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The Guardian view on venture capitalism: investor profits are no industrial strategy | Editorial

Higher returns for backers do not guarantee national prosperity. Public investment should develop domestic capabilities and meet urgent social needs Britain keeps selling its most valuable companies. The Financial Times calculates that 300 went to foreign buyers, mostly American, over the past decade. What if innovation were scaled up to serve social needs here rather than US investors’ profits? That is the provocation issued by the thinktank Common Wealth in a paper titled We Aren’t the Champions, which takes aim at the UK’s venture capital (VC) industry. The authors say that as long as the U

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Spare a thought for poor Nige, clearly missing his podcast chats with Russell Brand

It’s not been a good week for Farage. Aside from that interview and disrespect from the BBC, he’s lost another senior Reform official It’s a day late, but please observe a two-minute silence for Nigel Farage. Lest we forget. Sad to say, but Nige just hasn’t been quite the same since Sunday’s Remembrance service at the Cenotaph. Like me, you might have thought that he had been in Whitehall to honour those who had died in two world wars and subsequent armed conflicts. Only it turns out he was really there to commemorate himself. Through his personal valet, Richard Tice, Nige has let it be known

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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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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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Some young disabled people to lose Pip in Milburn plan – but can apply to local fund

Exclusive: Former health secretary wants to ‘tear up the old approach’, and end ongoing payments to certain under-25s Some young people with disabilities will lose their personal independence payments but will be able to apply to a local fund for short-term expenses and equipment, Alan Milburn’s review will recommend. While those with the most severe needs’ entitlement will be protected, others will be asked to apply for money for specific purposes rather than an ongoing payment. Continue reading...

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