On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?

The UN says we will pass our most important climate target. Is the damage irreversible?

On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?

The Home Office confirmed to Full Fact that those who are rescued at sea must apply for asylum in the usual way, despite contrary claims on social media.

IPPR finds failure to align testing standards costing 0.18% of national income and has seen companies abandon exporting

On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?

How much of the internet belongs to people who are no longer with us?

On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?

13.10.2025 - Widespread coral reef die-off marks the world’s first climate tipping point, according to a new report by 160 scientists. The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 highlights mounting risks a...

England faces growing pressure on its water supplies due to factors like population growth, climate change and rising demand. The Government estimates 5 billion litres more water per day will be neede...

England faces growing pressure on its water supplies due to factors like population growth, climate change and rising demand. The Government estimates 5 billion litres more water per day will be neede...

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BBC Radio 4's statistical show meets a need of our age: the debunking of dodgy stats

Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026

This is searing stuff from Sadiq Khan, and his arguments for the UK to rejoin the EU are as clear and comprehensive as it gets.

In 10 days' time, MPs will be summoned to debate the economic impact of Brexit. Let's hope they all have a good read of this...

Can architects help our homes evolve faster than climate change?

The intense heat this summer provided the British prime minister’s first big test since taking power a month ago.

Failing crops and angry alligators – how a lack of rain is affecting people worldwide

Verdant thinktank says cost could top £25bn a year by 2030 and calls for maximum temperature for working and urban redes

A consultation on Jackdaw, a gas field 150 miles east of Aberdeen, will close on Monday.

The global climate in 2025 set several new records, including atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the loss of glacial ice from mountain regions, and the dryness of global soils.

Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was highest on record for July, beating previous high in 2023

Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.

Whilst happy to opine on 'vertical drinking' and whether bread rolls should be called 'barms', our new PM has had nothing to say about three days of horrific racist violence on our streets

Whilst happy to opine on 'vertical drinking' and whether bread rolls should be called 'barms', our new PM has had nothing to say about three days of horrific racist violence on our streets

The Arctic is heating faster than the rest of the planet. New data illustrate how dire that is

<p>Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.</p>