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Lenders could get up to a year to respond to growing flood of complaints after shock court ruling last month The City regulator plans to intervene in the growing car loan mis-selling scandal in a move that could give lenders up to a year to respond to a growing flood of customer complaints after a shock court ruling.The Financial Conduct Authority has been under pressure to take action after a court of appeal ruling in October which said it was unlawful for two lenders to have paid a “secret” commission to car dealers without borrowers’ knowledge. Continue reading... Source link

Four-day exclusion zone an improper use of Marine Safety Act, judge rules, despite ‘skilful’ submission from transport minister Jo HaylenGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales supreme court has set aside a Minns government decision to cut off access to Newcastle harbour to try to prevent a four-day climate protest.The court found the notice was invalid after hearing an urgent application from climate activist organisation Rising Tide on Thursday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/21/nsw-government-bid-to-prevent-rising-tide-protest-in-newcastle-harbour-invalid-court-finds-ntwnfb Author : Lisa Cox and Jordyn Beazley Publish date : 2024-11-21

Lord Prescott, a former trade union activist and key figure in New Labour project has died at care home surrounded by familyBritish prime minister Keir Starmer says he is “deeply saddened” to hear that Prescott has died, and called him a “true giant of Labour”.In a statement on X, he said, “I am deeply saddened to hear of the death of John Prescott. John was a true giant of the Labour movement. On behalf of the Labour Party, I send my condolences to Pauline and his family, to the city of Hull, and to all those who knew and loved

Follow today’s news liveChaotic Sydney train shutdown averted after eleventh hour crisis talks with unionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales MPs condemned for ‘part-time’ parliamentary yearScores of NSW MPs will earn the equivalent of more than $10,000 per sitting week in 2025 after a bid to increase the year’s 16-week calendar was rejected, AAP reports.To do this, government MPs have to turn up to parliament and discuss matters. Voters won’t be happy that government MPs would prefer to hide in their electorate offices rather than turning up to parliament, where they face scrutiny.

Man, 23, in custody after stabbings in Moss Side on Sunday morning, which are being treated as isolated incidentA man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of a double murder after two men were fatally stabbed in Manchester.Police said they were called to Great Southern Street in the Moss Side area of the city at about 5am on Sunday, responding to reports of two people being stabbed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/17/police-make-arrest-after-two-men-fatally-stabbed-in-manchester Author : Mark Brown North of England correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-17 19:57:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The prime minister is expected to meet Xi Jinping in the wings of the international gathering. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHolmes à Court says electoral reform law being ‘rammed through’Simon Holmes à Court was asked what the electoral reform would mean for future and existing Teal candidates running with the assistance of Climate 200. He told ABC RN that the changes would “make it harder for community campaigns to win”.It’s too early to say how deeply this will affect the model. Between the explanatory memorandum and the legislative mission, there are

Labor government ‘not acting in good faith’ when it stands on global stage and promotes its climate credentials, special envoy at Cop29 saysPacific governments at a UN climate summit are criticising Australia’s plans for a massive gas industry expansion in Western Australia, saying it could result in 125 times more greenhouse gas emissions than their island nations release in a year.As the Cop29 summit in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku begins its second week, representatives from Vanuatu and Tuvalu have called on Australia to stop approving new fossil fuel developments, including a proposal to extend the life of Woodside’s North

Ukraine orders nationwide energy rationing after more than 200 missiles and drones used in attack that killed seven peopleRussia launched more than 200 missile and drones at Ukraine’s energy grid overnight and in the early morning, killing seven people in its largest-scale attack in months, and forcing the country to announce nationwide electricity rationing from Monday.Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s principal energy supplier, said blackouts and consumption restrictions would be introduced “in all regions” as engineers tried to repair as much of the damage to power facilities as possible. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/russia-targets-ukraines-power-grid-in-biggest-missile-strike-in-months-officials-say Author : Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv Publish date

Pankaj Lamba is the main suspect in death of Harshita Brella of Corby, whose body was discovered in IlfordAn international manhunt is under way for the husband of a woman who police believe was murdered and whose body was found in the boot of a car.On Sunday Northamptonshire police named Pankaj Lamba as the prime suspect in the murder of 24-year-old Harshita Brella of Corby. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/17/international-manhunt-begins-for-husband-pankaj-lamba-of-woman-harshita-brella-found-dead-in-car-boot Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date : 2024-11-17 18:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

