big scoop by Nathalie Thomas - this would amount to a de facto windfall tax on renewable electricity generators who’ve profited from soaring gas prices - legislation to cap wholesale electricity price as early as next week ft.com/content/5187f1…

The biggest threat to prime farmland in the UK is not solar farms, it's climate change theguardian.com/environment/20…

Amount of land in the UK taken up by: Golf courses = 1,256 km2 Solar farms = 230 km2 If government ministers want to put our land to better use, why don't they take a look at golf courses first?

Do you have some spare time this winter and want to help your local #community? We need #volunteers to support our #Winterwellbeing programme to support vulnerable people this winter. Contact us on 07483 149 519

NEW: The Home Office has quietly moved the modern slavery brief away from the safeguarding minister and classed it as "illegal migration and asylum". theguardian.com/world/2022/oct…

BREAKING: BBC Persian reports that Iranian sport climber Elnaz Rekabi has now gone missing. Yesterday she competed without the regime’s compulsory headscarf at the International Federation of Sport Climbing’s Asian Championships in Seoul.

Our new research out today 👇

Earlier today, our Head of #ModernSlavery Alison Logier spoke to Jessica Creighton for BBC Woman's Hour to discuss the red tape that's holding survivors back from using their skills and experience to benefit the UK economy. Listen back bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… (35mins) #AntiSlaveryDay

Sorry to repeat myself, but you *really* need to know this. Under the government's Public Order Bill, anyone who has protested in the previous 5 years can be forced to "submit to ... being fitted with, or the installation of, any necessary apparatus" to monitor your movements.

🚨 Breaking 🚨 The European Parliament just called for nation-states to “work on developing a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty” in its formal #COP27 resolution. This is a major development in the global push for a #FossilFuelTreaty. More at fossilfueltreaty.org/eu or in 🧵

If anyone needs to steady the ship, it’s the British people, with an election. It’s too stressful to watch Conservatives play musical chairs with our lives. Not everyone has a safety net to insulate themselves from this chaos. #GeneralElection2022 #generalelectionnow #LizTrussPM

We shouldn’t let this be buried by other news today. Foodbank charity Trussell Trust says that the need for foodbanks has outstripped donations for the first time. It has distributed 46% more emergency food parcels in August and September than at the same time in 2021.

Labour leader Keir Starmer: “She should turn it down. I think that’s the right thing to do. She’s done 44 days in office. She’s not really entitled to it.“ theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

The candidates for Prime Minister have a choice: 💚honour 2019 Manifesto #environment promises 🔥or continue the #AttackOnNature. Read our letter to candidates here. Please share to support #nature & #climate. Boris Johnson Penny Mordaunt Rishi Sunak wcl.org.uk/docs/Dear%20Ca…

Today, the The Wildlife Trusts are joining with our friends across other environment NGOs... ...to call on all the Conservatives leadership hopefuls to end the #AttackOnNature if they become Prime Minister Here I explain the specifics of what this means in practice...

🌍Rishi Sunak has demoted his climate minister and pulled out of the COP summit in Egypt… yet No 10 says tackling climate change remains a “priority”. Meanwhile: theguardian.com/environment/20…

World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies theguardian.com/environment/20…

💥Suella Braverman accused of ignoring legal advice that govt was illegally detaining thousands of asylum seekers.  Very grim - and so many sources speaking out suggests all is not well in home office.  Harry Yorke Tim Shipman thetimes.co.uk/article/suella…

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