Campaigners have accused the water regulator Ofwat of unlawfully forcing customers to foot the bill for "decades of neglect" by the water industry. River Action has launched a legal challenge against...
Minister warns of risk from foreign donors41 minutes agoJennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter, BBC News•@_JennyMcKiernanGetty ImagesDemocracy Minister Rushanara Ali is planning a "series of new...
Locals have fiercely opposed the development of a massive new £4.4 million cemetery near their homes, branding it "wholly unacceptable". Residents were unsettled by plans revealed earlier this month...
Treatment of Sea Life penguins introduced by Steph SpyroCampaigners have raised concerns about a “pitiful” penguin habitat at a London Aquarium which meets minimum enclosure standards. Fifteen...
The former Scottish First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon is still under police investigation, but it is not to do with Operation Branchform. Officers are looking into avoidable Covid-19 deaths...
Record number of illegal sewage spills in Windermere last year33 minutes agoJonah FisherBBC environment correspondentReporting fromWindermereBecky DaleBBC VerifyReutersSewage spilled illegally into...
Chelsea Flower Show organisers have rowed back on a pledge to make the event peat-free by the end of this year, blaming a “legislative black hole” on the issue.The Royal Horticultural Society...
The great Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once opined, “Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the people”.Holding governments accountable is integral to the...
Ministers will ask a Parliamentary watchdog to review some expenses claims after a Labour MP was able to claim £900 from the taxpayer in “pet rent”. Security minister Dan Jarvis insisted his...
Senior Labour MP Taiwo Owatemi has been slammed for claiming taxpayer money so that her pet dog can live with her. A new document has revealed that Owatemi, who is helping with the implementation of...
Campaigners are dismayed at the lack of services in England to spot and treat osteoporosis at an early stage – and now there are worries about bone health in Scotland as well. Scotland blazed a...
Campaigners have urged MPs to focus on the suffering of terminally ill people who are “calling out for choice” as the battle for assisted dying became embittered. With time running out for...
The life chances of Britain’s children are in jeopardy with 39% of Year 11 pupils “persistently absent” during their GCSE exam term, according to a shocking new analysis. Campaigners fear the...
The success of Netflix drama Adolescence has fuelled calls for Government ministers to wake up to the danger to young people posed by smartphones, social media and toxic online “influencers”....
Rather than cutting spending, they want her to drive UK taxes higher still and have revived a very bad idea that they think will solve all of the UK’s problems.And now pressure is building to...
'A noose around our neck': Residents driven out by UK's largest road tunnel8 hours agoLewis Adams & Stuart WoodwardBBC News, EssexStuart Woodward/BBCThe Lower Thames Crossing will become the...
Has the UK's most loathed protest group really stopped throwing soup?5 hours agoJustin RowlattBBC News Climate EditorJSO HandoutThe climate action group Just Stop Oil has announced it is to disband...
'I needed years of therapy over the battle to change my sexuality'51 minutes agoJosh ParryLGBT & Identity ReporterBen GibbonsPractices of so-called conversion therapy - attempts to change a...
At its core, equality is a noble ideal. It is the principle that promoted the Christian faith, drove the fight against slavery and inspired the growth of democracy. But as so often in our modern...
Dame Esther Rantzen is no longer responding to her medication, her daughter has revealed. The broadcaster, campaigner and journalist is battling terminal lung cancer. Initially, Dame Esther found a...