- 96% respondents to the Government's own consultation paper to sell-off Channel 4 were against.

- The new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak was chosen by just over 300 Conservative MPs.   

- 47 million are registered to vote.

- There are £8.7 billion of losses on PPE in government accounts.

- Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are considering up to £50 billion of spending cuts and tax rises as they confront a gaping financial black hole ahead of the autumn budget.

- Shell made a record $30bn in profits for the year so far.

- 'So far human activities have raised the temperature by around 1C on average. If current pledges on emissions are fulfilled, that figure is expected to rise to 2.5C. That would – and probably will – mean destruction on a scale that is hard to imagine, even after what we have already witnessed, most recently with devastating floods in Pakistan but also record-breaking heatwaves and other extreme weather elsewhere.'

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