The Guardian Articles

Sewage floating down Britain’s rivers has become a pungent political symbol. But a recent court case over Thames Water’s debts was not concerned with the flow of water and effluent so much as the flow of money.

Thames Water stands out amid the turmoil of the privatised water industry in …

Labour was warned more than a year ago about a “vile” WhatsApp group involving two of the party’s MPs, local councillors and a series of offensive messages, the Guardian has been told.

It came as a cycling campaigner said he was “profoundly distressed” to learn that one of the MPs, …

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A new outbreak of bird flu has been detected in Australia, with authorities confirming an outbreak of H7N8 avian influenza at an egg farm in northern Victoria at the weekend.

The detection comes only weeks after quarantine restrictions were lifted on the last property affected by Victoria’s 2024 avian influenza …

MPs should receive a £2,500 pay rise for the next financial year, an increase of 2.8%, the body that recommends their salaries has said.

If the pay rise proposed by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) goes through, it would raise a backbench MP’s salary from £91,346 to just under …

The impact of artificial intelligence on the environment and inequality has dominated the opening exchanges of a global summit in Paris attended by political leaders, tech executives and experts.

Emmanuel Macron’s AI envoy, Anne Bouverot, opened the two-day gathering at the Grand Palais in the heart of the French capital …

Shares in BP have jumped by 8%, its biggest rise since 2020, after it emerged that the activist investor Elliott Investment Management had taken a stake in the UK oil company.

The stock rose as investors bet that Elliott, a feared New York hedge fund known for its attempts to …

Insurers paid out a record £585m for weather-related damage to homes and possessions in Britain last year, after

record-breaking

The data, from the Association of British Insurers (ABI), revealed that claims for damage to homes from windstorms, flooding and frozen pipes …

Gold has reached to a record high and aluminium prices rose after

Donald Trump said he would impose new 25% tariffs

As investors rushed for a safe haven for their money, the spot price of gold …

A Labour MP is to meet with the government chief whip to decide on any sanctions over his membership of a WhatsApp group that featured racist, sexist and other offensive comments, a minister has said.

Oliver Ryan, the MP for Burnley, has already apologised for failing to challenge some of …