The tuition fee cap in England has risen for the first time since 2017, increasing to £9,535 for 2025–26 while students face record rents and living costs. Government guidance ties the uplift to inflation forecasts and makes clear fee loans will cover the higher limit, but independent data show maintenance…

In 2025 markets favour organisations that stitch start‑ups, corporates, investors and public actors into resilient innovation systems. Case studies from Greentown Labs, Standard Chartered and Tesla, plus McKinsey and Startup Genome analysis, show returns and emissions gains accrue to firms that design and steward ecosystems — but investors must weigh…

The City’s new Planning for Sustainability SPD and emerging developer practice are making reuse and whole‑life carbon accounting the default in central London, creating a policy‑backed market for retrofit‑first schemes — and new opportunities (and risks) for investors who back them early. A quiet but consequential transformation is underway across…

Facing record warmth and low rainfall, Thames Water has introduced targeted hosepipe bans and is urging customers to cut everyday use — from two‑minute shorter showers to fixing leaks and installing water butts — while it accelerates leak repairs and waits for prolonged rainfall to restore rivers and reservoirs. Thames…

With Love, Meghan has divided critics and viewers — praised as charming domestic storytelling by some and derided as a polished PR vehicle by others — yet Netflix has confirmed a second season and commercial tie‑ins as producers target an international audience. Since its debut, With Love, Meghan has polarised…

As the Woodcraft Folk marks 100 years, its blend of outdoor skills, peer-led political education and international solidarity — showcased at Camp 100 — offers a model missing from current government youth interventions. At six I made a small, private choice that turned out to be anything but: I joined…

Reports that Labour figures have been informally canvassing possible replacements for Diane Abbott in Hackney North and Stoke Newington have provoked criticism that the party is deciding her fate before a disciplinary investigation concludes, intensifying a long‑running row over how the leadership handles allegations of prejudice and candidate selection. Moves…

A collection of Guardian long reads — from transnational rights and London’s Tideway project to Black family reunions and Anne Geddes’s photography — frames intimate stories as a critique of a Labour administration perceived to be prioritising grand projects over everyday value, urging readers to demand accountability, sovereignty and practical…

Reports that Class A drugs are being openly exchanged on the cathedral steps — sometimes during services and yards from choir schools — have alarmed worshippers, parents and residents, highlighting tensions between concentrated outreach services and calls for tougher policing in central Westminster. The quiet ritual inside Westminster Cathedral on…

An intimate photographic archive collected from family albums, nightclub negatives and community submissions traces how Black British women have prepared, dressed and performed for Saturday night from the 1950s to today — and argues these domestic rituals are foundational to Britain’s sartorial history. Before the music arrives, there is the…

MPs will debate government plans to raise the minimum residency for indefinite leave to remain from five to ten years after two petitions totalling more than 250,000 signatures triggered a Westminster debate on 8 September 2025. Campaigners warn the changes could be applied retrospectively to established routes, hitting skilled workers,…

Speculation over a possible MSQ–S4 tie‑up — publicly denied by MSQ but acknowledged as preliminary contact by S4 — collided with standout retail creative from Uncommon for B&Q and Dentsu’s senior creative appointment, underscoring simultaneous consolidation chatter and continued advertiser spending on distinctive creative talent. Campaign’s weekly roundup has lifted…