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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to a construction site in Cambridge (Chris Radburn/PA)
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Starmer backs changes to nature protection rules to boost building

Keir Starmer backs easing rules aimed at protecting nature that have been blamed for hampering major building projects.

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said car companies face challenges (Maja Smiejkowska/PA)
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UK minister warns of ‘challenges’ for car makers on top of Luton plant closure

The minister said carmakers face global challenges transitioning to EVs, as UK's ZEV mandates and plant closures intensify.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended the decision to withdraw winter fuel payments from millions of pensioner households (Andy Buchanan/PA)
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UK energy bosses meet minister as winter fuel squeeze defended

Government sticks to removal of UK winter fuel payment for pensioners but providers called on for talks on helping vulnerable households.

Labour and the Tories clashed over energy policy (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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Tories and Labour clash on energy policy as they battle for power

The Tories and Labour clashed on energy policy as the General Election campaign focused on the prospect of cheaper household bills

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Labour party’s clean energy plan ‘mad, bad and dangerous,’ says UK net zero secretary

The British Labour party’s plan for clean electricity by 2030 is “unfeasible” and would leave the UK reliant on importing key material from...

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UK PM hails nuclear ‘renaissance’, as MP says plans are overdue

The UK Conservative Party have overseen a “renaissance in the nuclear industry”, the Prime Minister has said, after the minister in charge of...