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What does the UK’s soaring inflation rate mean?
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The headline rate of inflation in the UK has risen to 5.1% – its highest rate in a decade. The speed of increase has taken forecasters by surprise – last month the Bank of England said it expected inflation to peak at...
West Bengal elections go ahead despite India’s soaring Covid death toll
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Millions of Indians voted in elections in the state of West Bengal on Thursday despite fears that people going to the polls may contribute further to the country’s escalating coronavirus catastrophe. As long queues we...
The three Fs: why UK farmers fear the soaring cost of fertiliser, feed and fuel
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A tall fibreglass tank is under lock and key on Matt Culley’s arable farm in Hampshire. No wonder: the fertiliser contained inside has become an increasingly precious commodity. The cost of synthetic fertiliser, neces...
The Guardian view on soaring US gun violence: America must face the problem
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As Covid cases surge once more in the US, another public health crisis is pummelling the country too. 昨年, gun killings soared by around 4,000, to almost 20,000 in total – the worst single-year increase on recor...
The Guardian view on soaring energy bills: the less well-off need a new deal
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Even before global energy prices began to soar last spring, too many people in Britain could not afford to keep their homes warm in a cold winter. This year – amid a wider cost-of-living crisis driven by high inflatio...
The gap between Labour’s soaring rhetoric on mental health and the reality is galling
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They call it a last resort, but for people placed in seclusion in New Zealand mental health units it can feel like the beginning of a nightmare. “Seclusion” itself is something of a euphemism, a gentle name for lockin...
Tesco criticised as chief pockets £4.75m amid soaring prices
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Tesco has been criticised for paying its chief executive £4.75m last year, including the highest annual bonus awarded by the supermarket since 2016, as families struggle with rising food costs. Ken Murphy’s package in...
Tax soaring private jet use to fund green flying, レポートは言う
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Climate-heating emissions from private jet flights have soared in Europe since 2005, 報告によると. It calls for wealthy fliers to pay ticket taxes of €325m a year to fund the acceleration of zero-carbon aviat...
Taking the heat out of soaring energy prices
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Amid all the discussion about how to mitigate the cost of energy price rises for households (HS2は北部に多くの友達がいません, 3 2月), there has been no mention of how to cut energy use in the first place. Rather than offset the cost by d...
Swooping, soaring, murmurating: why the skies are full of starlings
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Driving through Ripon, [object Window], 先週, Hayley Blaymires was surprised to see thousands of birds swoop in spectacular formations across the sky. She had heard people talking about starling murmurations, 会社は多くのスキャンダルに没頭していた.
Soaring pollution has Delhi considering full weekend lockdown
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India’s capital, デリー, and several surrounding states have shut schools, imposed work-from-home orders and a full weekend lockdown of the city is being contemplated in an attempt to tackle the deadly levels of pollut...
Soaring house prices and cheap credit are creating the wrong sort of growth
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The average house price, according to the Nationwide building society, rose by £6,000 in April, or £200 a day. In the course of the month, the cost of property increased by 2.1% – the highest one-month jump since 2004...
Soaring energy prices leave UK comparison sites with little to compare
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Sergei the meerkat and his rival Gio Compario have put comparison websites at the heart of many people’s buying decisions, but soaring energy price rises and new rules on insurance sales mean challenging times for the...
Shelf shock: soaring supermarket prices shoppers find hard to swallow
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Inflation is rampant, and supermarket prices are no exception. Shoppers are returning to stores to find old favourites have leapt in price from one week to the next. The cost of consumer goods is spiralling at such a ...
Scottish Power profits drop amid soaring wholesale gas prices
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Scottish Power has reported a 39% drop in underlying profits at its division that delivers gas and electricity to households, as it was hit by soaring wholesale energy costs and low wind volumes. Keith Anderson, Scott...
Scott Morrison signals budget measures to counter soaring petrol prices and cost of living
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Scott Morrison has signalled further measures to counter the rising cost of living, potentially including temporary petrol excise cuts, as the Coalition mulls federal implications from the Liberal loss in South Austra...