A year ago we gave Rachel Reeves nine ideas to plug the gap. She’s gone, the gap hasn’t. Here they are again, for the new man ...

AI data centres are big business. And after the long, hot, summer, there’s an intense focus on them environmentally and ...

If you stayed up for the Holborn and St Pancras count hoping for a political earthquake, bad luck. Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali held Keir Starmer’s old seat with 12,292 votes (45.1 per cent of the vote), ...

Whether you consider his political strategy to be savvy social networking or a selling out to Instagram, Andy Burnham’s grasp of what makes politics relatable is his key strength as prime minister. He ...

The Lead is looking for a creative and proactive Story Distribution Editor to help get our original local journalism in front ...

John Healey’s resignation over defence spending was one of the final nails in Keir Starmer’s coffin. The former defence secretary felt the former prime minister had been unable to commit the resources ...

Two weeks ago news alerts were sent on apps to millions of us about seven deaths on the A66 between Middlesbrough and Redcar. For many people outside the area huge question marks remain about what’s ...

This year’s historically rainless UK summer, fuelled by the climate crisis, saw hosepipe bans and two thirds of England officially in a state of drought, putting water security top of mind. The UK ...

AI’s thirst for water has quickly achieved a sort of folk status, from memes online to protests against the data centres. But tech companies claim AI can help solve the world’s problems, including ...

Nigel Farage ostensibly got what he wanted in Clacton. He resigned his seat, forced an unnecessary byelection, spent weeks insisting that the people should judge him rather than Westminster’s ...