Agreements include plan to build 12 reactors in Hartlepool with Centrica, creating 2,500 jobs, and fast-tracking UK and US safety checks

Baroness Chakrabarti said the proscription of the group risks exacerbating community tensions, and campaigners warned the ban was a threat to freedom of speech

Exclusive: Labour’s top team has accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds from pro-Israel funders.

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Exclusive: Letter to water company sets out demands, including resolving most severe cases of pollution

The Department for Work and Pensions are set to plunge tens of thousands of disabled and chronically-ill claimants into poverty by the end of the decade - 2030

Nick Robinson could barely contain his glee, this was the highlight of the Today presenter’s Glastonbury weekend

The energy secretary says the move will cut energy bills, but house builders caution against burdensome regulations.

Exclusive: Friends of the Earth tells Keir Starmer any major green cuts by Rachel Reeves will be challenged * UK politics live – latest updates If the decisions the UK government makes in its upcoming spending review are not in line with the net zero climate target it risks being taken to court again, campaigners have said. Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will set out her spending review for the rest of this parliament on Wednesday. Amid continuing economic uncertainty and Labour’s promise to boost defence spending, many departments are facing deep cuts to dearly held commitments. Continue reading...

Britain’s farmers face drought, policy failure and rising costs – Nature-Friendly Farming Week couldn’t come sooner

Water has emerged as the single biggest nature-related risk to euro area economy, according to the European Central Bank and researchers at the University of Oxford.

The local elections showed that voters feel betrayed. But in a party that brooks no dissent, that message isn’t getting through, says independent MP John McDonnell