Earlier this year, I joined the Coalition for Global Prosperity and CAFOD, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development on a trip to Kenya, to see first-hand the impact the UK is having through its development programmes. Together we visited communities in Marsabit County in Northern Kenya, who are experiencing the worst drought in forty years. This humanitarian crisis on the Horn of Africa is now one of the worst in the world, and in Kenya alone, over four million people have been affected by the drought with 4.5 million now at risk of starvation.

The announcement by the government to name community wealth funds as a new cause of the expanded Dormant Assets Scheme – an initiative that brings together unclaimed funds from bank and building society accounts and insurance, pensions and securities – will, hopefully, represent a seismic shift in how the most deprived and under-resourced parts of the country receive the funding they desperately need.

Following the publication of Tetra Pak’s new report on decarbonising the UK food system, Alex Henriksen, Managing Director of Tetra Pak UK, reflects on the importance of tackling food waste and loss if the UK is to meet its net zero goals.

Humza Yousaf was the overwhelming favourite to become the next SNP leader among his fellow MSPs at Holyrood and among those who occupy the SNP benches at Westminster.

In an increasingly uncertain world, building friendship, exchange and solidarity with the people of Taiwan has never been more important.

This generation of young people will inherit the greatest challenges facing our common humanity – poverty, inequality, conflict, climate and ecological breakdown.

With the government considering ending the ban on onshore wind in England, Tom Sasse analyses what the UK should learn from abroad

One group likely to welcome the Illegal Migration Bill being debated this week is people traffickers. For them, it could be good for business.

Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our time, an existential threat to our lives, our prosperity and the planet

The publication of Mission Zero, the independent review into net zero by Chris Skidmore MP, provides a roadmap for the UK to deliver on its net zero ambition. But is it a roadmap that policymakers and others will follow? PoliticsHome sat down with academics from UKCRIC to find out why they believe the recently published Review is an opportunity the nation cannot afford to miss.

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We often hear about the steps that manufacturing, infrastructure, and transport are taking to respond to the challenge of climate change, but it is a growing issue for sport too. As UK Sport launches its new Environmental Sustainability Strategy, we sat down with Tom Baker, Head of Social Impact, to find out why the organisation is putting environmental sustainability at the centre of its work.

Our neighbourhoods aren’t designed for disabled people. It’s about time we started listening to them.

As if we needed it, last week delivered a powerful reminder of why our politics requires a deep clean.

As the Illegal Migration Bill enters the Committee stage today and MPs have a chance to debate amendments and new clauses, we should reflect on the aims of the bill, what it will achieve, and not only what it means for our asylum process, but the global system for offering aid and support to refugees.

A force of nature, Baroness Masham’s kind and gentle manner belied her steely strength in the fight for disability rights

Iranian director Cyrus Neshvad’s short film is stress filled and suspenseful from the start

Being a construction client isn’t just about creating the right building for the right price within the right timeframe. It is also an opportunity to solve some of the biggest economic, ethical and ecological problems we face today.

Adam Bell, head of policy at Stonehaven, walks us through the perils and pitfalls in trying to decarbonise the heating of our homes

We have been making and using it in fertilisers and rocket fuel for decades. Until the 1960s, homes in the United Kingdom were supplied with town gas which contained over 50 per cent hydrogen.

Liam Fox passed the world’s first legislation for Down syndrome through his Private Member’s Bill. He speaks to Sophie Church about the joys of passing a bill that he says will support people with Down syndrome for years to come

The United Kingdom continues to be in the grips of an energy crisis. Millions of people are struggling to afford to pay for enough energy to stay safe, warm, and healthy at home.

The Casey Review speaks volumes and the volume is far too loud for the Met Police to hide from; but the commissioner Mark Rowley is giving it the good old college try.

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