More than 20% of each manufacturer’s new cars sold in 2024 must be zero-emission or they will potentially face fines of £15,000. Photograph: John Walton/PA More than 20% of each manufacturer’s new cars sold in 2024 must be zero-emission or they will potentially face fines of £15,000. Photograph: John Walton/PA UK carmakers will have to… Continue reading UK carmakers will have to meet electric car sales targets despite Sunak U-turn
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US autoworkers to expand strikes amid contract stalemate: ‘We’re not messing around’
United Auto Workers selected local unions to strike rather than staging a mass walkout. Photograph: Paul Sancya/AP United Auto Workers selected local unions to strike rather than staging a mass walkout. Photograph: Paul Sancya/AP US autoworkers to expand strikes amid contract stalemate: ‘We’re not messing around’ UAW to launch additional strikes if agreements with General… Continue reading US autoworkers to expand strikes amid contract stalemate: ‘We’re not messing around’
Rishi Sunak defies critics and presses on with net zero U-turn
02:10 ‘You’re making claims that aren’t true’: Sunak pressed on scrapping ‘meat tax’ proposal – audio Rishi Sunak defies critics and presses on with net zero U-turn Prime minister ignores advice of official body and says UK still on track to meet 2050 target UK politics live – latest updates Rishi Sunak has vowed to… Continue reading Rishi Sunak defies critics and presses on with net zero U-turn
Rishi Sunak rolls back net zero targets in reset of UK climate policies – video
Play Video 2:52 The prime minister has announced the scrapping or watering down of some of the UK’s net zero targets, pushing back a ban on diesel and petrol vehicles from 2030 to 2035 and weakening a plan to phase out the installation of gas boilers by 2035 Rishi Sunak confirms rollback of key green… Continue reading Rishi Sunak rolls back net zero targets in reset of UK climate policies – video
Car firms condemn Sunak’s plan to delay petrol and diesel vehicle ban
The net zero U-turn ‘will cause a huge headache for manufacturers’, said one car industry expert. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock The net zero U-turn ‘will cause a huge headache for manufacturers’, said one car industry expert. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock Car firms condemn Sunak’s plan to delay petrol and diesel vehicle ban UK prime minister’s move to… Continue reading Car firms condemn Sunak’s plan to delay petrol and diesel vehicle ban
Sunak holds emergency cabinet meeting on net zero plan after backlash from left and right – UK politics live
06.59 EDT No 10 confirms that Sunak to deliver his speech on anticipated net zero policies U-turn this afternoon No 10 has now confirmed that Rishi Sunak will deliver a speech on the changes to his net zero policies in Downing Street this afternoon. Unless the reporting has all been 100% wrong, and no one from… Continue reading Sunak holds emergency cabinet meeting on net zero plan after backlash from left and right – UK politics live
Strikes aren’t bad for the US economy. They’re the best thing that could happen | Robert Reich
‘As I travel around the country, I hear from average working people an anger and bitterness I haven’t heard for decades.’ Photograph: Matthew Hatcher/AFP/Getty Images ‘As I travel around the country, I hear from average working people an anger and bitterness I haven’t heard for decades.’ Photograph: Matthew Hatcher/AFP/Getty Images Strikes aren’t bad for the… Continue reading Strikes aren’t bad for the US economy. They’re the best thing that could happen | Robert Reich
‘We build those cars’: US workers on Ford picket line demand a fair share
Striking United Auto Workers walk the picket line outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Friday. Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters Striking United Auto Workers walk the picket line outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Friday. Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters ‘We build those cars’: US workers on Ford picket line demand… Continue reading ‘We build those cars’: US workers on Ford picket line demand a fair share
UAW strike: Bernie Sanders commends ‘fight against corporate greed’ – video
Play Video The Vermont senator Bernie Sanders said US motor workers were ‘fighting against corporate greed’ as he spoke in support of the biggest automotive industry strike in decades. Speaking to members of the United Auto Workers union at a rally in Detroit, Michigan, Sanders said it was reasonable for employees at the largest US… Continue reading UAW strike: Bernie Sanders commends ‘fight against corporate greed’ – video
UAW strike: union to resume contract negotiations on Saturday – as it happened
17.19 EDT Bernie Sanders at UAW rally: ‘The average American worker today is worse off than he or she was 50 years ago’ “Despite record breaking corporate profits, despite corporate America spending hundreds of billions on dividends and stock buybacks, the average American worker today is worse off than he or she was 50 years ago,”… Continue reading UAW strike: union to resume contract negotiations on Saturday – as it happened