The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan

A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump

These CEOs earn seven-figure salaries and insist their water quality is 'excellent'. Yet they have suddenly become very hard to reach...

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused Pennsylvania of not cooperating with the CDC in its handling of a measles outbreak.

An action to send your MP a briefing, detailing the reasons why public ownership is the best next step for Thames Water

Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone

The Department for Education today 10 August 2026 confirmed annual updates to interest rates for undergraduate and postgraduate Income Contingent Student Loans, repayment thresholds for Plan 1 Income ...

Thames Water has handed its finance boss a £1million signing-on bonus, despite the water industry giant battling to stay afloat

Utility firm’s payment criticised by Defra and campaign groups, with some urging Andy Burnham to nationalise it

Thames Water, which could run out of cash as soon as December, failed to complete a valuation of its pension scheme by the statutory deadline

Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups

Campaigners decry Angela Rayner’s backing for Brick Lane project that has only 11 affordable homes

As an inquiry finally confirms the scale of PPE waste and corruption, this excerpt from The Decade In Tory reveals the true, horrifying detail of government incompetence as the pandemic struck.

Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations

A California relief group is sending 250,000 N95 respirators to help protect health workers amid the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo.

Demand for water has increased by up to 50 per cent in some areas of London and the South East, Thames Water said

Discovery adds to fears about UK safety regime and exposes regulatory gaps as similar items were banned in Netherlands