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hadn't taken into account the really significant climate harm caused by burning Rosebank's hundreds of millions of barrels of oil, which would create carbon emissions that are equivalent to running 56 coal-fired power stations for a year.

There are also a bunch of other reasons that Rosebank is a terrible proposition for the UK, including the fact that most of Rosebank's oil is going to be for export, so it's not doing anything for our domestic energy security. It's also not going to take a penny off our energy bills.

There are also a bunch of other reasons that Rosebank is a terrible proposition for the UK, including the fact that most of Rosebank's oil is going to be for export, so it's not doing anything for our domestic energy security. It's also not going to take a penny off our energy bills.

And what it will involve is giving billions of pounds in tax breaks to already incredibly profitable oil and gas companies like Equinor who want to develop the field.

And what it will involve is giving billions of pounds in tax breaks to already incredibly profitable oil and gas companies like Equinor who want to develop the field.

And I'm Coco Khan. As the government commits to cracking down on welfare fraud, we're looking into our broken benefit system.

And I'm Coco Khan. As the government commits to cracking down on welfare fraud, we're looking into our broken benefit system.

Boy, there has been a lot of wild stories from the Tories this week. And if you were in Birmingham this weekend yourself, did you pop along to conference?

Boy, there has been a lot of wild stories from the Tories this week. And if you were in Birmingham this weekend yourself, did you pop along to conference?

It is a bit of the Barbenheimer about it, isn't it?

It is a bit of the Barbenheimer about it, isn't it?

That would be a sartorial nightmare, isn't it? Like conservative party conference in the afternoon and then Nish Kumar in the evening. How does one dress like that?

That would be a sartorial nightmare, isn't it? Like conservative party conference in the afternoon and then Nish Kumar in the evening. How does one dress like that?

So more on Tory conference later in the show, but for now, let's turn to benefits. Last week at Labour Party conference, Keir Starmer promised to crack down on benefits fraud, but he also expressed his desire to get more people claiming long-term sickness benefits back into work. Here he is discussing that with the BBC's Nick Robinson.

So more on Tory conference later in the show, but for now, let's turn to benefits. Last week at Labour Party conference, Keir Starmer promised to crack down on benefits fraud, but he also expressed his desire to get more people claiming long-term sickness benefits back into work. Here he is discussing that with the BBC's Nick Robinson.

So it's worth pulling back and having a look at the benefit system as it exists currently. So benefits are administered through the Department for Work and Pensions. It's an absolutely massive department and it interacts with around 20 million people across the UK.

So it's worth pulling back and having a look at the benefit system as it exists currently. So benefits are administered through the Department for Work and Pensions. It's an absolutely massive department and it interacts with around 20 million people across the UK.

The aim was to simplify the system, but the rollout of universal credit hasn't been smooth and over a decade on, it's still not complete. It's also resulted in less money for many low-income earners. For example, the IFS found that poor families with children saw losses of 20% of their net income on average between 2010 and 2019 as a direct result of these reforms.

The aim was to simplify the system, but the rollout of universal credit hasn't been smooth and over a decade on, it's still not complete. It's also resulted in less money for many low-income earners. For example, the IFS found that poor families with children saw losses of 20% of their net income on average between 2010 and 2019 as a direct result of these reforms.

In addition to universal credit, the welfare reforms of 2012 introduced a new payment for disability support called personal independence payments or PIPs. This payment isn't means tested, but it is instead tested against a set of criteria to determine how much someone should receive.