showdown over his plans to slow the rush to net zero.

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  Ministers U-turn to ditch de facto onshore wind farm ban as Rishi Sunak struggles to contain Tory infighting

  05/09/23 15:07

  Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove confirmed the U-turn as the government struggles to contain Tory infighting over planning rules and the Net Zero drive.

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  Onshore wind farm U-turn with ministers set to announce TODAY that de facto ban is being ditched amid Tory squabbling over planning rules and Net Zero drive

  05/09/23 08:25

  A U-turn on onshore wind farms is set to be confirmed as Rishi Sunak struggles to quell Tory infighting over planning rules and the Net Zero drive.

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  DOMINIC LAWSON: On climate change and foreign aid, Rishi Sunak is accused by his critics of betraying our 'global leadership' role. But that lofty status was always a fantasy

  06/08/23 21:14

  DOMINIC LAWSON: Can you hear the wailing across the globe at Britain's lost leadership in the battle to prevent climate change? No, me neither.

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  Labour bid to build 400,000 social rented homes 'could cost taxpayer more than £70 BILLION', as Tories blast the opposition's 'spiralling borrowing plans'

  24/07/23 23:09

  Labour's proposal to build 400,000 social rented homes would cost more than £70billion, the Tories warned last night. Lisa Nandy promised a new generation of council homes.

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  What happened when Australia DID cap rents as the Greens are demanding - and why a freeze could end up making tenants pay more

  26/06/23 05:27

  One part of Australia has capped rents but there are fears this will only cause the supply of rental properties to shrink - and make things worse for tenants in the longer-term.

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  Grant Shapps says Rishi Sunak did not alter Boris Johnson's honours list 'in any way' as Energy Secretary denies claims PM intervened to block peerages for his predecessor's allies 

  11/06/23 11:29

  The Energy Secretary insisted neither the Prime Minister nor any Downing Street aides had altered Mr Johnson's list 'in any way' amid a furious row within Tory ranks.

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  Nadine Dorries resigns hours before Boris Johnson to force a by-election after finding herself blocked on the former Prime Minister's honours list

  09/06/23 22:10

  The former culture secretary (pictured) quit Parliament, triggering a by-election, after finding herself blocked from receiving a peerage in the former prime minister's honours list.

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  Rishi Sunak is set to approve Boris Johnson's resignation honours list despite warnings it will trigger a double by-election

  07/06/23 21:08

  Departing prime ministers are entitled to bestow honours on close allies after they leave, and Boris Johnson's list is understood to include around 50 names.

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  Meet Australia's new political power couple - with a huge age gap - as the ministers who are 'deeply in love' both secure BIG promotions

  18/05/23 23:52

  Queensland ministers Mark Bailey and Meaghan Scanlon, who have been openly dating since 2018, have both been promoted after a poll showed Annastacia Palaszczuk could lose next election.

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  Rishi Sunak faces three by-elections in months after House of Lords watchdog 'rules MPs can't wait until general election to take peerages'

  17/05/23 09:34

  The House of Lords Appointments Commission, which vets peerages, has reportedly ruled that those poised to join Parliament's upper chamber can't stay on as MPs.

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  Victorian government is accused of ignoring a crucial warning months before one of Australia's largest building companies collapsed

  18/04/23 02:14

  The Victorian government has been accused of ignoring warnings of insolvencies in the residential construction sector months before Porter Davis collapsed.

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  Rishi gets blown off course: Alok Sharma joins Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in growing rebellion against PM Sunak's ban on onshore wind farms 

  26/11/22 15:21

  Alok Sharma, who was the president of the Cop26 climate summit, backed an amendment to Government legislation which would lift the Rishi-Sunak supported ban on onshore wind farms.

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  Time to take action on black mould: It's taken a toddler's death to highlight the tragic consequences... what is it and why is it so common in rented homes?

  26/11/22 07:00

  Mould is an allergen and, if allowed to spread, can become highly toxic and cause severe respiratory infections. Here's how to rid your home of it.

