Call for environmental emergency to be declared after data reveals 105% rise in raw sewage discharges over past 12 months How polluted is your local river and which regions are worst hit? Wate...
Deputy PM says international partners, including the US, will also be making statements today about similar Chinese cyber-attacks. This live blog is closed Chinese hackers targeted UK’s Elector...
In letter to TfL boss, Khan says plans ‘will not include new pay-per-mile road user charging scheme’ Sadiq Khan has pledged not to extend the scope of London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ul...
Lib Dem leader uses conference speech to urge change ‘so that even the wealthiest racists cannot buy power’ The Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, has used his spring conference speech to c...
Reform UK is making the headlines but tactical voting can power Ed Davey’s party in seats where they are the Tories’ main challengers The Liberal Democrats gathered this weekend for their f...
Senior Tories have rallied around the PM amid claims that some party MPs are plotting to replace him with Penny Mordaunt ‘Our chances? Zero – and getting worse’: inside a Tory death spiral ...
Speaking ahead of the party’s spring conference, the Liberal Democrat leader challenges the Tories and Labour to find consensus on financial package for the NHS Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer h...
Exclusive: Money raised from a tax on companies buying their own shares could be used for green investment, party says The Liberal Democrats are to kick off their spring conference with a call ...
Party calls for firm to be wound up as it seeks shareholder bailout, higher bills and lower fines Thames Water should be put into special administration by the government and reformed as a publ...
Party to call for measures to stop companies prioritising profit over environment at spring conference Water companies in England and Wales have almost doubled their profits since 2019. Durin...
Lib Dem leader fears war will spread to West Bank if those pushing for more settlements are not penalised The UK should impose sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers who have pushed for m...
My friend Eleanor Stanier, who has died aged 81, helped to turn the political colour of the London borough of Richmond Upon Thames from true blue to apparently indelible orange. In the late 1960s...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/25/eleanor-stanier-obituary
Disappointment in the candidates is palpable in the town, where people feel let down and neglected by the main parties Byelections are traditionally a chance for voters to lodge a protest vote....
Ex-PM appears with former Trump strategist Steve Bannon and talks of ‘deep state’ ousting her from power Rishi Sunak should take action against Liz Truss for appearing alongside the far-rig...
My cousin Mary Wane, who has died aged 99, had a long career with the British Council from the end of the second world war onwards, promoting British culture to other parts of Europe. She began...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/16/mary-wane-obituary
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With Labour withdrawing support for its candidate, the vote has been blown wide open UK politics live – latest news updates With Labour withdrawing support for its candidate, Azhar Ali, at t...
Lib Dems dismiss plan saying water fines need to go to consumers rather than to the Treasury A new scheme to fine water companies for providing poor service to customers has been dismissed as �...
Senior executives got £26m in extra payments over the past four years despite public outrage at extent and frequency of overflows Ministers are to ban bonuses for water company bosses in Engla...
Cuts to health spending brought in by Cameron government associated with steeper declines in wellbeing than in previous decade Austerity cuts to the NHS, public health and social care in Englan...