Shares of China’s BYD surged over 6% after unveiling a new “Super e-Platform” technology that promises to charge electric vehicles quickly, achieving 400 kilometers of range in just 5 minutes. Chairman Wang Chuanfu aims to make charging as fast as refueling a gasoline car, leaving competitors in awe. Analyst Xing Lei praises BYD’s advancements as groundbreaking and a blow to foreign rivals, signaling the company’s continued focus on electrification.
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Scrapping two-child benefit cap could lift 600,000 children out of poverty in five years, analysis finds
A recent analysis by Action for Children has revealed that scrapping the two-child benefit cap could lift 600,000 children out of poverty in the next five years, at a cost of £3.9bn per year. The charity argues that this move is the most cost-effective policy option to improve the lives of children, compared to other measures to increase parents' income. Labour is currently working on a child poverty strategy led by Liz Kendall and Bridget...
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