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Miatta Fahnbulleh has sent a bulletin round to her constituents trying to justify her decision to approve the Jackdaw gas field project. Some extracts:
“I know for many of you it is not an easy decision but I wanted to take the time to explain how I got here. As a mother, I worry deeply about the world my children will inherit and this summer has shown the impacts of climate change are here to stay. We are making great strides in tackling the causes of climate change by investing in clean, green energy production – including Labour councillors’ £25 million for community-owned energy right here in Southwark…
I understand concerns about the impact on our climate of extracting more fossil fuels. But using our domestic supply is more environmentally friendly than importing gas from abroad. There is a clear, pragmatic case for agreeing consent to the Jackdaw project today…
I am very clear. This decision will not impact our legally binding carbon budgets nor our ability to meet net zero by 2050. These commitments remain and I will do everything in my power to ensure we meet them.
I know this decision will be met with protest and opposition, particularly here in Peckham. But Andy and I have been clear that we must be pragmatic in the decisions we take, protecting our country, our communities and using this decision to accelerate toward a clean energy future.”
An inspired argument from the Energy Secretary who wrote in 2022 that “we can’t have any new oil or gas fields” and argued they would worsen the cost of living. Volte-face – anyway, good luck convincing the eco-loons…
The Department for Transport ordered East Midlands Railway (EMR) to take “immediate action” this month on its intercity services, which are underperforming. Fair enough, except ministers are about to nationalise the lot. EMR is expected to be in public ownership by the end of 2027…
The earliest date the Government could end EMR’s contract without paying a penalty and take control was 18 October, so nationalisation is now looming. EMR maintains the DfT has not yet told it when that will actually happen. So Labour is ordering a private operator to fix the problems before the Government takes it on, meaning ministers can simply turn up on the platform for the photo op and announce that public ownership fixed it…
Harborough MP Neil O’Brien said: “They’ll spray the trains that are currently purple, blue, and then they’ll say we should all be very grateful for this.” Same trains, new paint, probably an even worse service…
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South Wales’ Labour Police and Crime Commissioner has handed consultancy firm EY £70,000 of taxpayer cash so the force can keep hold of a diversity badge. That EY itself created…
EY came up with the National Equality Standard in 2012 to verify that organisations “demonstrate the highest levels of DE&I proficiency” and still sponsors it. Its own “Trained NES Assessors” carry out assessments…
The contract, awarded by Emma Wools’ office in June, pays for “Services to allow South Wales Police to retain the National Equality Standard accreditation.” The standard includes interviews, a document review, a “culture assessment survey,” and a final report on diversity and inclusion. Just over five weeks’ work…
Three months after the deal was signed, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Service also found the force “hasn’t made the expected improvements in how it responds to calls from the public or investigates crime”, taking “too long for officers to attend incidents, particularly those involving domestic abuse”. Four of the eight areas examined were graded “requires improvement”. Were they stuck in a diversity seminar?
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said:
“Victims of domestic abuse in South Wales are waiting too long for police to turn up, and Labour’s crime commissioner is more focused on wasting taxpayer money on a diversity badge… Paying EY to renew a certificate that EY invented is a scandalous waste of money. Every penny of it should have gone on getting officers to victims faster.”
According to new quarterly crime statistics sexual offences have reached the highest level on record under this government at 600 of them every single day. Police are also recording more rapes of women than at any point since records began, at about 142 every day. More people are being caught carrying knives and bladed weapons than at any point since records began. A diverse set of stats there…
Thirty-two government services are unavailable (and four are partially down) amid the PHP cyber security crisis.
Tech Minister Baroness Lloyd has been updating the House of Lords on the coding attack – governments are taking down systems as a precaution after a set of AI agents uncovered a critical weakness in PHP code. No10 said it would “identify and fix potential exposures to our systems and our experts are continuing to work closely with both OpenAI and international partners on this issue. But this does not mean they were hacked, and work continues to resolve any issues.” Critical systems need to catch up, pronto…
Robert Jenrick on the Today programme:
“Can you now give a guarantee to your listeners this morning that no BBC presenter in the future will be exposed as a paedophile, as a number have been in the recent past? No, of course you can’t…”