Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...

Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Demand that Ofwat says no to bill hikes. Let water companies go bust and bring them into public ownership for nothing.

António Guterres says humanity faces unprecedented convergence of threats but mechanisms for collective action are under growing strain

By Dragica Felja, Jelisaveta Djordjevic-Ristanovic and Jelena Pavic For the last 22 months, the sixteen‑minute vigil has been the constant rhythm of Serbia’s protest movement. Day after day, at 11:…

It’s all very 2026: with a stadium owner on one side and angry support acts on the other, the cornered star will have to pick a side, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Adam Franks' firm used the convicted fraudster and Nigel Farage aide as a stalking horse to place bets, according to court documents

The Government must honour its manifesto commitment to hold a public consultation on the future of the House of Lords. We're asking peers to support a Bill that would kickstart that process. Please si...

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

Three openers and live band for Sheeran’s tour depart after removal of Macklemore over ‘free Palestine’ comments

Backing comes after Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor were threatened with having their citizenship revoked and accused of treason

A west London magazine. Click to read The View from W5, by Conal Urquhart, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Fire survivors and bereaved urge Barnet Group to ‘reconsider’ appointment of Laura Johnson, who pushed for cheaper contractor Grenfell survivors and bereaved relatives have criticised the “outrageous decision” to hire a director who oversaw cost-cutting at Grenfell Tower in a £150,000-a-year senior council housing role. Laura Johnson, the director of housing at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) at the time of the 2017 Grenfell fire, has been appointed the permanent director of development and property at the Barnet Group, which manages the borough’s 13,000 council homes. Continue reading...

Fire survivors and bereaved urge Barnet Group to ‘reconsider’ appointment of Laura Johnson, who pushed for cheaper contractor

Hundreds of staff may have worked without legally required face-fitted masks over 20 years

Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian

A government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse

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Romanian prosecutors officially indicted social media influencer Andrew Tate on Friday for trafficking minors, money laundering, sex with a minor and witness tampering and his brother Tristan for comp...

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It’s time to make homes affordable for all. It’s time to end homelessness.

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown wants government to protect customers from ‘predatory’ hedge funds seeking control over UK’s largest water utility

England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...

Cost of tickets included £858 to a Harry Styles concert at Wembley; £1,839 to the Chelsea flower show and £3,432 of hospitality at the Brit Awards MPs have been accused of failing to learn their lesson over freebies after taking almost £400,000 of hospitality to concerts, sport matches and other events this year, with Louise Haigh, Lucy Powell and Wes Streeting among those accepting tickets. Despite the previous outcry in 2024 over Keir Starmer accepting football tickets and gifts of clothing, MPs appear to have been declaring hospitality since the start of the year on a greater scale than previously seen. Continue reading...