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  Sunak warns 'more must be done' after COP27 deal as UK envoy says lack of progress means hopes of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees are 'on life support'

  20/11/22 15:07

  Rishi Sunak cautioned over 'complacency' amid criticism that not enough progress had been made at the gathering in Egypt.

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  Boris Johnson 'will attend Cop27': Downing Street 'alarmed' over reports former PM will travel to Egypt for climate summit next week - after Rushi Sunak was criticised for ruling out an appearance 

  29/10/22 21:05

  The former Prime Minister is understood to be intending to attend the meeting of world leaders to show solidarity with the fight against the climate crisis.

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  Now Tory big beasts line up to back Boris Johnson: Ex-Prime Minister sees dramatic surge in support with six Cabinet ministers leading clamour for a comeback 

  21/10/22 21:02

  Support for a Boris Johnson comeback surged yesterday as six Cabinet ministers threw their weight behind the former prime minister.

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  Cabinet minister Alok Sharma urges Liz Truss to let King Charles attend Cop27 summit in Egypt next month after PM 'advised monarch against going to conference' 

  04/10/22 22:26

  The Conservative leader has come under mounting pressure to say if she will visit the climate talks after it emerged that she had advised the King to stay away from the meeting of world leaders.

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  Climate chief Alok Sharma warns he could quit if the next PM is not committed to net zero agenda as Europe is consumed by wildfires

  17/07/22 00:43

  Cop26 president Alok Sharma said some of the candidates in the Tory leadership race had been only 'lukewarm' towards eco pledges - as effects of climate change become stronger by the day,

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  Anthony Albanese WALKS AWAY from the cameras and hands over to Penny Wong when asked about China - after PM accused him of using 'human shields' to dodge tricky questions

  09/05/22 06:14

  In a press conference in Adelaide on Monday afternoon a reporter directed his query the Labor leader simply stepped away from the cameras.

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  Embarrassing moment Anthony Albanese can't answer a simple question about his OWN policy and is handed a cheat sheet in ANOTHER disastrous grilling

  04/05/22 23:14

  In another car-crash run-in with journalists on Thursday morning following his day-one campaign gaffe, the Labor leader could not outline his six-point plan on the NDIS.

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  Liberal MP is slammed as 'the worst kind of Karen' for saying poor  families should not be housed in affluent suburbs as they can't afford the latest sneakers and iPhones

  24/03/22 04:51

  A Victorian Liberal MP has been slammed over remarks she made about social housing, claiming low-income families should not be housed in affluent suburbs.

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  The friend of Carrie who let slip No10's Christmas party: How ex-Guardian journalist Allegra Stratton was hired during war with Dominic Cummings on £125k a year

  08/12/21 11:48

  The PM's former press secretary had been one of the more disaster-prone members of a notoriously dysfunctional government.

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  Australian deputy PM mocks COP26 president Alok Sharma over tearful apology for watering down pledges - as he dismisses Boris Johnson's claims the Glasgow summit sounded 'death knell' for coal  

  16/11/21 09:58

  Barnaby Joyce, who leads the junior party in the governing coalition, ridiculed the summit president for getting emotional over the last-minute haggling.

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  What does the Cop26 deal say and how will it affect us? As climate conference draws to a close, we answer the big questions 

  15/11/21 00:39

  The 196-nation summit in Glasgow aimed to keep alive the commitment to keep global warming at 1.5C, compared with pre-industrial levels, set in Paris six years ago.

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  'Useful idiots' who let China off the hook: Why is there such an apparent lack of concern over their determination to keep burning coal, asks DAVID ROSE 

  15/11/21 00:26

  DAVID ROSE: Judged by the benchmarks set by Mr Sharma and Boris Johnson before the conference, Cop had failed - thanks to China.

