EU governments helpless as energy prices soar to four-year highs

But it does not … solve the long-term,” Polish Secretary of State for Energy Wojciech Wrochna told reporters. High prices “will regulate demand by itself,” Swedish Energy Minister Ebba Busch told reporters. Fossil fuel…

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MP apologises over bullying and harassment

It comes as the Independent Expert Panel published a report requiring Tony Vaughan to apologise for breaching Parliament's bullying and harassment policy. The MP for Folkestone and Hythe was found by the Parliamentary…

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For disabled people, a simple game of football comes with a terrifying price tag: their benefits

Yet many fear that participating in sport could jeopardise the financial support they rely on. This is the Activity Trap, and it must end. For most people, playing football is an opportunity to exercise, enjoy themselves…

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The Guardian view on a changing Brexit debate: Kemi Badenoch is trapped in denial | Editorial

Or they should be. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has moved discussions of European solidarity from the realm of abstraction to a matter of urgent defence partnership. Donald Trump's presidency in the US, marked by…

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The Guardian view on online harms: Ofcom is failing at its job | Editorial

Campaigners said that they were dismayed but not surprised that the proportion of children viewing harmful content has stayed the same despite a raft of measures in the Online Safety Act designed to protect them.…

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Carney frames C$1.6B AI investment as national security imperative

“Canada is taking a major step forward in artificial intelligence.” In a pre-summit speech earlier Thursday in Montreal, von der Leyen cited April’s multi-billion dollar merger between Cohere and German counterpart Aleph…

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Hold your nose: a £1.25bn subsidy for rich Rolls-Royce’s new engine had to happen

The company was handed £1.25bn from public coffers to part-fund the development of a next-generation engine for single-aisle commercial planes. The chancellor buried this giveaway in two short sentences in the stodgy…

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Female Lib Dem MP accuses Nigel Farage of shoving her in parliament

Voaden told the Guardian: "He was trying to get out of the chamber and instead of just asking if he could go past, he said: 'Let me past'. I turned round and said: 'No, you can wait your turn like everyone else'. He…

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Lib Dems and Reform UK in war of words over alleged shove

The row was triggered when Farage, explaining why he had not attended Wednesday's Budget, said he had been involved in a "physical altercation" with another MP at the State Opening of Parliament in May and had wanted to…

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UK politics: Burnham denies preventing ministers from speaking about plans for closer relationship with EU – as it happened

As mentioned earlier (see 12.14pm ), Burnham wrote to ministers yesterday saying he does not want them to "advocate for specific options or opine on the likely outcome of the process" as he opens a debate on forming a…

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