Rishi Sunak could stop the living standards squeeze if he wanted to
The government's deference to the market is transforming inflation into a full-blown crisis.
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How phasing out Russian oil could deepen the cost-of-living crisis
Boris Johnson has spent a week trying to woo Gulf leaders in an attempt to secure alternative energy supplies.
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Blaming Putin for energy prices is a cover for the government’s own mistakes
Consumers are being asked to shoulder the cost of the UK’s failure to decarbonise.
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The forest whisperer Suzanne Simard: Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk should pay up
The scientist who unearthed the “wood wide web” calls on governments and green billionaires to meet the climate challenge
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Boycotting Russia’s oligarch-run timber trade would deliver an overdue rebuke
Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine should bring renewed focus to the depletion of global forests, not provide an excuse to…
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Our addiction to oil has paid for Putin’s war
High oil prices and the West's failure to diversify its energy mix have bankrolled a tyrannical regime.
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The war in Ukraine will deepen the UK’s cost-of-living crisis
Gas, petrol and food prices will squeeze households even further after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Russian stocks plummet as troops enter Ukraine
The benchmark MOEX Russia Index fell by 45 per cent this morning.
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