The Pledge
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| Initial release | USA |
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| Directors | Sean Penn |
| Story by | Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
| Composers | Hans Zimmer |
| Klaus Badelt | |
| Penn continues to impress as a director and has created a masterful mystery drama. This film has excellent direction, . . . | |
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| ID | 747517 |
About The Pledge
A veteran detective investigates a child murder in small-town Nevada, a case he carries over into his retirement by moving into the neighbourhood where the killing occurred. When he begins a relationship with a local mother and her young daughter, he has all the more reason to nail the killer - but by this time his colleagues reckon they have long since wrapped up an open-and-shut case.
'Labour won't turn on spending taps' says Starmer
... In June Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, watered The Pledge down...
Oil firms commit to major fossil fuel cut by 2050 at COP28
... " The Pledge can t greenwash countries that are simultaneously expanding fossil fuel production, " she adds...
Labour unlikely to meet its £28bn green pledge at all
... But in June shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves watered The Pledge down, saying the figure would not be reached until 2027...
Wales school summer holidays may be cut by a week
... The Pledge to look at the pattern of the school year is part of the cooperation agreement between the Labour Welsh government and Plaid Cymru...
'We've halved inflation' and other claims by the PM checked
... 6% in October, which means The Pledge is likely to be met unless there is a considerable increase before the end of the year...
Levelling up risks damaging faith in high street revival, report says
... More in Common s UK director, Luke Tryl, thinks if high streets are not regenerated, that could lead to a sense that The Pledge has not been delivered...
UK inflation falls sharply to 4. 6% as energy prices ease
... Responding to the latest figures, the prime minister said The Pledge had been his " top priority" and required " hard decisions and fiscal discipline"...
World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says
... That compares with The Pledge made in 2015 when political leaders agreed on limiting temperature rises to " well below" 2C and to make every effort to keep it under 1...
'We've halved inflation' and other claims by the PM checked
By Anthony Reuben and Tamara KovacevicBBC Verify
Two days before the government sets out its tax and spend plans in the Autumn Statement, the Prime Minister gave a speech about the UK economy.
We've been looking at some of his claims.
'I promised you we would halve Inflation - we took the difficult decisions and we have delivered on that promise'Rishi Sunak , from its level of 10. 7% in The Last three months of 2022.
Inflation was 4. 6% in October, which means The Pledge is likely to be met unless there is a considerable increase before The End of the year.
However, Paul Johnson , director of the IFS, an influential economics Think Tank , has said:
The Bank of England has been raising interest rates to try to.
An example Mr Sunak gave of his difficult decisions to control Inflation was not giving big pay rises to striking public sector workers.
The IFS said the inflationary danger from public sector pay deals is that if they are much higher than in the Private Sector , those workers will also ask for bigger pay rises. " we're clearly not there".
'Energy bills have fallen significantly'The cost of standard variable energy deals in England, Wales and Scotland is controlled by the energy price cap, which is set as a maximum price per unit by the regulator, Ofgem.
Under this, a typical household's annual gas and electricity bill, based on the period from. This is indeed a fall from and the £2,500 Last Winter .
But it's still considerably More Than (between October 2021 and March 2022) which stood at £1,277.
And when a typical household was paying £2,500 Last Winter , it was receiving £400 in energy bill support from the government, which is no longer available. Some groups with their energy bills.
'Borrowing £28bn a year as the Labour Party want to will make debt go up'Mr Sunak was talking about.
In September 2021, Labour said it would deliver an additional £28bn of capital investment each year to support the UK's transition to net zero.
However, in June, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said.
The figure Now - Making It £20bn of additional investment.
Ms Reeves has pledged to reduce national debt as a share of the economy, which is similar to.
The current level of the government's debt is high by historical standards at just under 100% of the size of the economy.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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