There has been a 48% rise in sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the UK this year. Photograph: Taina Sohlman/Alamy View image in fullscreen There has been a 48% rise in sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the UK this year. Photograph: Taina Sohlman/Alamy UK urged no…

The Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency plans to close facilities that cost less than $1 to rent while keeping open one that costs $1 million.

The Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency plans to close facilities that cost less than $1 to rent while keeping open one that costs $1 million.

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Andy Burnham visits a pub and chats to the landlord as part of his campaign for the Makerfield byelection. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters View image in fullscreen Andy Burnham visits a pub and chats to the landlord as part of his campaign for the Makerfield byelection. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters Burnham pledges business rate cuts for pubs, cafes and other small businesses Greater Manchester mayor’s proposals amount to a notable criticism of Keir Starmer’s policy in the area Andy Burnham has proposed a 20% cut to business rates for pubs with many smaller, family-run enterprises taken out of paying the levy altogether, in his first major policy initiative during the Makerfield byelection. Burnham’s plans amount to a notable criticism of Keir Starmer’s policy in the area. The Greater Manchester mayor said: “Labour have got it wrong on small businesses.” He has been wary of discussing concrete policy decisions, in part because of a desire to focus on the current contest, but also because he has said he would not want to go beyond what Labour promised in its election manifesto. But in a policy statement released by his team on Friday, Burnham acknowledged criticism of the government’s policies towards small businesses, and particularly pubs, pledging help on business rates. Under his plan, pubs, clubs and music venues would receive a 20% cut next year, while smaller, independent hospitality, leisure and retail companies would have the threshold for paying business rates raised for the first time since 2017, taking many outside the scope of the tax. A taper system would avoid a payments cliff edge. The cuts would be paid for, according to the proposal, by higher levies on giant warehouses operated by online firms such as Amazon, and targeting the owners of empty high street properties. “I am willing to be honest about where we have fallen short and say that my party has got this wrong in government,” Burnham said in the statement. “They have undervalued the contribution these businesses make to our livelihoods and our communities. ‘I wouldn’t flinch’: Burnham on social care, markets, Brexit – and the prospect of a general election Read more “Our high streets matter to me because they matter to the people who live here. I want to make sure that these family-owned businesses, as the heart and soul of this country, are protected and given the chance to thrive.” The proposals go further than a Treasury plan announced in January for a 15% cut to business rates for pubs in England from 1 April, with bills then frozen in real terms for a further two years. It followed a backlash in the hospitality sector against changes to business rates announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget in November with warnings of potentially widespread closures and job losses, particularly in pubs. Despite the support package, UKHospitality, which represents the sector, said the majority of members still expected to pay more in business rates and that this on top of a high

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A Labor MP has declared victory in the debate over the government’s tax reforms, engaging in a bit of meta-commentary at the end of parliament’s sitting fortnight. Julian Hill made the comments on the ABC’s Afternoon Briefing on Thursday. Hill said: double quotation mark I believe the government’s w…

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