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The long-anticipated Heat and Buildings Strategy has been published (Tuesday 19 October 2021), which sets out the government’s plan to significantly cut carbon emissions from the UK’s 30 million homes and workplaces in a simple, low-cost and green way.

The UK Government has conceded an amendment to the Environment Bill extending powers to apply charges to all single-use items – not just plastic.

German and European industry faces disruption from tight global supplies of magnesium, the country’s association of metals producers WirtschaftsVereinigung Metalle (WVM) says.