As the Chancellor of the Exchequer has backed North Sea oil drilling, Climate Basecamp, co-founded by U.S. actor Rainn Wilson ...

In December 2025, the Scottish Parliament passed legislation guaranteeing every child the opportunity to take part in a residential outdoor education experience during their school years. This was a ...

We don’t talk enough about the power of the disabled workforce to kickstart the nation’s ailing economy. Barely a week goes by that we don’t lament our flatlining productivity, with pundits and ...

There has been a conspiracy of silence from successive British governments on the true cost of biodiversity collapse. The ...

Josh Self is a political journalist and commentator who serves as Editor of Politics.co.uk.

In the English education system, academies are publicly-funded schools which operate independently of local authorities, doing so in a framework which the government claims is designed to promote ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Philomena Lee was 18 years old when she became pregnant and was sent to the Sean Ross Abbey Mother and Baby Home in Roscrea, ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Keir Starmer has governed in defiance of expectations. From the seat of 10 Downing Street, every policy announcement eschews ...

Steve Reed was first elected as the Labour MP for Croydon North in a 2012 by-election, being reelected in 2019 with a majority of 24,673. He serves as the shadow secretary of state of the environment, ...

The Daily Mail faced a protest by transgender activists yesterday, as pressure built on the newspaper to dump one of its most popular columnists over the death of Lucy Meadows. There is no evidence ...

Reverend Jesse Jackson, infamous civil rights activist and the first African American ever to run for president of the United States, will speak to a committee of MPs about violent crime today. The ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales so that women cannot be prosecuted for terminating their ...