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Thérèse Coffey gives keynote speech at BASC rural reception

Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey spoke of her support for shooting when she addressed guests at the Conservative Autumn Conference in Manchester this week. Addressing hundreds of guests at the Rural Reception, held jointly by BASC and the Angling Trust, Dr Coffey said: “This is one of the most important events of the week for me because it’s with… Read more »

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Phoenix Group publishes its Net Zero Transition Plan with its full c£0.3 trillion investment portfolio in scope to decarbonise

Decarbonising Phoenix Group’s investment portfolio will have a significant impact, accounting for 99% of the Group’s emissions • Phoenix Group is making good progress towards achieving its first interim target of a 25% reduction in the carbon intensity of circa £160 billion* of listed equities and credit by 2025   Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest… Read more »

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Government refuses to back down over school testing

The government will continue to resist calls from teachers’ unions to moderate its “obsession” with testing, following a statement from the new children and schools secretary Ed Balls that national tests and school league tables will not be scrapped. Critics of the government’s education policy had been hoping for a new approach from Gordon Brown’s… Read more »

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Voters head to polls
Polls open in by-elections

Polls have opened in by-elections in London and County Durham. Voters in Ealing Southall in west London and Sedgefield will today select their new MP. Labour are expected to hold on to Tony Blair’s former seat of Sedgefield but the Liberal Democrats have made strong gains in Ealing Southall. Labour candidate Phil Wilson is widely… Read more »