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Friday briefing: What the end of Port Talbot steelworks says about Britain’s green energy transition

In today’s newsletter: The end of coal, steel plants facing closure – how the UK is trying to build a post-fossil fuel economy

The Guardian - UK

London City airport: 54% of journeys take under six hours by train, data shows

Exclusive: Most popular routes can be reached quickly by train, as government mulls expansion proposal

The Guardian - UK

Half of universal credit claimants ‘lose money through automatic DWP deductions’

Thinktank says £1 lost in every £13 basic payment to repay debts to private landlords and utility firms and correct tax office errors

The Guardian - UK

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Why unions are lobbying Labour over a ‘just transition’ to cleaner energy

Jobs and communities dependent on oil and gas sector must be considered in plan to ban North Sea licences, say GMB and Unite

The Guardian - UK

‘Labour will surpass your expectations’: the leftwing thinktank boss standing on Starmer’s agenda

Miatta Fahnbulleh is running for parliament – and, as a black female economist, hopes to broaden parliament’s outlook on ‘the rules of the game’

The Guardian - UK

Hunt redefines ‘levelling up’ with focus on Cambridge, Canary Wharf and Surrey

Critics say extra funding to key battleground constituencies proves government ‘happy to ignore regional inequality’

The Guardian - UK

Sunak suffers defeats in House of Lords over Rwanda bill – as it happened

Prime minister suffers defeats in House of Lords over Rwanda bill. This live blog is closed

The Guardian - UK

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‘Demand interestingness’: Thomas Heatherwick rails against boring buildings

Designer says soulless structures make people stressed and lonely as he launches book and campaign

The Guardian - UK

Whitest parts of England and Wales have 144% more local paths, study finds

The Ramblers says poor and ethnically diverse areas miss out on health benefits of public footpaths

The Guardian - UK

Poll suggests jobcentre staff focus on sanctions over support

Universal Credit claimants report concern over employment advisors’ approach as changes are set to bring more people into ‘intensive’ regime.

The Independent UK

Airport expansion does not boost UK growth or productivity – report

Researchers argue that industry claims about benefits of more flights should be taken with pinch of salt

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of businesses can’t afford crippling rates on taxpayer-backed Covid loans

Exclusive: Figures show £26bn was loaned out to around 100,000 firms under the government-backed scheme, but only one in four have paid off the debt

The Independent UK

2% tax on UK rich list families ‘could raise £22bn a year’

Campaigners for tax reform say similar levies in Europe have helped to reduce inequality

The Guardian - UK

The people who care for and educate our children deserve better pay - here's why that would help us all

Pressure on working parents has been building for a long time, with daycare costs increasing as places become more scarce. Two recent reports clearly illustrate the dysfunctional nature of England’s system of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC).

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The Guardian - UK

UK government is hiding £28bn of ‘stealth cuts’ to public services, says report

Thinktank warns austerity drive at next month’s budget will further damage economy

Daily Mirror

Government 'hiding £28 BILLION of public service cuts in smoke and mirrors budget'

The TUC has published a study by the New Economics Foundation (NEF), accusing the government of playing "smoke and mirrors" with its figures

The Independent UK

Four in 10 families ‘unable to afford decent living standard’ by next election

Some 30.6 million people will not be able to afford essentials by December 2024, according to New Economics Foundation (NEF) estimates.

The Guardian - UK

30 million in UK ‘priced out of decent standard of living by 2024’

Thinktank blames rising prices, inflation and unemployment, and called for national living income

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The Independent UK

Revealed: Closing windfall tax loophole could cut energy bills by £336 a year

Exclusive: Scrapping tax relief from government levy would raise £22bn, new analysis shows

Daily Mirror

Rookie nurses can't afford clothes or food as they suffer £3,800 pay cut in 15 years

Research has revealed newly-qualified nurses will struggle to pay for clothes or food from April after suffering a £3,800 real terms pay cut over the past 15 years

The Guardian - UK

Ditch price cap for ‘free basic energy’ plan to help poorest, report says

New Economics Foundation sets out proposals for government to pay for gas and electricity use up to a limit

Daily Mirror

'Three quarters of households will see cost of living rise quicker than incomes'

The prediction for later this year comes from the New Economics Foundation think tank, which has made a series of recommendations to help families

The Conversation

Neighbourhood green space is in rapid decline, deepening both the climate and mental health crises

The past 20 or so years of housing development in England and Wales has decimated community access to green space. That’s according to a new report from think tank the New Economics Foundation (NEF), which has brought together data on the age of housing developments, public green space provision and…

The Guardian - UK

Parks near new homes shrink 40% as developers say they cannot afford them

Green spaces near new housing developments in England and Wales down in last 20 years

The Guardian - UK

Cost of living for UK’s poorest could be 10% higher by autumn, thinktank warns

Resolution Foundation says prolonged Russian invasion of Ukraine would drive up food and energy prices

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