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South China Morning Post
a day ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong to impose new emission caps on local power plants from 2030
Hong Kong environmental authorities will impose new emission caps on power plants from 2030 in a bid to further improve local air quality, with a major electricity firm pledging to import more zero-carbon energy from mainland China. Advertisement The Environment and Ecology Bureau said on Friday that it would further cut the electricity sector's annual emission allowances for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and respirable suspended particulates (RSPs). In five years, the allowances would be reduced by 19 per cent, 25 per cent and 14 per cent, respectively, it said. The reductions will translate into 2,302 tonnes of sulphur dioxide, 8,350 tonnes of nitrogen oxides and 317 tonnes of RSPs, according to the 10th Technical Memorandum for the Allocation of Emission Allowances, which outlines the emission caps. CLP's Black Point gas-fired power station in the New Territories. Photo: Martin Chan The bureau said the new caps were decided after considering factors such as the local electricity demand, the gas-fired electricity generation of the city's two main power companies, the emission performance of existing generating units, the estimated import amount for nuclear power and clean energy, and the projected electricity intake from renewable energy sources. Advertisement The city's two main suppliers are HK Electric, which provides power to Hong Kong Island, and CLP Power, which covers Kowloon and the New Territories.
New Indian Express
3 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Shub din for Punjab as its ‘puttar' takes lead
At 25, Shubman Gill has scripted history by becoming the first India Test captain from Punjab since Bishan Singh Bedi (1976-78). Gill, who is used to seeing fans go gaga over him in the stadium, has now become the cynosure of all eyes in the state's political circles. From Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring to SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, leaders cutting across party lines hailed him as the next big leader in the sport. 'Heartiest congratulations to all Punjabis on our 'Punjab Da Puttar' @Shubmangill becoming India's new Test cricket captain!'' Badal wrote on X. AAP in dock over arrest of its MLA in graft case Things looked up for AAP MLA from Jalandhar (Central) Raman Arora when he first stepped into politics. But in a dramatic fall from grace, he was recently arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau in a corruption case. Far from being embarrassed by the legislator's arrest, AAP is seizing the development to score brownie points with voters, suggesting that the party is so upright that it doesn't even spare its own leaders found to be tainted. However, the party's Amritsar (North) MLA, former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, does not seem to buy it. Singh, who never shies away from pointing fingers at his own party, expressed concerns about Arora's proximity to CM Bhagwant Mann's family. Cong legislature party leader not named yet The Congress high command is in no hurry to name Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader in Haryana. But Haryana Congress chief Udhay Bhan is still loyal to former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda. As the meeting of the Haryana assembly selection committee was delayed due to non-availability of CLP leader for the selection of the state information commissioner, the BJP-led state government asked Bhan to nominate the seniormost leader to represent the party in the meeting. Bhan nominated Hooda for the meeting. The 3-member committee comprised of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Hooda instead of leader of opposition and minister-in-charge. Harpreet Bajwa Our correspondent in Chandigarh hsbajwa73@
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Reeves faces anger from her local party over plans to cut disability benefits
Rachel Reeves' local Labour party will call for the chancellor to abandon her plans to cut disability benefits as rebellion among MPs over the policy grows. The Leeds West and Pudsey constituency Labour party (CLP), which campaigned to return Reeves to parliament last year as its MP, has agreed to write to her 'as soon as possible' to make clear it does not support the cuts. The Guardian has been told by a Labour source that the motion – at a meeting on Zoom on Thursday night – passed unanimously, with 30 delegates voting for and zero voting against or abstaining. An earlier vote at a meeting of the CLP in April at the Villagers Community Club in Bramley in Leeds – which Reeves attended in person but left before the issue was discussed – reportedly had to be abandoned because there were not enough members present to vote on the motion. One source said: 'It says something about the morale of the party that the original meeting didn't even have enough people there to pass the vote. One would expect Labour members to be excited at the opportunity to meet with the chancellor less than a year into a Labour government.' The government's plans, set out in a green paper earlier this year, would reduce the eligibility criteria for personal independence payments (Pip), the main disability benefit in England. Restricting Pip would cut benefits for about 800,000 people, while the sickness-related element of universal credit is also set to be cut. Opposition on Reeves's home patch comes as the government faces a rebellion from its backbenchers over the plans. About 100 Labour MPs, more than a quarter of the party's parliamentary numbers, are reported to have signed a letter urging ministers to scale back the benefit cuts, according to media reports. Some MPs have expressed resentment at how the leadership is said to be handling opposition to the changes. One newly elected MP said: 'There hasn't been any real attempt at engagement. It's been left to backbenchers to hustle for a meeting. They almost see it as a virility test. It's not helpful politics.' Relations have been further strained after a highly critical letter published in the Guardian last week – in which 42 MPs told the prime minister that planned disability cuts would be 'impossible to support' – did not get a response from Keir Starmer's office. The MP added: 'You'd think the leadership would say: 'I'm a bit pissed you went to the papers but let's talk about what you said.' No one has made any overtures.' There is understood to be unrest among newly elected MPs who feel they are being expected to defend policies they were not elected for while not being allowed any input. One MP said: 'Unless the government comes up with the idea, it doesn't count. It's a case of the new intake thinking: 'I haven't realised I'm irrelevant.'' Another senior backbencher said: 'I strongly think No 10 see the PLP as a problem to be dealt with. The advisers around Keir think the PLP is an inconvenience of government.' The government said the proposals could recover £5bn a year from the welfare budget by the end of the decade. When asked last week what her message to concerned Labour backbenchers was, Reeves said: 'I don't think anybody, including Labour MPs and members, think that the current welfare system created by the Conservative party is working today. They know that the system needs reform. We do need to reform how the welfare system works if we're going to grow our economy.' • This article was amended on 22 May 2025. The April meeting of the CLP was not abandoned fully, as an earlier version said; rather, the motion had to be stopped because the meeting was inquorate. This has been clarified.
