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Saplings in prisons and bogs on military ranges: Labour’s plans for nature-friendly state land

Labour is [under pressure from the Green party](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/03/labour-fights-off-greens-leeds-roundhay), Emma Reynolds said such projects showed the government’s intent in restoring natural habitats. Under a scheme due to be confirmed in the coming

Pound heads for worst week in 18 months as Burnham lines up Labour bid

2024. The pound fell against the dollar every day this week as leadership tensions gripped Westminster, culminating in the prospect of Burnham challenging Starmer for the role of PM after the Greater Manchester mayor [announced

Lib Dems to urge Labour to drop ‘torpor and timidity’ on EU and rejoin single market

significant step towards calling to rejoin the bloc. The Lib Dems took a more gradual approach at the last election, in contrast with 2019, when the words “stop Brexit” appeared in bold on the front

Speed up £250 cap on leasehold ground rent, MPs urge

party Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee said this should be brought forward to late 2027, arguing leaseholders have waited too long for successive governments to tackle the issue. The government said it was bringing

Starmer under pressure as Labour suffers heavy election losses including historic Wales defeat

significant election losses. The results in England, Scotland and Wales have piled pressure on Sir Keir, with some Labour MPs calling for him to set a timetable for his departure, although his cabinet allies have

Plaid Cymru tipped to be biggest party in Senedd, ending 100 years of Labour control

significant constitutional disputes with Downing Street. Rhun ap Iorwerth, the Plaid leader, had looked calm and confident as he arrived for his count at Venue Cymru in the north Wales seaside town of Llandudno, where

‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage

significantly lower than that of the general UK population. However, there is a strong upwards trend in support,” the report said. Prakash is one example of this trend. She arrived in the UK from

Tuesday briefing: After an historic shift in power, where might Plaid Cymru go next?

party has realised quite how different it’s going to be with Plaid in charge now,” Bethan says. “We are heading into uncharted waters.” In the first official call between ap Iorwerth

Greenlandic woman wins case against Danish authorities who confiscated her child

2024 after Kronvold was subjected to so-called FKU (parental competence) psychometric tests. At the time she was told that the test was to see if she was “civilised enough”. The Danish government [abruptly banned

Why UK’s Makerfield by-election matters far beyond one parliamentary seat

2024 general election in a landslide, Labour’s popularity has tanked over the past two years as support for the far-right, anti-immigration Reform UK has soared. In council elections last month, Reform [swept

Is it harder than ever to be prime minister?

significant power to a government with a majority," he says. "That this majority has not been deployed [to drive through change] to date is a failure of leadership rather than being indicative of a systematic

Wes Streeting: PM-in-waiting or ‘this generation’s David Miliband’?

election. What had changed? In one sense, nothing more than events. Streeting’s ambition has long been a subject for open discussion and frequent jokes within Labour, including self-deprecating ones from the man himself

No 10 braced for ‘excruciating’ revelations as Mandelson files published – UK politics live

2024 says: > double quotation markLabour has, let’s say, two terms to succeed. So far Keir’s team has not prioritised policy (not surprising given how much else had to be re-built after Corbyn