Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan 13. November 2025 (17:14) Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy billsHundreds of thousands of homeowners will lose their right to subsidies for eco-friendly heat pumps as a result of government plans to bring down energy bills at the budget.Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is planning to announce a series of measures to bring down energy bills amid concerns the country’s stubbornly high cost of living is driving millions of voters to Reform UK. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Major US broadcasters sit out Cop30 climate talks: ‘They’re missing a lot’ 13. November 2025 (17:00) Figures show none of US ‘big four’ – CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox – appear to have sent teams to cover summit in BelémThousands of media professionals are at the United Nations climate talks in Brazil. Almost none of them appear to be from the four major US broadcasters.Nearly 4,000 members of the media registered to attend the global climate conference, known as Cop30, according to a preliminary list released by the United Nations climate body on Tuesday. But none of the “big four” US broadcasters – CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox – appear to currently have teams present at the talks. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Two-thirds of women in UK military sexually harassed in past year, survey finds 13. November 2025 (16:41) MoD survey also finds nearly one in 10 have been subject to non-consensual sexual activity and a third have been groped or touchedNearly one in 10 women serving in the British military have been subjected to an assault or other non-consensual sexual activity in the past year, according to the first official survey of sexual harassment across the armed forces.A third said they had been groped or touched in a way that made them feel uncomfortable, according to the Ministry of Defence, and two-thirds reported at least one form of sexual harassment or sexualised behaviour – proportions significantly higher than among their male counterparts across the army, navy and air force. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished 13. November 2025 (16:37) Home secretary says PCCs, in England and Wales, were ‘failed experiment’ – and scrapping them will save £100m over this parliamentUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters will abolish elected police and crime commissioners, declaring them to be an expensive failure, with a large proportion of people unaware of them.Under the system, introduced under the Conservatives in 2012, all 43 police forces across England and Wales had to answer to an elected official. It was supposed to boost the accountability and performances of police forces. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
