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24.06.25 - 13:33
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UK Government To Slash Industrial Energy Costs (ZeroHedge)
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UK Government To Slash Industrial Energy Costs
Via City A.M.,
The UK government plans to significantly reduce industrial energy prices for British manufacturers to improve their competitiveness.
Industries like steel, ceramics, and chemicals will see standing charges for electricity fall by up to 90 percent.
British industrial electricity prices are currently the highest in the G7, leading to an extra £29bn in costs over the past four years.
The government plans to slash industrial energy prices for British manufacturers, enabling them to better compete with key European rivals.
Ministers will unveil a multibillion pound package of taxpayer-funded support for the UK's most energy intensive industries, as part of the government's industrial strategy on Monday, according to reports.
Proposals to make energy prices more competitive have been central to final discussions between the Department for Business and Trade and the Treasury
Industries such as steel, ceramics and chemical...
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23.06.25 - 19:33
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Briten weiten Unterstützung für die Ukraine aus (DPA-AFX)
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LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Großbritannien und die Ukraine haben eine noch engere militärische Zusammenarbeit angekündigt. Der britische Premierminister sprach der Nachrichtenagentur PA zufolge nach einem Treffen mit dem ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj ......
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23.06.25 - 18:42
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As Starmer unveils his 10-year plan, here′s my advice: don′t fall into the Joe Biden trap | Sam Alvis (The Guardian)
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The ex-president spent billions reforming the US economy for the long term – but the Democrats lost. Labour must learn that prices in the here and now matter tooSam Alvis is associate director at IPPR and a former political adviser to the Labour partyEveryone in Westminster loves American politics. They – or, I should say, we – were raised on a diet of The West Wing and closely follow the twists and turns inside the Beltway coming from American media. This obsession has an effect on the real world: what happens in the US shapes British politics. Long ago this was seen in the parallels between Bill Clinton and Tony Blair's “third way”; and this time last year Keir Starmer's Labour party was looking to Joe Biden's Democrats.Biden went all-in on reforming the US economy. Through the Chips and Science, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs and Inflation Reduction acts, he spent billions hoping to build more at home, boost growth and grow wages. It worked. Public investment led to more than $1tn (£7...
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