Labour will today lead a cross-party move to stop Britain leaving the EU without a deal, laying a challenge to Boris Johnson who will launch his Tory leadership bid with a promise to complete Brexit by October 31.
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Three members of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee have warned the UK remains on track to raise interest rates several times over the next couple of years, despite a global slowdown in trade and the likelihood of falling interest rates in the US.
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Carbon emissions from the global energy industry last year rose at the fastest rate in almost a decade after extreme weather and surprise swings in global temperatures stoked extra demand for fossil fuels, says BP’s annual global energy report.
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Today the future of Philip Greens’ Arcadia retail empire could be decided at a critical meeting after a major landlord confirmed it would not back a revised deal to be put to creditors.
