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Trump rants at Miliband’s green pact with California

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 Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband (left) and California state governor Gavin Newsom sign a clean energy agreement at the Foreign Office in London, February 16, 2026

ENERGY Secretary Ed Miliband did his shift in US President Donald Trump’s firing line today after signing a green energy pact with California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Mr Trump used an interview to say “the UK’s got enough trouble without getting involved with Gavin Newscum,” using an infantile and derogatory nickname for the Californian, who is widely expected to run for president in 2028.

“Gavin is a loser. Everything he’s touched turns to garbage. His state has gone to hell, and his environmental work is a disaster,” he added.

The US president’s blunt warning that it was “inappropriate” for Britain to be dealing with the governor doubtless had Sir Keir Starmer in a cold sweat, since the Prime Minister is desperate to avoid giving offence to the White House.

However, Sir Keir no longer has the political wherewithal, after last week’s brush with eviction from office, to rein in Mr Miliband, regarded as one of the cabinet’s few effective performers.

Mr Newsom, who has been attacking Trump on everything from the behaviour of ICE to the climate crisis, signed a memorandum of understanding in London with Mr Miliband.

It seeks to deepen existing co-operation between Britain and California, with a new framework to develop clean energy technologies and stronger links between businesses and researchers in Britain and the US state.

Britain and California will also share practical expertise on protecting biodiversity and building resilience amid extreme weather, the Energy department announced.

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Donald Trump urges you to be a Climate Science denier like him. He says that he makes millions and millions for destroying the planet, Burn, Baby, Burn and Flood, Baby, Flood.
Donald Trump urges you to be a Climate Science denier like him. He says that he makes millions and millions for destroying the planet, Burn, Baby, Burn and Flood, Baby, Flood.
Nigel Farage urges you to ignore facts and reality and be a climate science denier like him and his Deputy Richard Tice. He says that Reform UK has received £Millions and £Millions from the fossil fuel industry to promote climate denial and destroy the planet.
Nigel Farage urges you to ignore facts and reality and be a climate science denier like him and his Deputy Richard Tice. He says that Reform UK has received £Millions and £Millions from the fossil fuel industry to promote climate denial and destroy the planet.
Elon Musk urges you to be a Fascist like him, says that you can ignore facts and reality then.
Elon Musk urges you to be a Fascist like him, says that you can ignore facts and reality then.
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Unemployment unexpectedly rises with one in six young people out of work

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 A Job Centre Plus shop in central Portsmouth, Hampshire

THE government must cut interest rates and invest in youth as new unemployment data shows one in six young people are jobless, unions and experts warn.

Unemployment unexpectedly rose to a near five-year high with young and disabled Britons hardest hit by the shock data published by the Office for National Statistics today.

Outside of the coronavirus pandemic, this marks the highest three-month reading since the autumn of 2015.

The TUC called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to boost spending and support fragile jobs, pointing to the record level of precarious zero-hour contracts reaching 1.2 million.

Its general secretary Paul Nowak said the job market will only get better once the economy starts to recover after the ONS said the unemployment rate rose by 0.2 per cent to 5.2 per cent into the last quarter.

It also found that employment was unchanged at 75.0 per cent and inactivity is down 0.2 to 21.0 per cent.

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