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Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy - @bylinetimes.bsky.social

“a colossal waste of money that actively worsens the climate crisis even with carbon capture”.

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A fossil fuel project in Teesside has landed a £10bn subsidy for a fairytale carbon capture technology -recent studies show the plant’s total emissions would far exceed any carbon stored under the sea

Read more about this second, new challenge to Net Zero Teesside
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We need the right homes, in the right place, at the right price.

An obsessive focus on housing numbers fails to take the holistic approach needed.
We have already seen the results of this numbers game - developments built on green fields delivering high-priced, car-dependent homes without the required local services, GPs, shops, public transport.

Homes should be built to meet the needs of local communities, rather than what offers developers the greatest profit.
That means a high proportion of new homes must be truly affordable council & social housing built to the highest environmental standards so energy bills are kept low.

Insult to local democracy: local people & those elected to represent them should have the right to have a say over major changes to their local community. Instead, the government seems happy to bulldoze its way through the local planning system & pander to the interests of private developers.

National Planning Policy

Painting the local planning process as the ‘block’ on achieving housing targets is misguided.
There are over 1 million homes with planning consent in the UK waiting to be built. District planning authorities approve the majority of planning applications.

Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI

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🐝 The @biggive.bsky.social’s #ChristmasChallenge is LIVE!

🌎 This #GivingTuesday, donate once to Zero Hour—and make twice the impact.

🎁 From 3-10 December, every £ you donate to help deliver the Climate and Nature Bill will be DOUBLED!

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The Police and Crime Commissioner, Sarah Taylor, has launched the Annual Police Budget Consultation for 2025/2026. It closes on Friday 13 December 2024. To have your say click on:
www.norfolk-pcc.gov.uk/key-informat...

Article in the Eastern Daily Press by Adrian Ramsay, Green MP for Waveney Valley on 26 November 2024. "The government should look again at its figures - and make sure its policies add up to a new deal for farmers. One which sees tax loopholes closed, family farms supported, food security protected."

Views sought on the proposed Zebra Crossing in Blofield on Plantation Road. Closes 3rd December 2024
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Norfolk County Council is consulting on its budget until 16 December. This includes a survey on turning off some streetlights. The link to the surveys are here: norfolk.citizenspace.com/consultation...

Broadland District Council is consulting on the Budget
Broadland District Council is running a budget consultation which is open until 20 December 2024. For more information and to have your say go to www.southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk/council/broa...

Following the sudden closure of Brundall pharmacy four weeks ago when an agency substitute pharmacist failed to turn up, Well Pharmacy assured me they would ensure customers can access their prescriptions. I believe the pharmacy has maintained their opening hours but let me know if this changes.