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  Boris Johnson blasts China and India for forcing nations into 'watered down' COP26 deal - but insists that 'historic' Glasgow summit 'sounded the death knell for coal power' despite Beijing and Delhi's scheming

  14/11/21 09:43

  The Prime Minister used a televised press conference to insist that the Glasgow summit had been a 'historic success' that 'sounded the death knell' for coal power generation.

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  'I'm no-drama Sharma', says Cop26 chief Alok - channelling his inner Barack Obama while urging calm in search for a green emissions deal, days after telling delegates: 'We are all Swampys now'

  11/11/21 17:19

  The former business secretary claimed he was sometimes called 'no drama Sharma' in his latest light-hearted comment from the stage of the UN conference in Glasgow.

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  Eco-activists accuse COP26 leader Alok Sharma of 'appropriation' after telling conference that CEOs and politicians are 'all Swampys now'

  03/11/21 16:41

  Mr Sharma compared financiers and politicians to Dan Hooper, nicknamed Swampy, who became a household name in 1996 after his fierce campaigning to stop new road projects.

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  EXCLUSIVE: COP26 president Alok Sharma has two gas-guzzling diesel Volvo SUVs parked outside his £1.6million Berkshire home 

  03/11/21 11:36

  EXCLUSIVE: COP26 president Alok Sharma has two gas-guzzling SUVs parked on the driveway of his £1.6million Berkshire home, MailOnline can reveal.

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  Pensioners will be urged to downsize rather than 'rattling around' in homes that are too big for them, housing minister says 

  03/11/21 01:31

  Old people living in houses that are too big for them will be encouraged to downsize, the housing minister said yesterday. Chris Pincher said they could be better used by younger families.

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  FLOP 26: Boris tells COP that the 'doomsday device' is real and it is 'one minute to midnight' to stop climate disaster - but Xi Jinping will not even give 'virtual' speech after snub and Turkish President stays away 

  01/11/21 08:54

  Boris Johnson has told world leaders they can no longer afford to delay taking major action to address climate change as he warned 'the longer we fail to act, the worse it gets'.

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  Humanity has 'run down the clock' and it is now 'one minute to midnight' Boris Johnson will tell world leaders - as he urges them to 'act now before it is too late for our children' in speech to COP26 summit 

  31/10/21 22:32

  Boris Johnson will warn world leaders that humanity has 'run down the clock' on climate change and must get serious about action in his speech to the COP26 summit in Glasgow.

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  Boris reads the riot act to world leaders: PM warns promises on climate change are starting to 'sound hollow' and if COP26 summit in Glasgow fails to deliver a breakthrough on cutting emissions then 'the whole thing fails'

  31/10/21 09:33

  Boris Johnson today warned world leaders their promises on tackling climate change are starting to 'sound hollow' as he read them the riot act ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow.

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  Cop26 president Alok Sharma criticises plans for new 'meat tax' despite revealing he has given up eating it to help the environment

  30/10/21 23:16

  COP26 president Alok Sharma criticised plans for a new 'meat tax' yesterday - despite revealing he has now given up eating it to help save the environment.

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  Boris Johnson admits he is worried the COP26 summit could 'go wrong' and countries could fail to strike a deal on tackling climate change as the PM says it is 'touch and go' if the meeting of world leaders will succeed

  25/10/21 14:29

  Boris Johnson today admitted he is 'worried' the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow could end in failure.

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  Advisors warn Boris Johnson against further foreign aid cuts ahead of Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow

  22/10/21 08:02

  A committee known as the Friends of COP, assigned by Cop president Alok Sharma, wrote a letter to the Prime Minister expressing 'deep concern' over the UK's planned cuts.

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  Relief for Boris as Indian PM Narendra Modi declares he WILL come to COP26 summit in Glasgow despite Russia and China snub and claims ministers fear it will be a 'damp squib'

  21/10/21 15:27

  Narendra Modi will be coming to Glasgow, in a much-needed boon for the event after it emerged by Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jingping are set to stay away.

