In October, the government announced its long-awaited net zero strategy, a complex and wide-ranging pathway to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. The government hopes the new plans will provide a clear roadmap for the economy to reorientate around a new green mission: To reduce emissions over the next three decades and to help limit global warming…
The UK is facing an energy crisis, and a climate crisis. People are rightfully concerned about their future, both short term and long term, as energy costs have shot up whilst temperatures rise. How can we solve both these problems? For too long, politicians have delayed bringing in proper legislation to deal with these crises,…
COP26 has arrived. Over the next two weeks, Glasgow will host what is being billed as humanity’s last, best chance to keep global warming under 1.5C. Over 200 countries will work together to set ambitious global climate change targets, but with big polluters like China and Russia looking less and likely to achieve global net-zero…
Every year, millions of people wake up dazed and confused as they ponder why everything seems to have started late that day, only to realise the clocks have changed. But why do we put the clocks back, and is it about time it changed? Our reporter Michael Saliba headed to the Greenwich Royal Observatory to…
Five years ago, Charlotte Meehan achieved one of life’s big milestones, purchasing the lease on a one-bedroom flat with her partner. It has since come to light that the flat complex poses serious fire safety issues, ranging from flammable HPL cladding to missing cavity barriers. Like thousands of others across the UK, Charlotte and her…
It’s been 18 months since Jeremy Corbyn passed on the Labour leadership baton to Keir Starmer, and already a lot has changed. The dust hasn’t quite yet settled on Corbyn’s four years as Labour leader, but the speed of change begs the question: is the Labour party a fundamentally different political animal now, or…
The debate around the cost of long-term care, and the uproar over increasing national insurance contributions, has led to the issue of wealth taxes to return to the political agenda. One of the most well-known of these is inheritance tax. In recent years the Conservatives have been strongly against increasing the tax, but could they…
In the age of the internet, can you ever really trust anything you read? It turns out most Britons don’t, as over half of the UK adult population believe at least one conspiracy theory according to YouGov. But why is the public turning away from reality? “What conspiracy theories do is they provide information and…
Labour’s fourth general election defeat at the hands of the Conservatives was their most damaging yet. Boris Johnson’s 2019 election victory saw Labour’s voter base in the North crumble, their pathway back into government appears more treacherous than ever. 124 seats will be needed at the 2024 general election to secure even a fragile majority…
It is estimated that almost 3 million people go fishing in the UK every year. Angling can provide a welcome relief from life, allowing people to get away from the stresses of work and enjoy some relaxing time outdoors. But over the years, animal rights groups have begun looking at the ethics behind angling.…
