Labour plans new law to ban fracking permanently
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Labour plans new law to ban fracking permanently

The Labour government is planning to pass a new law that would ban fracking for shale gas permanently in England, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has announced. At Labour’s conference, Miliband said he wanted to legislate at the earliest opportunity and launch a national campaign against fracking in the meantime. Fracking is currently only limited by...

Trump Plans New Tariff Push With 100 Percent Rate on Patented Drugs
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Trump Plans New Tariff Push With 100 Percent Rate on Patented Drugs

“Starting October 1st, 2025, we will be imposing a 100 percent Tariff on any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product, unless a Company IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in America,” Trump posted on social media Thursday, without offering specifics on which producers will be impacted. “There will, therefore, be no Tariff on these Pharmaceutical Products...

Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme
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Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme

Paul SeddonPolitical reporter Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce plans for a compulsory UK-wide digital ID scheme in a speech on Friday. The prime minister believes it would help crack down on illegal working and modernise the state, according to senior figures in government. The practicalities of the scheme will be subject...