Finance ministers from the Group of Seven leading nations on Saturday agreed on proposals aimed at ensuring that companies pay tax in each country in which they operate rather than shifting profits to low-tax havens elsewhere.
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Repair work in Rhondda Cynon Taf alone is estimated to cost at least £82.5m. Welsh MPs including Chris Bryant, Beth Winter, Chris Elmore and Alex Davies-Jones have said it would be unfair for the poorest communities in the UK to bear the full costs of this work . Welcoming the commission s proposals, Julie James, the Welsh Government s new minister for climate change said: The challenge presented by coal tips in Wales is a clear illustration of how responding to the climate emergency is fundamentally a question of social justice. “To protect the wellbeing of communities who live in the presence of coal tips, the legislation needs to be improved to reflect advances in scientific knowledge, the changes in our economy and society, and the implications of our changing climate.