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Energy activists and politicians have expressed reservations about a decision by an Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) subcommittee to cut the electricity rate from May to August, saying it does not address the real cause of expensive power bills.

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Rishi Sunak goes into the weekend one ally down after Dominic Raab’s resignation but having avoided a rebellion from the right-wing of his party on the small boats crisis and having potentially shaken off the “red Rishi” tag for good. 

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is expected to announce a reduction in the fuel tariff (Ft) from May to August on Friday, which will bring down the power tariff rate for households to 4.70 baht per kilowatt-hour unit, from 4.77 baht per unit.

The London Marathon is braced for disruption from Just Stop Oil after an activist from the protest group covered one of the tables at the World Snooker Championship with orange powder earlier this week. 

The chair of the BBC may be forced to resign over alleged conflicts of interest after failing to declare his involvement in a loan worth £800,000 to the then prime minister Boris Johnson. 

RICHARD Sharp, the Tory donor installed at the top of the BBC chair by Boris Johnson’s government, will likely be forced to step down ...

Ticket prices for flights are expected to rise in the coming years as the airline industry wrestles with the costs of reaching net zero by 2050.

President Joe Biden’s big spending packages for American industry are starting to have an impact.

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