Reform MP seeks to heap pressure on Tory leader amid confusion around details of meeting with Giorgia Meloni

Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly’

New crackdown unites government, regulators, police, local government, and Mayors against criminal gangs behind illegal waste sites.

How the press were right and horribly wrong

Sources say health secretary intends to trigger leadership election as early as Thursday

We should not be at the mercy of events abroad. That’s why, from energy to defence to key social policies, we aim to remake our country, says UK prime minister Keir Starmer

The US has invoked national security to remove protections for the endangered cetacean, of which only about 50 are left

Exclusive: Ben Goldsmith will work on issues including fishing and green belt preservation to attract green Tories

Party leader tells MPs that one-nation Tories doubting her rightward direction ‘need to get out of the way’

Exclusive: Campaigners claim changes will let companies ‘off the hook’, as government prepares to unveil new white paper for water industry

Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications

Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature

President of talks urges ministers and high-ranking officials to find common ground as conference nears its end

In July, the Independent Water Commission, more commonly known as the Cunliffe Review, published a series of recommendations – 88 in all – on what was needed to fix Britain’s broken water sector. Whil...

The Prescott memo contained no research questions or objectives, method, sample, time frame or, crucially, analytical framework for examining output.

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Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Five ways for the PM to connect with voters, without tap-dancing naked down Camden High Street

According to planning conditions, Wolborough Fen in Newton Abbot must be protected as groundworks are prepared for 1,200 homes

Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost

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Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has delivered today shocking advice: commercial catches of Northeast Atlantic mackerel must be cut by 77% in 2026 if the stock is to sta...

A project in Brighton to stop harmful chemicals from seeping into a chalk aquifer could set an example for managing such pollution

Loss of spawning pools, insects and marshy habitats has had ‘catastrophic effect on our flora and fauna’

Ban Bottom Trawling in 41 English Marine Protected Areas: Pledge Your Support

Environment secretary indicates that calls from creditors for leniency from fines and penalties will be rejected

Row erupts between pro-housing MPs and those who with charities say bill risks causing environmental harm

Troop deployment, which has been heavily criticized, will cost $134m, Pentagon says; Trump doubles down on decision to deploy thousands more troops

Exclusive: Planning bill includes mechanism for developers to ‘pay to pollute’ valuable ecosystems, experts warn

In April, the Angling Trust submitted a detailed response to the Independent Water Commission, outlining the reforms needed to make the failing water industry fit for purpose. Now, as the Commission p...

Charity launches legal challenge as it says problem of over-capacity sewage works near new homes is

Sir Adrian Montague told select committee paying bonuses out of emergency £3bn loan was insisted upon by creditors

Anglers say more than a third of freshwater sites breach phosphate levels for good ecological status

MP says draft law will let developers ‘pay cash to trash’ habitats and urges colleagues to back his amendments

King Charles approved Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins to take over the role as First Sea Lord from Adm Sir Ben Key.