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The welly vote: Nigel Farage wants to win big in Britain’s countryside

NORWICH, England — Keir Starmer broke the Conservatives’ monopoly on Britain’s rural heartlands. Nigel Farage reckons he can seize it next. Voters ditched their decades-old loyalty to the center-right Conservative Party at last

03/08/2025

by LP Staff Writers

Blow to UK clean power goals as major wind project shelved

LONDON — Developers have pulled the plug on one of the U.K.’s biggest offshore wind projects, in a blow to the government’s clean power 2030 ambitions. Danish renewables firm Ørsted said its decision to “discontinue” the 2.4 gigawatt Hornsea 4

07/05/2025

by LP Staff Writers

PMQs: Badenoch misses open goal on India trade deal

Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you

Missions impossible: Can Starmer’s Cabinet get behind his plan?

LONDON — Keir Starmer has staked his future on convincing voters he’ll rebuild the state. First

The Trump-aligned climate skeptics advising Britain’s Nigel Farage

LONDON — Nigel Farage’s Reform Party is being advised by a think tank which denies the science of climate change and claims the U.K. government wants to use electric vehicles to control its

11/09/2025

Cars·Climate change·CO2·electric cars·Energy·Energy and Climate UK·Environment·Net zero·Paris climate agreement·Tax·UK·UKIP

Voters still want net zero. Just keep Miliband and Starmer away.

LONDON — Since Labour swept into office last year, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has traveled the country enthusing over the government’s dream of a humming, futuristic net-zero economy. The good news, according to

09/09/2025

Labour needs a new deputy leader. These are the runners and riders.

LONDON — Britain’s governing Labour Party has been plunged into a deputy leadership contest following the resignation of Keir Starmer’s scandal-hit second-in-command Angela Rayner. The contest comes at a terrible time for

08/09/2025

Culture·Education·Elections·Fraud·History·Mayors·Net zero·Playbook·Politics·Poll·Trade·UK·Welfare

Zack Polanski just rocked Britain’s Greens. Now for the hard part.

LONDON — Zack Polanski, the Green Party’s firebrand new leader, is vowing to take the fight to political rivals right and left. But first, the Greens have to stop fighting among themselves.

02/09/2025

Banks·Buildings·Cooperation·Cost of living·Crisis·Elections·Energy and Climate UK·Net zero·Platforms·Rights·Welfare·Westminster Insider

Keir Starmer wants to fix Britain. He’s still working out how.

LONDON — In his first Downing Street speech, Keir Starmer promised to “deliver change.” Fourteen months on, he’s still figuring out the delivery part. The British prime minister is expected to revamp

01/09/2025

Meet the very online Tories trying to end the party’s gloom

LONDON — The Conservatives might be stuck in the wilderness of opposition. But a host of digital warriors are determined to turn their fortunes around. Wounded by an election rout delivering the

28/08/2025

UK’s AI ambitions clash with its climate goals

LONDON — Tech giants must be allowed to burn more fossil fuels if the U.K. is to become a global AI leader, British ministers were told this summer. The warning was raised

11/08/2025

Artificial Intelligence·Big Tech·Data Centers·Decarbonization·Energy and Climate UK·Gas·Net zero·Technology UK

From Truss to Blair, Britain just can’t escape its ex-prime ministers

LONDON — Nobody likes a backseat driver. But what if the person trying to grab the wheel is a former prime minister? Britain has cycled through a stack of leaders in the

05/08/2025

The Lib Dems have a plan to start banging on about the climate

LONDON — The Liberal Democrats — the third-biggest party in the U.K. parliament — reckon they have found a winning political formula. Talking about the climate. A lot. Fresh from landing a

21/07/2025

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Net zero

The welly vote: Nigel Farage wants to win big in Britain’s countryside

Blow to UK clean power goals as major wind project shelved

PMQs: Badenoch misses open goal on India trade deal

Missions impossible: Can Starmer’s Cabinet get behind his plan?

The Trump-aligned climate skeptics advising Britain’s Nigel Farage

Voters still want net zero. Just keep Miliband and Starmer away.

Labour needs a new deputy leader. These are the runners and riders.

Zack Polanski just rocked Britain’s Greens. Now for the hard part.

Keir Starmer wants to fix Britain. He’s still working out how.

UK’s AI ambitions clash with its climate goals

From Truss to Blair, Britain just can’t escape its ex-prime ministers

The Lib Dems have a plan to start banging on about the climate

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