The Bank of England has paid commercial banks £100bn in interest on reserves in three years. The EU stopped doing it in 2023 – Dale Vince says Britain must too.

Wirral mother among renters turning to food banks as gap between a two-bed and housing benefit hits £158 a month – rising to as much as £324 in London

‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes

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

YouTube video by Farm Transparency Project

Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...

Centre for a Better Britain will urge abolishing inheritance tax and phasing out capital gains tax, report says

As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders

Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...

With the budget looming, arguments rage over whether ministers should scrap a pledge popular with millions

Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says

Toscafund, founded by City figure known as ‘the Rottweiler’, signs deal amid fears over creeping privatisation of NHS

Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR

Tory Kwarteng told GMB that private health insurance must "play a part" in the NHS's future, signalling a move away from a free public service

Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.

In a previously unreleased FOI response, the Labour government has admitted it is clueless about what is going on with data centres

The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.

Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply Less than 1% of businesses in England use more water than the daily needs of 10 million people, as millions of households face hosepipe bans and three-quarters of the country is in drought. Businesses across England use 2.6bn litres a day from the public water supply, which includes potable and non-potable water provided by water companies. In total, businesses account for about 30% of public supply use, with two-thirds of their consumption in water-stressed areas, according to Mosl, the organisation that operates England’s business water market. Continue reading...

The World Meteorological Organization says forecasts show 100% likelihood that El Nino will continue through February.

Europe takes a stand against Russia

Ben Delo, who was convicted in 2022 for failure to apply anti-money laundering controls, is party’s second biggest donor

NHS England has once again confirmed that patients cannot opt out from having their personal data handled by US spy firm Palantir

In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.