Last week saw the Government mark a key milestone on its mission of achieving clean power by 2030, with the publication of a national Clean Power Action Plan.

As Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledges to cut down on “wasteful spending” within public services, weight management expert Margaret Miles-Bramwell OBE, founder and chair of Slimming World, is calling for a review of spending on unnecessary weight loss medication.

Vladimir Putin says Russia attacked Ukraine with a new medium-range missile “in response to the use of American and British long-range weapons on 21 November”.

Think back to early 2022. The emergency flights full of anti-tank weapons, the hastily drafted sanction regimes, the fruitless shuttle diplomacy. Ukraine stands as a reminder that it is best to form policy in response to a crisis before the crisis emerges.

In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: scum

For five decades, Lord Lexden has been at the heart of Conservative politics. The party’s official historian tells Francis Elliott what lessons Kemi Badenoch should learn from the past and why she should resist the siren call of Nigel Farage

Following the success of our popular “Purr Minister competition” to find Parliament’s top cat, Battersea took our four key priorities for animal welfare, and three of our beloved canine residents, to the heart of Westminster at a reception kindly sponsored by our local MP, Marsha de Cordova.

The Leader of the House of Commons wished the UK a cruelty-free Christmas last week, in response to a question raised in Parliament by Sarah Champion – just in time for the MP and Cruelty Free International to host their Christmas reception in the Churchill Room on Wednesday afternoon.

Parks, pubs, sports clubs, libraries, allotments, community centres, local shops, youth clubs – these are the building blocks of a community.

With a career in journalism behind her, Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh Liz Jarvis tells Sophie Church why Labour’s failure to listen to the public could prove costly

New report says the chemical sector needs a vision to help deliver its net zero ambitions and growth

With highway infrastructure projects expanding to meet the needs of our communities, safety at local highway work sites has become increasingly important.

With Europe racing to procure arms against the threat of widespread war on the continent, shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge tells Sophie Church the UK risks falling behind. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer

Donald Trump’s election victory will undoubtedly have implications for both international security and defence spending, particularly in Europe.

"I think this will be the biggest upgrade to workers’ and trade union rights in a generation," TUC general secretary Paul Nowak told a meeting of bill committee members scrutinising the Employment Rights Bill in Parliament.

Martin McHugh, CEO at CSA Catapult explains the steps needed to transform the UK’s semiconductor industry and drive economic growth for the long term

17 organisations have come together under the Flue2Chem consortium to explore how CO2 emissions from industrial processes can be transformed into new raw materials.

Although its proposed solutions may fail the plausibility test, the real joy of this book is to be found in the breadth of Baroness Bennett’s reading and experiences

Often rich in detail with lots of useful data, Liam Byrne’s book is however too narrow in its perspective, failing to grasp how fundamental the environment is to its subject matter

‘Deepfake porn’ is on the rise. Sienna Rodgers meets the women fighting to criminalise the creation of non-consensual intimate images

At COP29, the Prime Minister said that he wants the UK to reclaim its global leadership on tackling climate change and decarbonisation. Meanwhile, as the Governor of the Bank of England warns that Brexit has weighed heavy on the economy, the government is also looking to reset the UK’s relationship with the EU, including on trade, as part of its mission to deliver economic growth. Is it possible to achieve both? Britain’s busiest international ro-ro port might just have the answer.

Twenty years after the Hunting Act was introduced, and 100 years after its formation, the League Against Cruel Sports is still calling for an end to blood sports in the UK

Imagine being able to drop into a high street clinic to get health advice or treatment from a healthcare professional with years of training and experience – no appointment necessary.

Why young men seem to be drifting towards Reform has been a major talking point in recent weeks. But less attention has been paid to the role young women are playing in changing voting patterns.