Food

The meat paradox: How your brain wrestles with the ethics of eating animals

— Psychologists have described a ‘meat paradox’ in the minds of meat-eating animal lovers.

Transport

What the decision to curtail HS2 and embrace cars means for the UK’s cities

— Rail has long been hailed as the cleanest means of public transport. HS2’s demise will undermine the UK’s ability to improve its rail infrastructure and potentially lead to greater inequality.

Front Pages

Front pages 📰 7 October 2023

— We take a look at the front pages of the main newspapers and magazines today in the UK and beyond.

Climate Change

Rishi Sunak is introducing the polarised climate politics of the US, Canada, and Australia to the UK

— Rishi Sunak is using the short-term costs of green transition to justify a weakening of the UK’s climate policy, appealing to concerns about these costs. This strategy could polarise climate politics, and risk turning climate into a hotly contested political issue.

Front Pages

Front pages 📰 6 October 2023

— We take a look at the front pages of the main newspapers and magazines today in the UK and beyond.

15-Minute Cities

What is the 15-minute cities conspiracy theory?

— At the Conservative Party Conference, Mark Harper voiced criticism against the concept of ‘15-minute cities’, hinting it is a local authority ploy to control citizens. Some conspiracy theories even link it to oppressive rules and ‘climate lockdowns’.

HS2

What Rishi Sunak scrapping HS2 – and promising a new ‘Network North’ – means for the north of England

— Infrastructure development in Northern England has been increasingly muddled in recent years. Few will be convinced by Rishi Sunak’s new pledge to fix this.

Front Pages

Front pages 📰 5 October 2023

— We take a look at the front pages of the main newspapers and magazines today in the UK and beyond.

Immigration

Suella Braverman warns of ‘unmanageable’ numbers of asylum seekers – The data shows we hardly take any

— The current government is the most aggressively anti-refugee administration in British history, with laws threatening to send asylum seekers to Rwanda and language used to discuss refugees linked to increasing unrest. Yet, Suella Braverman warns that millions more people will come to Britain, “uncontrolled and unmanageable”. A migration “hurricane” is

Front Pages

Front pages 📰 4 October 2023

— We take a look at the front pages of the main newspapers and magazines today in the UK and beyond.

Racism

Discrimination is the biggest career obstacle for women of colour in the NHS

— Black and minority ethnic women are the most likely of all NHS staff groups to experience discrimination from patients or colleagues. Systemic discrimination is the single biggest impediment to their career progression.

Front Pages

Front pages 📰 3 October 2023

— We take a look at the front pages of the main newspapers and magazines today in the UK and beyond.

UK Politics

Ed Balls and George Osborne’s new podcast is essential listening – but not for the reasons they think

— In a new podcast, former chancellor George Osborne and former shadow chancellor Ed Balls have revealed how their parties collaborated on devising some of the most damaging policies of the past 20 years.

Long-Read

Brexit: Unsettled and still not settleable

— Brexit has failed to secure public support for its current form, with the latest opinion poll showing roughly half of the population would vote to rejoin the EU, and a clear majority thinks it was a mistake to leave the EU.

UK Politics

Political leaders need a grand narrative – Rishi Sunak’s is a story of decline

— The prime minister has acknowledged that a narrative of national decline is setting in – but he has been unable to disentangle himself from it.

UK Politics

The government debunked a 15-minute city conspiracy... then endorsed it

— The Levelling up Department’s own guidance contradicts comments by Transport Secretary Mark Harper at the Conservative Conference.