Labour’s top second jobs earner David Lammy has conceded if MPs are banned from having outside earnings “I will have to live with that”. The shadow foreign secretary has come under scrutiny this year after Sky News’ Westminster Accounts project revealed he tops his party’s list with additional earnings of £243,800 since this parliament started
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The UK’s private sector has shrunk for the eighth consecutive quarter. That is according to data from the Confederation for British Industry, which said its latest snapshot of the sector showed “signs of green shoots” – with projections that UK industry will return to growth in the next quarter. The organisation’s lead economist, Alpesh Paleja,
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Several people have reportedly died after two military helicopters crashed in Kentucky. Crew members were flying two HH60 Blackhawk helicopters during a routine training mission before the crash at Fort Campbell at around 10pm local time on Wednesday (3am on Thursday UK time), the military base has said in a statement. The statement adds that
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Faraday Future has announced the start of FF91 production in its Hanford, CA factory in central California, which it calls “FF ieFactory California.” Earlier this month, Faraday said that it would finally start production by the end of March, pending millions of funding coming through. Faraday says this is last of 7 major manufacturing milestones
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Four Club holdings — including Meta Platforms (META) and Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) — are among the 12 best-positioned stocks right now, investment bank Bernstein told clients Wednesday. We share the favorable outlook on Meta and Pioneer, but aren’t as high on the two other Club names Bernstein highlighted: Qualcomm (QCOM) and Devon Energy (DVN).
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Environmental campaigners have warned they could once again take the government to court over its “lacklustre” climate policy. Friends of the Earth said it was “poised to act” if the revised net-zero strategy, published today, failed to meet legal obligations to cut carbon emissions. The campaign group – along with ClientEarth and the Good Law Project – took the government to the High Court last year
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The union representing Royal Mail’s frontline staff is on the verge on announcing new strike dates, Sky News understands, should a final push to end their long-running dispute fail. A Communication Workers Union (CWU) source said talks at the conciliation service Acas were scheduled for Thursday but fresh walkouts could be called the following day
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