Opinion

Governments are rolling out heat-health plans and cooling centres as Europe burns. What they’re still avoiding is the fossil-fuel expansion driving the crisis in the first place, says Rob Dyer.

Copernicus data shows July 2026 among the hottest on record, with Arctic ice near historic lows. The technology to fix this already exists – but union leaders defending fossil fuel jobs are standing in the way, says Brian Green.

Andy Burnham has made housing his flagship pledge. But the crisis isn’t a shortage of homes – it’s who owns them. Reversing decades of financialised property risks the very crash it was built to prevent, says Brian Green.

Out go Reeves, Lammy and the rest of the Starmer old guard, but with Healey at the Treasury and Mahmood at the Home Office, the new PM’s top team suggests continuity, not the break with neoliberalism Andy Burnham has promised, says Andy Walker.

Will McMahon unpacks Andy Burnham’s leadership acceptance speech, finding a warmer voice and a sharper critique of four decades of Thatcherism and globalisation – undercut by a pledge to be “a pro-business leader” that leaves the real distribution of power untouched.

Having ceded the strait of Hormuz to Iran and Oman, Washington is now gambling with Wall Street to avoid admitting defeat, writes Brian Green.

As a survivor who has used rape crisis services, Siobhán Ovey is tired of watching her trauma weaponised to justify excluding another vulnerable group.

As NATO leaders gathered in Ankara to plan for war with Russia, tens of thousands are already dying from extreme heat across Europe.

As Burnham eyes Number Ten, his own book very much suggests a premiership built on constitutional tinkering, not redistribution, says Andy Walker.