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Energy companies tried to scrap requirement to help customers struggling to pay bills
Energy crisis

Energy companies tried to scrap requirement to help customers struggling to pay bills

New homes must produce 30% less carbon from next month – but experts fear scheme won’t work
Green homes

New homes must produce 30% less carbon from next month – but experts fear scheme won’t work

Sue Gray report exposes ‘repugnant’ treatment of Downing Street cleaners and security staff
Partygate

Sue Gray report exposes ‘repugnant’ treatment of Downing Street cleaners and security staff

The Church of England is getting into homebuilding to ‘turn the tide of the housing crisis’
Housing

The Church of England is getting into homebuilding to ‘turn the tide of the housing crisis’

‘How does he sleep at night?’: MPs tell Boris Johnson to resign over Sue Gray report
Partygate

‘How does he sleep at night?’: MPs tell Boris Johnson to resign over Sue Gray report

‘Wine time Fridays’, ‘excessive drinking’ and leaving via the back door: The Sue Gray report is out
Partygate

‘Wine time Fridays’, ‘excessive drinking’ and leaving via the back door: The Sue Gray report is out

Family of 5 accused of ‘deliberately’ living in a tiny studio flat win High Court battle
Housing crisis

Family of 5 accused of ‘deliberately’ living in a tiny studio flat win High Court battle

One in four women of colour have experienced racial slurs at work, report finds
Racism

One in four women of colour have experienced racial slurs at work, report finds

Michael Gove vows to get tough with social housing landlords in warning over horror homes
Social Housing

Michael Gove vows to get tough with social housing landlords in warning over horror homes

Shell consultant quits with explosive LinkedIn post accusing oil giant of ‘extreme harms’ to planet
Oil industry

Shell consultant quits with explosive LinkedIn post accusing oil giant of ‘extreme harms’ to planet

A basic income ‘could cut poverty to its lowest point in decades’
Basic income

A basic income ‘could cut poverty to its lowest point in decades’

The chancellor has made the Sunday Times Rich List – during a major cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

The chancellor has made the Sunday Times Rich List – during a major cost of living crisis

One in five regularly work from home as the government urges return to offices
Flexible working

One in five regularly work from home as the government urges return to offices

The number of ‘no-fault’ evictions being handed out to renters is now 30% higher than pre-Covid
Renting

The number of ‘no-fault’ evictions being handed out to renters is now 30% higher than pre-Covid

The government says it’s too expensive to give disabled people in fire risk blocks evacuation plans
Fire safety

The government says it’s too expensive to give disabled people in fire risk blocks evacuation plans

The government has rejected calls to give the public more access to the English countryside
Right to roam

The government has rejected calls to give the public more access to the English countryside

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New records were set in 2021 for rising sea levels, greenhouse gas and ocean heat
Climate crisis

New records were set in 2021 for rising sea levels, greenhouse gas and ocean heat

Inflation is at a 40-year high – and it’s hitting the poorest people hardest
Cost of living crisis

Inflation is at a 40-year high – and it’s hitting the poorest people hardest

Petition signed by 145,000 people forces MPs to debate including trans conversion therapy in ban
LGBTQ+ rights

Petition signed by 145,000 people forces MPs to debate including trans conversion therapy in ban

Exclusive: The UK’s rarest and most threatened wildlife sites are not being protected properly
Nature conservation

Exclusive: The UK’s rarest and most threatened wildlife sites are not being protected properly