Politics

The latest OBR report on the UK's increasingly unsustainable deficit and the macro trends that threaten to make it worse still demands a bold response

Energy Systems Catapult calls on government to turn tide on excess winter deaths and back a national trial of its warm home prescribing service

Office for Budgetary Responsibility warns climate change and an ageing population are set to deal further blows to the UK's already dire public finances

But trade unions slam failure to have alternative plans in place ahead of scheduled closure of oil refinery next year

Toby Perkins confirmed as chair of Environmental Audit Committee, as Bill Esterson elected to head up ESNZ Committee and Florence Eshalomi wins election to chair Housing and Local Government Committee

Lib Dem MP for Orkney and Shetland confirmed as chair of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Select Committee after standing unopposed, as MPs prepare to vote on wider committee appointments

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners warn government plan to hire 300 planning officers equates to fewer than one new professional per local authority, at a time when housing and renewables projects already face lengthy delays

Think tank brands 2024 a 'year to forget' as analysis of government data forecasts one of the worst three harvests since 1983 for key crops

Leading industry groups, charities, and think tanks unite to call on government to introduce mandatory standards for heat pump installers

Environment Secretary Steve Reed sets out how Labour intends to 'fundamentally transform how our entire water system works'