PM does not rule out UK providing financial incentives to stop would-be asylum seekers making journeyKeir Starmer is supporting plans to look at Italian-style migration deals with other nations to reduce the number of small boat crossings, saying that the UK has “got to do everything we can” on the issue.Refusing to rule out seeking arrangements with Vietnam, Turkey and others to provide financial incentives to stop would-be asylum seekers setting out for the UK, Starmer stressed the need for as many approaches as possible. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/17/starmer-italian-style-migration-deals-crossings Author : Jessica Elgot in Cape Verde and Peter

Extremists including Tommy Robinson allies expected to attend but organisers say they want event to be nonpoliticalFar-right groups are seeking to hijack the farmers’ protest against tax changes introduced by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves.Extremists, including close associates of Tommy Robinson, have been using social media to urge supporters to turn up at the protest in London on Tuesday, as farming leaders sought to remind those attending of their responsibilities. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/17/far-right-groups-plan-to-hijack-farmers-protest-in-london-against-tax-changes Author : Ben Quinn and Helena Horton Publish date : 2024-11-17 16:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Police notified after former trustees and current chief executive of Actors’ Benevolent Fund were sent notesA bitter feud that tore apart an illustrious actors’ charity has been reignited by the emergence of poison pen letters threatening former trustees.The annual meeting of the Actors’ Benevolent Fund (ABF) takes place on Tuesday after at least three years of turmoil with little prospect that it will pass off uneventfully. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/nov/17/you-should-be-afraid-poison-pen-letters-reignite-uk-actors-fund-feud Author : Mark Brown Publish date : 2024-11-17 16:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Claims management company expects claims over collapsed Neil Woodford fund to exceed £200mMore than 5,000 people who invested in Neil Woodford’s collapsed equity fund are suing Hargreaves Lansdown, claiming that the investment platform was still promoting the fund even when it was aware of its problems.The number of people suing Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK’s largest investment site, has almost doubled in the past two years, according to the claims management firm RGL Management. Two years ago the number of people taking part stood at 2,750. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/17/leap-number-investors-suing-hargreaves-lansdown-neil-woodford Author : Julia Kollewe Publish date : 2024-11-17 15:28:00

Pro-business party internally referred to its plans as ‘D-day’Germany’s pro-business Free Democrats, who collapsed Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition earlier this month in a dispute over the budget, reportedly plotted their exit weeks before the final split, referring to their plans internally as “D-day”.Newspapers Die Zeit and Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that the FDP had intended from at least September to force a situation that would provoke the German chancellor into pulling the plug on his tripartite coalition. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/free-democrats-reportedly-planned-german-coalition-exit-weeks-before-final-split Author : Kate Connolly in Berlin Publish date : 2024-11-17 14:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Minor party’s offer, which includes ban on native-forest logging, represents its second concession on stalled legislation in less than a weekGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Greens have dropped their demand for a climate trigger to be incorporated in the government’s stalled Nature Positive legislation, indicating they are now prepared to pass the bills in return for a Australia-wide ban on native-forest logging alone.The party has previously refused to support Labor’s legislation, insisting that both a climate trigger and forest-logging ban must be included.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link

Mohammed Afif killed in first Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in more than a month, official saysHere are some images from the scene in Beirut, where an Israeli strike is believed to have killed Hezbollah spokesperson Mohammed Afif:Sunday’s strike by Israel killed one person – reported to be Hezbollah spokesperson Mohammed Afif – and injured three, according to the Lebanon health ministry. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/17/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-strike-hezbollah-beirut-mohammed-afif Author : Claire Phipps Publish date : 2024-11-17 13:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Attack in Beit Lahiya follows reports of deadly attacks elsewhere in territory as Israel also strikes targets in Lebanon Dozens of Palestinians have been killed or injured by an Israeli strike on a multistorey residential building in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, local medics and officials in the territory have said.The government media office in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, put the number of those killed at 72. It said the strike on Sunday morning hit a residential building that housed six families. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/dozens-reported-killed-israeli-airstrike-residential-building-north-gaza Author : Jason Burke in Jerusalem Publish date : 2024-11-17 12:11:00

