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By William Kremer
An emerging technology allows relatives to keep an eye on elderly or vulnerable people living alone by monitoring their electricity usage - but as with all innovations, there is the potential for misuse.
It s the second week of March and I am on Zoom having an argument with my mum about her toaster. I have just informed her that she has used the appliance twice so far that morning - once at 08:03 and again at 09:55 - but she s not having any of it. I had the toaster on earlier than that because I was up at 06:00, she declares. (My mother is not the sort to let an early start go unrecorded.)
Could my mum s toaster help me care for her?
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What are crown representatives and are they the next lobbying timebomb ?
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Are there 22 more Greensills? Fears of a lobbying timebomb as it emerges group of business chiefs have access to No10
More than 20 businessmen and women occupy the same role which allowed Lex Greensill to gain privileged access to Downing Street, it was revealed last night
They are called Crown Representatives – leading figures from the private sector
They are unpaid, but have access to senior politicians and mandarins