Household energy bills in Great Britain forecast to fall by £117 a year

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Consultancy’s prediction comes after Rachel Reeves said green subsidy costs would be removed from domestic bills

Household energy costs in Great Britain are expected to tumble by an average of £117 a year from April after Rachel Reeves announced in November’s budget that the cost of green subsidies would be removed from domestic bills.

The government’s quarterly cap on energy bills is forecast to fall after the chancellor’s decision to shift the levies used to support renewable energy projects into general taxation, and scrap a bill payer-funded energy efficiency scheme, according to Cornwall Insight, a leading energy consultancy.

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‘I will do you and him in’: Julian Ingram threatened former de facto partner a decade before Lake Cargelligo murders, court documents say

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Exclusive: Man accused of triple murders last month previously sentenced to prison after intimidating another partner

Julian Ingram told a former partner he had a “gun and a hole” for a man he assumed to be her new partner and made threats towards her, their child and her mother a decade before he allegedly murdered three people and went on the run, according to court documents.

Last month, Ingram – also known as Julian Pierpoint – allegedly shot dead his pregnant former partner Sophie Quinn, her new boyfriend and her aunt in Lake Cargelligo, about 450km west of Sydney. A large-scale manhunt for the 37-year-old is under way.

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With Australian private health insurance premiums set to jump by 4.41%, will policies deliver more or just cost more?

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The biggest premium hike in 10 years prompts questions, as government incentives continue to drive people to take out cover merely to avoid tax penalties

The government has approved a 4.41% private health insurance premium rise from April – the largest hike in almost 10 years.

With consumers already grappling with cost-of-living pressures, including an interest rate rise earlier in February, more Australians are likely to be wondering whether keeping their private health insurance is worth it.

Melissa Davey is Guardian Australia’s medical editor

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Federal MPs accept free sport tickets from gambling companies amid calls to restrict wagering ads

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Tabcorp and Sportsbet provided tickets to at least six Liberal and Labor politicians, register of interests shows

At least six federal Labor and Liberal politicians, including an assistant minister and shadow ministers, have disclosed they accepted free tickets to lucrative sporting events from major gambling companies in the past six months, as the government faces calls to restrict wagering ads and better regulate the sector.

Anthony Chisholm, the assistant minister for regional development and agriculture, has declared twice in recent months taking tickets and hospitality from Tabcorp for major horse race meets in Victoria and Queensland. Sportsbet, Australia’s biggest online bookmaker, also provided tickets to rugby union, the Australian Open or race meets to the Labor MPs Raff Ciccone and Dan Repacholi, Coalition shadow ministers Dan Tehan and Tim Wilson, and Liberal MP Mary Aldred.

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Gabon suspends social media, citing threats to security and stability – Reuters

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  1. Gabon suspends social media, citing threats to security and stability  Reuters
  2. Facebook, TikTok suspended in Gabon under regulator’s order  Al Jazeera
  3. Social media suspended in Gabon 'until further notice': media regulator  africanews.com
  4. Social media suspended in Gabon for 'spreading of false information'  BBC
  5. Gabon Halts Social Media as Cost-of-Living Protests Spread  Bloomberg
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Former army chief seen as Zelenskyy’s top rival reveals to AP a rift between them – Associated Press News

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  1. Former army chief seen as Zelenskyy’s top rival reveals to AP a rift between them  Associated Press News
  2. Ukraine's ex-military chief Zaluzhnyi reveals new details of rift with Zelenskiy  Reuters
  3. Zelenskyy and officials allocated insufficient resources for 2023 counteroffensive plan – former Ukrainian mi  Українська правда
  4. Zaluzhny Lifts Lid on Zelensky Rift, Failed Counteroffensive – and Surprise Manafort Contact  Kyiv Post
  5. SSU comments on “visit” to Zaluzhnyi's secret office in 2022  Ukrinform
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