It won’t promote growth, will take decades and will swallow up billions of taxpayers’ money, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

There was a real chance of a Green byelection win in Holborn and St Pancras. He made bad decisions and cost his party dear, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Conservative shadow work and pensions secretary may finally have accepted that spending on social security is not “out of control”, just as her party says it wants to cut more than £36 billion …

Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December

Bob McConville educates readers about tthe Florida Black Bear in his column Stepping Stones.

Sea levels are rising due to climate change, but why are some places noticing it more?

The tactics, timing and campaign materials of those who targeted the Board of Deputies of British Jews were sinister and wrong

Recurring presence of out-of-place people combined with blatant filming of reporters made for a deeply uncomfortable week

New JTL analysis warns the number of plumbers in England’s workforce could fall by 30 per cent by 2039, despite growing demand for skilled workers to deliver the net zero transition

Susie Wiles’s daughter is latest White House-linked adviser to the Russian-aligned Balkan entity