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Supporters rally to Rachel Kyte after criticism of appointment over link to investment firm Quadrature CapitalThe UK’s new climate envoy will retain her role on the board of a charity whose founders made a multimillion-pound donation to the Labour party and have investments in fossil fuels, the Guardian has learned.Rachel Kyte, the former World Bank climate chief who was announced as the UK’s special representative on climate this week, is on the climate advisory board of Quadrature Climate Foundation, a charity set up by the founders of the Quadrature Capital investment company. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/28/uk-climate-envoy-to-keep-role-at-charity-whose-founders-invest-in-fossil-fuels Author :

Exclusive: Calls for urgent reform after figures show almost half of donations since 2010 given in last two yearsMPs have declared more than £6m in “freebies” since 2010 with the cash price of gifts given almost tripling over two years, analysis reveals, leading to calls for urgent reform.The value of “gifts, benefits and hospitality” declared by MPs was £1.3m in 2023, analysis shows, up from £483,507 in 2021. And the amount of gifts increased to 768 from 337 during the same period. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/28/mps-have-declared-more-than-6m-in-freebies-since-2010-analysis-shows Author : Michael Goodier and Eleni Courea Publish date : 2024-09-28 05:00:06

Police watchdog finds boy restrained for longer than necessary by officers involved in stop and search in London Officers who handcuffed and restrained a 14-year-old black schoolboy on the ground during a stop and search in London committed misconduct, the police watchdog has said.PC McCorley Clewes and former PC Benjamin Morgan were among four Metropolitan police officers involved in the stop in Blackhorse Lane, Croydon, on 23 June 2022 at about 5.30pm after reports of a stolen mobile phone. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/27/met-officers-who-restrained-boy-14-on-ground-committed-misconduct Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-09-27 20:16:39 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

There will be ‘meet our candidates’ Q&As, and fringe events – but limited self-reflection at the gathering in BirminghamThe first party conference after a defeat generally tends to be a cross between a wake, an inquest, and a beauty contest for those who believe they have the answers to what went wrong. The Conservatives’ gathering in Birmingham is set to be no different – but with a particular emphasis on the third.So what is in store from Sunday for the embattled party faithful and remaining MPs, plus sections of the media and lobbying industry who decide it’s worth going along

To half-empty chamber, Israeli PM says his country ‘seeks peace’ but will continue ‘degrading’ HezbollahMiddle East crisis – latest news updatesBenjamin Netanyahu shrugged off global appeals for a ceasefire in a defiant speech to the United Nations that was delivered barely an hour before massive airstrikes targeting Hezbollah’s leader levelled several apartment blocks in Beirut.Addressing the general assembly in New York, Israel’s prime minister presented his country as a champion of peace and prosperity for the Middle East, even as its security forces prepared an attack that spread terror in the streets of the Lebanese capital and heightened fears of