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For more than an hour on Monday morning, Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, stood on a gray carpet in front of a bright-blue-and-green backdrop—a swirling, hopeful suggestion of the Earth—at the Scottish Event Campus, in Glasgow, welcoming international leaders to COP26, the climate-change talks. A few feet away, António…

27 Oct 2021 Economics Correspondent Helia Ebrahimi explains if Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak can deliver on their new economic model and create a brighter future. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thefourcast/ECONOMY_HELIA_V4-auphonic.mp3 Rishi Sunak presents his Autumn Budget today, with some of the sweeteners already released; public sector pay rises and a hike in the…

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MANCHESTER, England—Britain is, you may have noticed, not doing tremendously well at the moment. England is recording around 40,000 new COVID-19 cases every day—a rate much higher than all its European neighbors—supermarket shelves are emptier than they are elsewhere, and for a few weeks, there was no fuel to be…

The Government has suffered a defeat over plans to suspend the pensions triple lock - amid warnings of a 'cost-of-living storm' that could push millions of older people into poverty. The House of Lords voted by 220 votes to 178 - a majority of 42 - to back a cross-party…

PROGRESS RETORT UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says 90% of the world’s economy is now working towards net zero, The Guardian reports. The host — who described himself as “cautiously optimistic” — made the comments as the Glasgow climate summit wrapped up for the day. There were some positive steps…

GLASGOW, Scotland —  As world leaders departed Glasgow on Tuesday, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson contended that the crucial COP26 climate summit was producing real progress, but there was “a very long way to go” to make it a success. Why it matters: Johnson is hosting the most significant climate…

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool/File Photo GLASGOW, Nov 2 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that current global targets around sustainable aviation fuel…

Media caption, Boris Johnson apologises to Israeli minister Karine Elharrar for her not gaining access to COP26 in her wheelchair on Monday. Boris Johnson has apologised to an Israeli minister who was unable to access COP26 in her wheelchair. Karine Elharrar was forced to return to her hotel 50 miles…

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