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A new deal for farmers is needed to help them deliver action on climate and nature, the IPPR think tank has said (Steve Parsons/PA)
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A new deal for farmers is needed to secure their livelihoods and help them lead the battle against climate change and nature losses, a think tank has urged.
A report from the IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research) warned that the farming sector is key to tackling the nature and climate crises, through the way land is managed, but agriculture is a leading cause of wildlife loss and contributes 10% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The Daily Express Jayne Adye said there are now 1,659 foreign vessels licensed to fish in the United Kingdom’s waters. “The Prime Minister has had great electoral success through his messaging of ‘Brexit being done’, combined with the vaccine rollout,” she said. “However, if the Conservatives want to stay in power beyond the next General Election and keep these new votes, promises of ‘Taking Back Control’ must actually be delivered upon, rather than simply being more empty rhetoric.” She asked how the Government could claim to have taken back control of our waters with so many foreign vessels allowed to fish our waters.
Ultimately, Britain will need to find a way to cooperate with its closest neighbours without resorting to gunboat diplomacy
‘The withdrawal agreement and the UK-EU free trade deal set out a framework for a future relationship, but leave crucial matters ambiguous and unsettled.’ Photograph: Gary Grimshaw/Bailiwick Express/PA
‘The withdrawal agreement and the UK-EU free trade deal set out a framework for a future relationship, but leave crucial matters ambiguous and unsettled.’ Photograph: Gary Grimshaw/Bailiwick Express/PA
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When the UK and the EU finalised their trade deal last December, you could be forgiven for assuming that Boris Johnson had fulfilled his pledge to “get Brexit done”. But as events this week have proved, the process is far from over. An argument with France over fishing rights around the island of Jersey rapidly descended into threats, blockades and the government sending in the navy.
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The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)’s claims that audit regulation is a “wild west” have been met with disapproval, with a leading industry body arguing that the issue is much broader.
The think tank published the claims in in a research paper last month. It argues that the audit sector is “failing society” and is the root cause for the flaws in the financial reporting system.
“Audit regulation really is a wild west at the moment – the purpose of it is incredibly narrow,” says Carsten Jung, senior economist at the IPPR.
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A nurse who had a heart attack in her 30s says she feels left behind waiting for a transplant, after not seeing her cardiologist for a face-to-face consultation since 2019.
Sarah Miles had a severe heart attack when she was just 38. She has now suffered with the effects of heart failure for the past eight years and struggles to have the energy to leave her house in Cheddar.
In fact, Sarah said she has not seen the upstairs of her home for at least two years.
She said: I actually live in this one room, my bed is in this room, the sofa is in this room, the TV is in this room, because the bathroom is down here and I can t manage the stairs anymore.