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Europe rethinks its reliance on burning wood for electricity

Officials expect the new rules to extend the lifespan of many products by up to 10 years. They hope the change will help Boris Johnson’s drive to reduce carbon emissions throughout the country in the effort to tackle climate change. At present, around 1.5million tonnes of electrical waste is generated in the UK every year. Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said: “Our plans to tighten product standards will ensure more of our electrical goods can be fixed rather than thrown on the...

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"Sanitary products are essential so its right that we do not charge VAT." Felicia Willow, chief executive of womens rights charity the Fawcett Society, said: "We warmly welcome the scrapping of VAT on all sanitary products and congratulate the Government on taking this positive step. "Its been a long road to reach this point, but at last the sexist tax that saw sanitary products classed as non-essential, luxury items can be consigned to the history books." Britain has scrapped the tampon tax wh...

ECJ is to rule for first time on Britons’ EU citizenship The Connexion uses necessary cookies to help us provide you with a better user experience. By continuing to use this website, you accept our use of cookies. Accept ECJ is to rule for first time on Britons’ EU citizenship The EU’s top court is to rule on whether Britons may retain EU citizenship rights after Brexit in one of several cases on the issue before European judges 24 December 2020 It can be argued that EU citizenship should...

Le lead-up to that vote, the prime minister very clear this is a more muscular withdrawal bill. that he is setting a very clear deadline for negotiating the next phase of brexit, the future with the european union, the trade deal. >> must end on the 31st of december next year with no possibility of an extension. and it paves the way for a new agreement on our future relationship with our european neighbors based on an ambitious free trade agreement. with no alignment. with no alignment on eu rul...