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  COP26 chief Alok Sharma 'is raging' at Boris Johnson talking up summit as 'hand of history moment' after Russia and China snub raised fears it will be a 'damp squib' 

  21/10/21 08:22

  Alok Sharma is furious with Boris Johnson for talking up the COP26 summit as a make or break moment for the planet, it was claimed today.

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  Alok Sharma warns that China and other major polluters must 'step up' with new plans to cut emissions ahead of Cop26 conference if world is to avoid 'climate catastrophe'

  12/10/21 12:46

  Alok Sharma said action by G20 countries will be 'make or break' for keeping the goal to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C within reach.

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  Act now or face disaster: Alok Sharma will warn world leaders they must honour promise to limit global temperature rises or risk catastrophe 

  12/10/21 00:54

  A WHO report said climate change threatens to undo 50 years of progress in global health and poverty reduction and that 'the burning of fossil fuels is killing us'.

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  Labour vows to give first-time buyers priority on new-builds, slash number of properties sold to foreign investors and force landowners to sell vacant sites as it bids for Tory mantle as 'party of home ownership'

  24/09/21 10:51

  As the Labour conference kicks off tomorrow, shadow housing minister Lucy Powell is making an eye-catching bid to steal the Tory mantle as the 'the party of home ownership'.

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  Chinese leader Xi Jinping 'not yet confirmed' as attending Cop 26 climate conference in Glasgow, admits minister, despite his country being world's largest greenhouse gas emitter

  19/09/21 12:19

  Cop 26 president Alok Sharma was unable to confirm China would even be sending a delegation to the gathering in November - although he insisted he was 'very, very hopeful' they would.

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  Alok Sharma insists there is 'no immediate concern' about gas supplies amid fears meat will become unavailable in TWO weeks: Minister says the supplies will be there' for Christmas, ahead of emergency summit with energy bosses tomorrow

  19/09/21 08:07

  The Cop26 president said ministers 'don't see any risks going into the winter' from a spike in global gas prices that prompted the closure of two industrial sites vital to the food and drink industry.

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  Alok Sharma is accused of pandering to China as state media says he 'hailed Beijing's efforts in tackling climate change' during official visit - despite the country being the BIGGEST emitter of greenhouse gas

  08/09/21 11:28

  Mr Sharma visited the country this month in his role as President of the Cop26 climate change summit which is due to take place in Glasgow in November.

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  ROSS CLARK: When will they tell the truth about how much green target of 'net zero' will really cost us? 

  09/08/21 21:32

  ROSS CLARK: How on earth will Government meet its commitment to reach 'net-zero' carbon emissions by 2050? Be in no doubt: Earth's atmosphere is warming, and it has consequences.

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  'It's certainly no holiday': After 'red list' quarantine row, climate tsar Alok Sharma defends flying to 30 countries in the line of duty 

  08/08/21 23:24

  Alok Sharma claimed 'it's certainly no holiday' following reports he had flown to at least 30 countries for talks on agreeing green targets.

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  Climate Minister Alok Sharma defends his quarantine-free lockdown visits to 30 nations as he says in-person meetings are 'incredibly vital and actually impactful'

  08/08/21 00:51

  Climate Minister Alok Sharma has faced criticism this week for the volume of flights he has taken since the new year in a bid to hash out a deal with countries ahead of the Cop26 climate conference.

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  You're not better than us: Angry travellers and MPs demand jet-setting Climate Tsar Alok Sharma quarantine in a hotel like everyone else returning from red list countries

  06/08/21 21:00

  Alok Sharma was accused of hypocrisy when it was revealed he was exempted from self-isolation after visiting 'red-list' countries. He will be allowed to return to his home when he gets back from Brazil.

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  Fury as Downing Street says jet-setting Climate Minister Alok Sharma's quarantine-free lockdown visits to 30 nations - including six on the red list - are 'essential' and back him to keep skipping rules followed by thousands of British travellers

  06/08/21 12:04

  He has covered tens of thousands of miles over the past seven months to prepare the ground for the COP26 global environment summit this autumn, while being exempt from quarantine.

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