The Environment Matters More Than Anything Else

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Abigail Spanberger is a former CIA officer who was elected to Congress for the first time back in 2018. She emphasizes how it will cut specific costs for people, like their health care. Democrats had hoped that other issues like abortion rights would be enough to fire up their base and get them over the finish line in November.

UK lawmakers plan to introduce legislation making rail strikes harder, private sector attendance at China’s Communist party congress has fallen by almost 50 per cent since Xi Jinping assumed power, and Republicans are banking on the inflation issue to win them control of the US Congress during this year’s midterm elections.

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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.

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