Glasgow Times
21-05-2025
- Business
- Glasgow Times
£5 billion welfare cuts needed to ‘save' system, Kendall to say
Liz Kendall is expected to say there is a 'risk' the welfare state would collapse without the proposed changes, which include tightening the eligibility criteria for the main disability benefit in England, the personal independence payment (Pip). Restricting Pip would slash benefits for about 800,000 people, while the sickness-related element of universal credit is also set to be cut. The package of measures is aimed at reducing the number of working-age people on sickness benefits, which grew during the pandemic and has remained high since. The Government hopes the proposals can save £5 billion a year by the end of the decade. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall visits the Bentley factory in Crewe, Cheshire, following the launch of the Government's Immigration White Paper. Picture date: Tuesday May 13, 2025. 'Unless we ensure public money is focused on those with the greatest need and is spent in ways that have the best chance of improving people's lives, the risk is the welfare state won't be there for people who really need it in the future,' she is expected to say in a speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research think tank. She will say the Government is 'grasping the nettle of welfare reform. Not for the sake of it, but to save it'. The aim is to give people 'opportunities' so they can 'build a better life', she will say. The Government appears intent to press ahead with the plans amid mounting opposition. Some 100 Labour MPs – more than a quarter of the party's parliamentary numbers – are reported to have signed a letter urging ministers to scale back welfare cuts under consideration. In a separate, earlier letter, 42 MPs said the cuts were 'impossible to support'. Rachel Reeves's local Labour party, Leeds West and Pudsey Constituency Labour Party (CLP), has, meanwhile, agreed to write to the Chancellor voicing its opposition to the cuts. In a motion seen by the PA news agency, the CLP said disabled people 'are not responsible for the state of the national finances and should not be made to pay the price for Tory economic mismanagement'. Media reports have suggested ministers could remove the two-child benefit cap or reconsider its decision to means-test the winter fuel payment for pensioners to placate Labour rebels.
South Wales Guardian
21-05-2025
- Business
- South Wales Guardian
£5 billion welfare cuts needed to ‘save' system, Kendall to say
Liz Kendall is expected to say there is a 'risk' the welfare state would collapse without the proposed changes, which include tightening the eligibility criteria for the main disability benefit in England, the personal independence payment (Pip). Restricting Pip would slash benefits for about 800,000 people, while the sickness-related element of universal credit is also set to be cut. The package of measures is aimed at reducing the number of working-age people on sickness benefits, which grew during the pandemic and has remained high since. The Government hopes the proposals can save £5 billion a year by the end of the decade. 'Unless we ensure public money is focused on those with the greatest need and is spent in ways that have the best chance of improving people's lives, the risk is the welfare state won't be there for people who really need it in the future,' she is expected to say in a speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research think tank. She will say the Government is 'grasping the nettle of welfare reform. Not for the sake of it, but to save it'. The aim is to give people 'opportunities' so they can 'build a better life', she will say. The Government appears intent to press ahead with the plans amid mounting opposition. Some 100 Labour MPs – more than a quarter of the party's parliamentary numbers – are reported to have signed a letter urging ministers to scale back welfare cuts under consideration. In a separate, earlier letter, 42 MPs said the cuts were 'impossible to support'. Rachel Reeves's local Labour party, Leeds West and Pudsey Constituency Labour Party (CLP), has, meanwhile, agreed to write to the Chancellor voicing its opposition to the cuts. In a motion seen by the PA news agency, the CLP said disabled people 'are not responsible for the state of the national finances and should not be made to pay the price for Tory economic mismanagement'. Media reports have suggested ministers could remove the two-child benefit cap or reconsider its decision to means-test the winter fuel payment for pensioners to placate Labour rebels.
