Reform UK councillor calls man-made global warming a ‘hoax’

A senior Reform UK councillor has been criticised after claiming man-made global warming is a “hoax”. Bert Bingham, cabinet member for transport and environment at Nottinghamshire County Council, made the comments during a public meeting on Thursday. He claimed data is “manipulated” and people have been “brainwashed over time through the media”. Bingham declined the…

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UK economy unexpectedly contracted 0.1% in May

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK economy contracted 0.1 per cent in May, despite analysts’ expectations of a small uptick, in a sign of the challenges facing chancellor Rachel Reeves and the Labour government. The fall in output for…

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