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If the capital runs out of water, what then?

Is a new €1bn infrastructure fund the answer to Europe’s flooding problems? Or is a more drastic plan needed?

You’re lucky to get a few seconds between spotting roadside refuse when driving in Britain. Tackling this is an easy win for the government

The global north needs to be building friendships with as many of our former colonies as possible

Sewage discharges are a regular practice in Britain and they are a threat to people’s health. The public are outraged

Decades ago, holidaymakers in Bude knew that when you went in the sea, you kept your mouth shut. Today, that rule is back

Pressure to leave the European Convention on Human Rights won’t stop even if Robert Jenrick loses the Tory leadership election

Early release is a sticking plaster, not a solution. We need a wholly new approach to sentencing

The pundit turned 'comedian' has faced a backlash from fans online

Already loathed by much of his staff for connections to Rupert Murdoch, the Washington Post’s British publisher Will Lewis is now under renewed fire for his decision to cancel an endorsement of Kamala Harris

If Labour raises taxes and the uber-wealthy begin to leave, will anybody care?

Alanis Morissette would be proud of this list of disasters

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s streaming, cinema, theatre and books

The special issue will focus squarely on the appalling state of Britain’s waterways, the result of an absolute scandal of our times; the privatisation of the water companies

They’ll talk about getting Britain closer to Europe, but will Keir Starmer listen?

The New European's hit podcast is staging its first live event in London

The Reform leader’s attack on Labour over its activists volunteering for Kamala Harris has blown up in his face

The hard-right activist is urging her followers to boycott the charity over its supposed "inclusion agenda"

The shameless survivor who brought you Brexit doesn’t deserve another platform

Angela Rayner teased and then taunted her old sparring partner in his last big appearance as her shadow

Former Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden has quickly forgotten his north-east roots

The weighting of a story about the Croydon man shot by police is all wrong

Whatever Rachel Reeves announces will make her deeply unpopular. But that won’t necessarily mean she’s wrong

The debate has opened up a number of complex moral dilemmas and cast doubt on the ability of the NHS to cope with the additional pressure

Clearly, the chancellor has no intention of courting short-term popularity as the budget looms

We asked our listeners at the O2 whether Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick should be the next Tory leader. The response was bleak for both candidates

Our digest of the worst of Westminster welcomes the slippery charmer to the Spectator editor's chair

Owned by an oligarch and run by an editor who seems suddenly out of his depth, the London Evening Standard has been subjected to a slow, cruel death

Johnson says that his new book on Harold Wilson isn’t meant as a message to the current PM. But it is

The PM has promised to put country before party. None of his Tory predecessors did, so why should he?

The government should be tackling the roots of populism, not scoffing at ‘unelectable’ opponents who embrace it