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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

Daily Mirror

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

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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

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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.

The National (Scotland)

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Al Jazeera

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 Guardian - UK

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.

The Conversation

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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.

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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.

The Guardian - UK

Half of poorest countries have cut health spending despite Covid, says Oxfam

Analysis of budgets finds rich nations, including UK, ‘exacerbated explosion of economic inequality’

The Guardian - UK

World Bank ‘has given nearly $15bn to fossil fuel projects since Paris deal’

A group of 50 NGOs found that bank and subsidiaries had funded oil refinery and gas processing

The Guardian - UK

World Bank criticised over climate crisis spending

Oxfam research suggests up to 40% of bank’s reported climate-related spending cannot be accounted for

WEKU

The number of hungry people has doubled in 10 countries. A new report explains why

The charity Oxfam has issued a new report on hunger and climate change. In countries most severely affected, the number of people experiencing acute hunger has doubled in just 6 years.

Evening Standard

Best sustainable gifts for Christmas 2022 for eco friendly giving

Eco-friendly gifts that your friends, family and the planet will love

The Guardian - UK

Extreme hunger soaring in world’s climate hotspots, says Oxfam

Charity says 19 million people facing starvation in report highlighting link with extreme weather

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