Institutional investor landlords are on the rise in the UK private rental sector. Their focus on profit maximisation threatens to exacerbate the housing crisis.

It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press

Every month, surveys around the world ask people to tell them what they are really thinking. The results are at times reassuring, some-times chilling and often unexpected. In The Next Crisis, leading ...

On 2 December 2025, the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee announced it would be lowering the capital requirement for UK banks. This column argues that higher macro-financial risk and sharply reduced fiscal capacity point to a need for higher rather than lower bank capital requirements. The most likely practical effect of this weakening of resilience will be higher payouts to bank shareholders, rather than increased lending to the real economy.

There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Two friends from South Sudan are walking the length of the British mainland, raising money to build a school in a refugee camp.

The Icelandic government has declared the possible collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current (AMOC) a national security risk.

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When I included these black pudding meatballs in Cook, Eat, Repeat, I thought they would be a niche choice, but I have been gratifyingly overwhelmed by the number of people who have made and loved the...

Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system

Algorithms and generative AI models that decide what billions of users see should be transparent

World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing

Podcast Episode · Bold Politics with Zack Polanski · 19/11/2025 · 40m

Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades

Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26, if the Labour government of which she is a part lasts that long. I will be commenting on that Budget on the day on BBC Radio 2, and elsewh...

The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few