Margaret Hodge and Andrew Mitchell criticise ‘dither and delay’ that they say protects corruption and conflictOpen registers are only way to stop dirty moneyThe UK’s offshore financial centres must fall in behind plans to stop “dirty money” by publishing registers of corporate ownership, leading political campaigners have said, as Labour pledged not to cave in to lobbying designed to weaken the proposals.Labour’s Dame Margaret Hodge and the Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell hit out at “dither and delay”, ahead of this week’s summit between UK government officials and overseas territories, such as the British Virgin Islands (BVIs) and Cayman Islands, in

Brown bears, introduced into Trentino province 20 years ago, have begun to clash with the local human populationFranca Gherardini used to cherish the sublime views from her home in Caldes, a village surrounded by forests on the slopes of the Brenta Dolomites in northern Italy’s Trentino province.But now she tries to shut out the scene as much as possible, rolling down the window canopy in the morning to avoid looking towards the area where her son, Andrea Papi, 26, was killed by a bear. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/how-fatal-bear-attack-led-italian-comune-rally-against-rewilding Author : Angela Giuffrida in Caldes Publish date : 2024-11-17

Biggest air strike in months raises fears for Ukraine energy infrastructure ahead of winter monthsSome more details from the air strikes overnight on Ukraine, as further casualty figures have been released. Two people were killed in an attack on a rail depot in the Dnipropetrovsk region of central Ukraine, Reuters reports.Meanwhile in Lviv, near the border with Poland, a woman in a car was killed by the attack according to the region’s governor. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/17/ukraine-war-live-russia-massive-missile-strike-energy-grid Author : Harry Taylor Publish date : 2024-11-17 10:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Key parliamentary report focuses on decision by Facebook owner to abandon three-year-old deal to pay for news contentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian government should consider imposing a “digital platform levy” – a tax on tech companies like Meta and Google – as well as establishing a fund to help traditional news media organisations “strengthen alternative income streams”, a parliamentary committee has recommended.The government-controlled joint select committee on social media and Australian society has released its second interim report, focused on Meta’s decision to abandon its deals with Australian news organisations under the

Labour invite the public to share their experiences, views and ideas on fixing the NHS in a nation-wide consultationGood morning. When the Labour government came into power, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, declared on his first day in office “the policy of this department is that the NHS is broken”. The government is going to published a 10-year health plan to fix it, and it is due to be published next spring.Streeting has said the plan will involve three main elements: moving from analogue to digital; more focus on primary care, not hospital care; and more focus on prevention. Keir

Industry bodies say over-ordering is eroding profitability as big sellers clamp down on practiceShoppers with a habit of returning goods bought online to retailers will send back £1,400 of products each this year, totalling £6.6bn, a UK report has found.Serial returners account for 11% of shoppers, but are on course to account for almost a quarter of the £27bn forecast returns this year, according to the report by the return logistics company ZigZag and the research company Retail Economics. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/21/serial-returners-send-back-66bn-of-online-purchases-a-year-in-uk-report-finds Author : Joanna Partridge Publish date : 2024-10-21 07:00:08 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

The Indigenous senator’s outburst is her highest-profile protest yet, bringing her face to face with her long-term adversary: the British monarchyThe Australian federal senator who interrupted a parliamentary reception for King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Monday has a history of activism and protest for progressive causes and Indigenous rights, courting controversy with a series of prominent public demonstrations through her political career.Lidia Thorpe, a senator for the state of Victoria, yelled “give us our land back”, “fuck the colony” and “you are not my king” during an event in Parliament House on the royals’ Australian tour. Continue reading...

Treasurer says ‘peak of inflation is now in the rear-view mirror’. Follow the day’s news liveAllan calls out opposition to housing planJacinta Allan said that “Nimby-ism” – aka a “not in my backyard” approach to new housing – was “one way to describe” how opponents to her plan are feeling.We’ve got to this point because the loudest voices, who don’t necessarily represent all of the community, have particularly got in the way of building new homes. They’ve been the blockers. They’re particularly Liberal members of parliament, like we saw yesterday in Brighton, and we’ve got Monique Ryan, who is not