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  The Home Secretary has been nicknamed ‘Leaky Sue’ over her alleged inability to keep a secret. ​The Home Secretary has been nicknamed ‘Leaky Sue’ over her alleged inability to keep a secret. 

  Intelligence agencies may think twice about sharing information, former home secretary says Intelligence agencies may think twice about sharing information, former home secretary says 

Consumers move quickly to prepare for unaffordable energy bills despite mild autumn, finds market research Sales of air fryers, slow cookers, microwaves and electric blankets are soaring as households faced with unaffordable energy bills look for ways to reduce their power use. Air fryers – a small countertop convection oven that uses less electricity than a conventional cooker – are in huge demand, with the number sold in September four times higher than in the same month last year, according to the market research firm GfK. So are electric cooking pots such as pressure cookers, rice cookers, slow cookers or…

Increasing windfall tax would help plug £40bn fiscal hole and keep energy bills low, analysis shows A Norway-style windfall tax on energy companies could raise £33.3bn extra by 2027, plugging a hole in government finances and helping keep energy bills low, analysis has found. The new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is looking at extending the “sunset clause” in the energy profits levy by two years beyond 2025 as a result of the booming profits fossil fuel companies have been recording owing to the war in Ukraine. Continue reading… ​Increasing windfall tax would help plug £40bn fiscal hole and keep energy bills…

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  The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reassured Kyiv in calls with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba that it will offer the ex-Soviet state “enduring” support amid Putin’s threats of nuclear weapons. ​The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reassured Kyiv in calls with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba that it will offer the ex-Soviet state “enduring” support amid Putin’s threats of nuclear weapons. 

 The national papers lead on climate ‘catastrophe’, worried royals and systemic abuse at a group of mental health hospitals. The national papers lead on climate ‘catastrophe’, worried royals and systemic abuse at a group of mental health hospitals. 

  The 46th US President has become a frequent critic of “trickle-down economics” in recent months in a break with decades of American economic orthodoxy following Ronald Reagan’s stint in the Oval Office. ​The 46th US President has become a frequent critic of “trickle-down economics” in recent months in a break with decades of American economic orthodoxy following Ronald Reagan’s stint in the Oval Office. 

  Moscow and Beijing signed a no-limits partnership just days before Russia launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine in February, and the two countries have maintained close links in the face of hostility from Western powers. ​Moscow and Beijing signed a no-limits partnership just days before Russia launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine in February, and the two countries have maintained close links in the face of hostility from Western powers. 

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