Energy firms allowed to restart force-fitting prepayment meters

Facebook took down the ad more than six hours after being alerted to it by BuzzFeed News. “The ads shouldn’t have run on Facebook and they’ve been removed,” said Rob Leathern, director of product management at Facebook. “We’ve also permanently banned this Page from using our advertising system.” The ad comes at a particularly fraught…

Pennon Group, owners of South West Water is expanding its footing in southern England.

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Congressional lawmakers are closing in on a deal that would partially revive President Biden’s expanded tax credit for lower-income families in exchange for extending tax incentives favored by business interests, according to two people familiar with the matter. The higher child tax credit for lower-income…

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The firm’s executive chair said HS2’s costs had risen so much over the past decade because of poor cost estimating, changes to the project’s scope, some poor delivery and the impact of inflation. He added that decisions to delay parts of the project for cashflow reasons, could end up meaning they cost more, and that…