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Sadiq Khan joins Labour figures urging PM not to water down electric vehicle targets – as it happened

This blog is now closed On the Today programme this morning, the Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, a prominent leftwinger, indicated she might vote against legislation to implement the Alan Milburn proposals. She said she was concerned by the idea that the cuts would apply to people already getting sickness and disability benefits, and she said it appeared to be a breach of a promise given last year that people already getting Pip (the personal independence payment) would not lose it. She said: I just don’t think that you get a disabled young person into work by taking away the money that helps the

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Sports

Barcelona v Arsenal: Women’s Champions League – live

⚽️ WCL updates from 5.45pm GMT kick-off ⚽️ Live scoreboard | And email Simon 2 mins: They kept the ball for about 15 seconds and haven’t seen it since. Eventually Caroline Graham Hansen plays a pass infield from the right and Ewa Pajor is so close to getting sent through on goal. Instead it runs through to Misa Rodriguez. 1 min: Peeeeeep! Arsenal kick off! Continue reading...

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Finance

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang to testify to US Congress amid scandal, reports say, as CFO Colette Kress replaces him as interim CEO – follow live

Nvidia’s value slumps by $888bn this week as scandal over longtime CEO’s two affairs, including with a suspected Chinese spy, engulfs chip maker Too big – and too well-connected – to sack? Huang does not enjoy the supercharged voting rights that are par for the course elsewhere – his shareholding is a plain vanilla 3.6%. On the other hand, Nvidia’s board does not appear to have spent much time worrying about succession planning and “key person risk” or other standard concerns of corporate governance wonks outside the US. Continue reading...

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Politics

UK ministers have no plans to publish explosive report on climate crisis

Andy Burnham’s newly appointed climate adviser used report to warn of national security risk from collapsing ecosystems The UK government still has no plans to publish an explosive report showing the national security risk from the collapse of ecosystems around the world – even after handing the key official behind the report a new advisory role. Andy Burnham addressed the Cop31 climate summit in Turkey on Thursday and said the UK was determined to reach net zero by 2050 and work with its partners to build a clean energy future. Continue reading...

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Finance

Home sales hit 16-year low in October amid record-high mortgage rates

Sales of built units fell to 3.75m in October, down by 8.8% from last year, with mortgage rates at nearly three-year high US existing home sales hit a 16-year low in October as buyers were driven away by record-high mortgage rates and rising inflation, according to new data released on Wednesday. Sales of already built units dropped to 3.75m in October, down by 8.8% from last year, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported. The median existing-home sales price increased slightly to $416,700. Declines in sales were seen in the midwest, south and west, though sales in the north-east he

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