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I have found the best Christmas gifts you can give (spoiler: they’re all free)

Paint a friend’s ceiling, fix their bike, babysit. There’s joy to be had if you pull yourself off the meathook of consumerism, says journalist and author Nell Frizzell

The Guardian - UK

Mum only wears vintage clothes and refuses to set foot in high street stores

Hannah Johnson is a vintage expert and has shared her top tips for hunting for charity shop bargains

Chronicle Live

Slash Christmas gift bills by hundreds of pounds - full list of what to buy and where

In Day Two of our Cost of Living Christmas savings special, we’ve found more than £1,000 of savings - our guide looks at the best bargains to find for gifts and toys, no matter your budget

Daily Mirror

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The Walrus Talks at Home: Inequality

Millions of people around the world are suffering extreme poverty, yet the rich only get richer. What’s at stake?

The Walrus

We know sweatshop clothing is bad – and buy it anyway. Here's how your brain makes excuses

You face a dilemma. You’ve found the perfect shirt, and it’s an absolute bargain, but you notice it’s “Made in Bangladesh”. You’re conscious it was probably made using cheap labour. Do you buy it, or walk away?

The Conversation

Naughty or nice? Retailers named and shamed ahead of Christmas shopping rush

Retailers have been named and shamed ahead of the Christmas rush for failing to fess up about conditions for workers in their supply chains.

The New Daily

Over a third of Christmas shoppers plan to cut spending budget this festive season

Two-thirds are worried about the cost-of-living crisis - and more than half will spend less per person this Christmas compared to last year

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One-third of Britons ‘to slash Christmas spending amid cost of living crisis’

‘This year we hope people won’t feel pressurised into spending more they can afford,’ says Oxfam

The Independent UK

‘A great outcome’: Charities welcome protection to benefits and pensions in Autumn Statement

Benefits will rise by 10.1% from April in line with the rate of inflation in September, at a cost of £11 billion

Evening Standard

Energy transition must be fair

As Cambodia welcomes Asean heads of state to Phnom Penh for the 40th and 41st Asean Summits, we can expect the energy-hungry lights will be blazing and the air conditioners to hum across the capital. This meeting takes place at a critical time globally with an unprecedented energy crisis and…

Bangkok Post

Investments of 125 billionaires have the same carbon footprint as France, study finds

Researchers at Oxfam, a nonprofit devoted to combating poverty, examined billionaires who collectively own $2.4 trillion in company equity, with investments across 183 companies.

WEKU

125 billionaires produced the same carbon footprint as the entire country of France

The carbon footprint of investments made by the world's wealthiest individuals drastically outsizes the average footprint of the bottom 90% of humanity, according to an Oxfam report.

Fortune

Afternoon Update: Twitter bans impersonators; Crown fined $120m; and billionaires polluting the planet

Elon Musk says he is still committed to free speech despite account bans. And Scott Morrison gets a warning from the attorney general

The Guardian - AU

Billionaires responsible for TEN TIMES the carbon emissions of Scotland, Oxfam says

BILLIONAIRES are responsible for one million times more greenhouse gas emissions than the average person, new research from Oxfam has found.

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Super-rich’s carbon investment emissions ‘equivalent to whole of France’

Analysis examining carbon impact of billionaires’ investments published as Cop27 talks get under way

Al Jazeera

Climate emergency: Will polluting rich nations pay reparations?

Group of 134 developing nations plans to fight at climate summit for a crucial loss and damage financial facility.

The Guardian - UK

This Kent migrant crisis proves it: the cruel ‘hostile environment’ policy lives on

How can our leaders celebrate the lives of migrants who arrived 50 years ago, yet be so inhumane towards those who need help now, asks Oxfam’s Danny Sriskandarajah

The Conversation

Why inequality is growing in the US and around the world

U.S. income inequality grew in 2021 for the first time in a decade, according to data the Census Bureau released in September 2022.

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The Guardian - UK

Good Pop, Bad Pop by Jarvis Cocker audiobook review – rummaging in the attic

Adrian Mole-ish snapshots of young, pre-fame Jarvis and his pop-stardom masterplan

Newsroom.co.nz

In fairness to New Zealand’s tax and transfer system

Dodgy statistical work to generate headlines supporting higher taxation risks eroding the credibility of Oxfam’s aid work.

Manchester Evening News

Manchester's best outfits this week with looks from H&M, Primark, Zara, Topshop and PrettyLittleThing

It may have been a drizzly day in Manchester, but there was nothing dampening the sense of style of Mancs for this week's Steal Their Style

Nottingham Post

Hundreds of pounds of damage as van smashed into Nottingham shop

It is the second incident in just a few days

Daily Mirror

How to get £5 voucher for John Lewis, H&M and M&S by donating your old clothes

Retail giants like John Lewis and M&S have decided to play their part by incentivising customers to return underused, unwanted or even worn-out garments in exchange for discounts

Tribune News Service

Governments stoked global inequality since pandemic, study finds

Governments across the world chose policies that deepened economic inequality after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research.

Al Jazeera

South Korea improving on inequality, Hong Kong slipping: Oxfam

UK-based charity says rich and poor countries alike exacerbated rising economic inequality during the pandemic.

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