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Downing Street hints fracking ban could be lifted in energy bills package

Downing Street hints fracking ban could be lifted in energy bills package

Downing Street hints fracking ban could be lifted in energy bills package

07 September 2022

The suggestion came as advisers warned that the UK’s gas reserves are too small to make a difference to consumer energy bills.


Trans row Irish schoolteacher remains in jail over refusal to comply with order

Trans row Irish schoolteacher remains in jail over refusal to comply with order

Trans row Irish schoolteacher remains in jail over refusal to comply with order

07 September 2022

Enoch Burke was barred from his workplace after opposing a request to address a transgender child by their name or use the pronoun ‘they’.


Truss rejects call for election and insists she is focused on ‘serious issues’

Truss rejects call for election and insists she is focused on ‘serious issues’

Truss rejects call for election and insists she is focused on ‘serious issues’

07 September 2022

She was speaking during her Prime Minister’s Questions debut in the Commons.


Sturgeon: Truss and I need to put differences aside and work together

Sturgeon: Truss and I need to put differences aside and work together

Sturgeon: Truss and I need to put differences aside and work together

07 September 2022

Scotland’s First Minister told ITV’s Lorraine programme that she was ‘encouraged’ by some of the UK Government’s speculated cost-of-living plans.


Raab’s Bill of Rights shelved by Truss Government

Raab’s Bill of Rights shelved by Truss Government

Raab’s Bill of Rights shelved by Truss Government

07 September 2022

The legislation was intended to replace the Human Rights Act.


SNP allowed to make submissions on IndyRef2 case as court allows intervention

SNP allowed to make submissions on IndyRef2 case as court allows intervention

SNP allowed to make submissions on IndyRef2 case as court allows intervention

07 September 2022

The party will be allowed to make a submission of no more than 20 pages by September 21.


Queen sends message of condolence after stabbings in Canada

Queen sends message of condolence after stabbings in Canada

Queen sends message of condolence after stabbings in Canada

07 September 2022

In an official message in English and French, the Queen said she mourned ‘with all Canadians at this tragic time’.


Reversal of Avanti West Coast timetable cuts ‘absolute priority’, says minister

Reversal of Avanti West Coast timetable cuts ‘absolute priority’, says minister

Reversal of Avanti West Coast timetable cuts ‘absolute priority’, says minister

07 September 2022

Transport minister Trudy Harrison was heckled by Labour MPs over the failure to offer concrete details about Avanti West Coast services.


Scientists find more answers on 66 million-year-old meteorite wildfire mystery

Scientists find more answers on 66 million-year-old meteorite wildfire mystery

Scientists find more answers on 66 million-year-old meteorite wildfire mystery

07 September 2022

The six-mile-wide meteorite struck the Yucatan peninsula in what is now Mexico at the end of the Cretaceous Period.


Sturgeon: We have ‘moral duty’ to take action on rent prices

Sturgeon: We have ‘moral duty’ to take action on rent prices

Sturgeon: We have ‘moral duty’ to take action on rent prices

07 September 2022

Landlords have expressed frustration towards the First Minister’s promise to freeze rents.


Liz Truss’s Cabinet in full

Liz Truss’s Cabinet in full

Liz Truss’s Cabinet in full

07 September 2022

The new Prime Minister held her first meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday morning.


Heineken snaps up control of craft brewery Beavertown

Heineken snaps up control of craft brewery Beavertown

Heineken snaps up control of craft brewery Beavertown

07 September 2022

The Dutch brewer, which also owns Amstel and Birra Moretti, bought a 49% stake in Beavertown for £40 million in 2018.


Johnson resignation means UK has six living ex-prime ministers for first time

Johnson resignation means UK has six living ex-prime ministers for first time

Johnson resignation means UK has six living ex-prime ministers for first time

07 September 2022

The number of surviving former PMs has doubled in the past 15 years.


Bank of England chief welcomes review of remit before meeting new Chancellor

Bank of England chief welcomes review of remit before meeting new Chancellor

Bank of England chief welcomes review of remit before meeting new Chancellor

07 September 2022

Andrew Bailey said it is ‘good’ to have a look at the role of the central bank from time to time.


Theatre energy crisis highlighted as priority for incoming Culture Secretary

Theatre energy crisis highlighted as priority for incoming Culture Secretary

Theatre energy crisis highlighted as priority for incoming Culture Secretary

07 September 2022

A joint statement from the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre said it hoped to work with Michelle Donelan on issues such as the energy crisis.


Chancellor warns banks of higher government borrowing to ease energy crisis

Chancellor warns banks of higher government borrowing to ease energy crisis

Chancellor warns banks of higher government borrowing to ease energy crisis

07 September 2022

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng delivered the message after an hour-long meeting with City leaders at the Treasury on Wednesday morning.


New NI Secretary urges Stormont leaders to form executive ‘as soon as possible’

New NI Secretary urges Stormont leaders to form executive ‘as soon as possible’

New NI Secretary urges Stormont leaders to form executive ‘as soon as possible’

07 September 2022

Chris Heaton-Harris was named Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on Tuesday.


Murder arrest after woman, 28, is killed in suspected hit-and-run

Murder arrest after woman, 28, is killed in suspected hit-and-run

Murder arrest after woman, 28, is killed in suspected hit-and-run

07 September 2022

Leicestershire Police said a 42-year-old man was arrested following the incident in Barrow upon Soar on Tuesday.


Truss takes aim at Starmer as she insists she will ‘get Britain moving’

Truss takes aim at Starmer as she insists she will ‘get Britain moving’

Truss takes aim at Starmer as she insists she will ‘get Britain moving’

07 September 2022

The new Prime Minister accused the Labour leader of failing to ‘understand aspiration’.


Animal Rebellion activists arrested after dairy farms protest outside Parliament

Animal Rebellion activists arrested after dairy farms protest outside Parliament

Animal Rebellion activists arrested after dairy farms protest outside Parliament

07 September 2022

Some demonstrators threw white paint over the building and four members of the group glued themselves to the pavement.


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