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| | Chancellor backs down on scrapping 45p tax rate | |  | | | | | | The chancellor has U-turned on his plan to scrap the top rate of income tax, just 10 days after it was announced in the mini-budget. Kwasi Kwarteng tweeted in an early morning statement that it had become clear the plan “had become a distraction from our overriding mission to tackle the challenges facing our country”. In the tweet itself he said: “We get it, and we have listened.”
Scrapping the 45p tax rate was a key part of Mr Kwarteng's fiscal plans aimed at boosting growth but it has faced a growing backlash from Conservative MPs, some of them former Cabinet ministers, after market turmoil and a big slide in the polls. Despite the Conservatives enjoying a large majority in the Commons, it increasingly seemed that the plan would not pass a vote.
It comes just a day after Prime Minister Liz Truss reiterated to the BBC she was committed to the cut, saying it was part of an "overall package of making our tax system simpler and lower".
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| | Brazil election heads into second round with no clear winner | | | | | | | | | Brazil's election is going into a second round in which left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. With almost all the votes counted, Lula had won 48% against Bolsonaro's 43% - a much closer result than opinion polls had suggested - but neither candidate achieved the backing of more than 50% of the electorate needed to prevent a run-off. The pair - who are arch-rivals and have labelled each other a "thief" and a "madman" - have another four weeks to persuade the nation why they should lead. However, there are fears that should Bolsonaro lose, he will not concede defeat, having previously said that "only God" could remove him from office.
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| | UK power station owner cuts down primary forests in Canada | | | | | | | | | A company that has received billions of pounds in green energy subsidies from UK taxpayers is cutting down environmentally-important forests, an investigation by BBC One's Panorama has found. Drax runs the UK's biggest power station, burning millions of tonnes of imported wood pellets - which is classed as renewable energy. The converted coal plant in North Yorkshire produces 12% of the UK's renewable electricity and has received £6bn in green energy subsidies. The BBC has discovered some of the wood comes from primary forests - which are either ancient or largely untouched by humans - in Canada. The company says it only uses sawdust and waste wood but a BBC reporter saw a Drax lorry picking up whole logs from an area of the forest which has taken thousands of years to develop. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Little has been heard about the daily struggles of people living in Russian-controlled areas. We found that experiences differ hugely, from a basic struggle for survival amid the ruins of Mariupol, to fleet-of-foot improvisations in places like Kherson - a city which found itself occupied with barely a shot being fired. But - whether the takeovers were bloodless or brutal - the same battle for identity is being waged.
The people we have spoken to are all opposed to Russia's occupation and annexation. It would be wrong to suggest that everyone in these areas shares their views. But all the available evidence, including previous voting records, suggests that people living in areas seized since February this year overwhelmingly see themselves as Ukrainian. | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | The controversial cutting of the 45p tax rate which Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng revealed in his mini-budget dominates Monday's newspaper front pages – but their reports came before this morning’s developments. The Times focuses on the criticism of two former Cabinet heavyweights – Michael Gove and Grant Shapps – which added to the pressure on Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss. The Daily Mirror says that the Tories “Calamity conference” will see Ms Truss ousted from her job “by Christmas”. Read the full review. | | | | | |
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| | | | | Ukraine war Questions over France's weapons supply to Kyiv | | | | | | | Royals King and Queen Consort to visit Scotland in first joint public engagement | | | | | | | Science Ancient footprints reveal 'Irish Sea Serengeti' | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Need something different? | | | | | | | | | What if you could do 20 minutes of exercise but get the benefits of a 90-minute workout? That’s the idea of whole-body electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) suits, one of the newest trends in the health and wellness industry. The idea is that the electrical stimulation of your muscles speeds up the effect of exercising and strengthening. While some users sing their praises, studies suggest it might all be a bit too good to be true. Take a look at the suits at the forefront of the newest fitness fad and find out just how much a 20-minute session will set you back.
Some 42,000 runners pounded the streets of London on Sunday in the London Marathon. Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw won the women's race in 2 hours, 17 minutes and 25 seconds, while Kenyan Amos Kipruto won the men's race in two hours, four minutes and 39 seconds. While many of the masses also took the feat seriously, hundreds dressed up, with ice-creams, gorillas, Shrek and even a postbox taking on the 26.2 miles. Take a look at some of the standout pictures from the day here.
A family from Essex got a bit of a shock when they came downstairs in the middle of the night to find a badger eating their cat's food. They were alerted to the intruder by a "noisy chewing sound" and found the badger had forced its way in through the cat flap. Watch as the culprit makes a swift getaway on being discovered. | | | |
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