The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Reform UK is standing candidates across the country on May 1st. They want to gain ground in our towns and push their far-right agenda into local politics. But people like you are standing in their way...

Trump’s Gestapo is here. It operates throughout the country. It can suddenly arrest anyone, with no crime alleged, and deport them for permanent imprisonment overseas. Will anyone stop this?

Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...

Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles Requests to remove books from library shelves are on the rise in the UK, as the influence of pressure groups behind book bans in the US crosses the Atlantic, according to those working in the sector. Although “the situation here is nowhere [near] as bad, censorship does happen and there are some deeply worrying examples of library professionals losing their jobs and being trolled online for standing up for intellectual freedom on behalf of their users”, said Louis Coiffait-Gunn, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (Cilip). Continue reading...

Exclusive: Meeting hosted by shadow housing minister for estate agents and landlords prompted accusations of collusion Senior Tories have held private talks with big landlords about how to thwart the government’s renters’ rights bill, the Guardian has learned, with ideas including launching a legal challenge under human rights law. Jane Scott, the shadow housing minister, recently hosted a roundtable meeting with several of the country’s largest landlords and estate agents, at which they discussed a number of ways to delay or stop the bill altogether. The ideas included challenging it in the courts and delaying it with repeated rounds of Lords amendments, according to three people in attendance. Continue reading...

Musk denied he was buying votes but said the court election outcome would be critical to Trump’s agenda and ‘the future of civilization’ Elon Musk gave out $1m checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group, ahead of a Wisconsin supreme court election that the tech billionaire cast as critical to Donald Trump’s agenda and “the future of civilization”. “It’s a super big deal,” he told a roughly 2,000-person crowd in Green Bay on Sunday night, taking the stage in a yellow cheesehead hat. “I’m not phoning it in. I’m here in person.” Continue reading...

Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

Repræsentanter for den amerikanske regering har i de seneste dage stemt dørklokker i Grønlands hovedstad, Nuuk, forud for det nu aflyste besøg fra USA's andend...

BMW Group and the LSO present the thirteenth BMW Classics in London's iconic Trafalgar Square on Sunday 15 June at 5pm.

Jack Aaron, whose past comments on controversial leaders led to widespread criticism, is now overseeing candidate selection A Reform UK general election candidate who said Hitler was “brilliant” at inspiring people and described Bashar al-Assad as…

Analysis shows 10% of peers make half of all contributions to debates while others claim allowances but say nothing * Revealed: House of Lords members have given £109m to political parties Fifteen members of the House of Lords did not say a word in…

Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...

People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas

Company says listed holidays were not ‘sustainable’ for their model in latest move to roll back diversity efforts Google’s online and mobile calendars are no longer including references to Black History Month, Women’s History Month and LGBTQ+ holidays,…

A once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect the climate.

Settlers reportedly stormed Palestinian villages in the West Bank shortly before Trump cancelled sanctions against Israelis accused of violence in the territory Qatari, US and Egyptian negotiators are running a communications hub in Cairo to protect the…

In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, Google searches on how to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads have been on the rise. People who are angry with the decision accuse…