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EU pushes back deforestation law by a year after outcry from global producers
The European Union has agreed to a one-year delay on the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation – caving in to demands from several producer nations ...
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Hundreds of hospice beds shut due to a lack of funding – charity
A lack of funding and staff means that 300 inpatient beds are currently closed or out of use in England, out of a total of 2,200 according to Hospice UK figures. We're not a 'nice-to-have' service. We ...
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Lammy tells Nato members to ‘get serious’ about increased defence spending
Foreign Secretary David Lammy pointed to the UK’s own commitment to increase spending to 2.5 of GDP, although no timetable has been set for that.
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UK interest rates to fall more slowly than expected after Budget – OECD
The global economics body also increased its GDP forecast for next year on the back of higher public spending from the Budget.