Back for its third year, The Independent is proud to publish its list of the world’s leading environmentalists – marking the campaigners, change makers and innovators who are making a positive and sig...

Soaring motor fuel costs have pushed UK inflation to a five-month high in August

The party will vote on dropping the use of interest rates to control inflation

New research suggests the city will remain at the highest level of heat vulnerability for decades to come

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'Bears are still being shot with crossbows and killed'

New rules prohibits the promotion of flights, cars and travel agents on council-owned billboards.

Green Party MP Hannah Spencer has introduced a bill in parliament that would pave the way for a maximum workplace temperature

In recent years, the conversation around the UK economy has shifted. As the gap between stagnant wages and soaring asset values continues to grow, economists and policymakers are looking at ways to ma...

Political parties that have spent years calling for cuts to spending on disabled people’s benefits have stayed silent in response to new research which shows the public have ignored their rhetoric …

13 likes, 0 comments - green__elliott on September 7, 2026: "From my work with vulnerable migrants I know that these journeys are not taken out of choice but out of necessity. Without a legal route to...

Green Party leader Zack Polanski says the Holborn and St Pancras by election will be “a referendum on ending Rip-off Britain”, as he marks the start of his second year of leadership. On the anniversar...

Greens say analysis shows government failure to take bold climate action could lead to big gains for party at election

The UK’s Green Party has said it wants to apply a 38% windfall tax on banks, adding to the pressure from the left on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to target the City of London.

Green leader throws weight behind Media Sovereignty Act campaign to stop press barons "literally buying democracy"

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Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son

£2.2bn project will allow about 100,000 more flights a year to use Britain’s second busiest airport

These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems

Global hunger declined for the third year in a row in 2025 but experts call for action to bring down costs of fruit, vegetables and dairy as report shows 2.69bn people can’t afford to eat well

The resumption of US strikes against Iran has thrust incoming UK prime minister Andy Burnham into a potential day one decision on how much to support Britain’s closest ally in its controversial milita...

Labour's 2024 manifesto, which Mr Burnham has promised to honour, said the party would not issue new North Sea licences

Sian Berry says the release of royal-related documents and data would be a ‘huge step for transparency’