7 September 2022
Jacob Rees-Mogg, who now oversees the UK government department responsible for energy and climate change, recently called to extract "every last drop" of oil and gas from the North Sea
7 July 2022
The race to replace Boris Johnson as UK prime minister has begun, with Suella Braverman and Steve Baker announcing their intention to run. They may be joined by Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and others, but where do the hopefuls stand on science?
9 June 2022
A regular round-up of the latest coronavirus news, plus insight, features and interviews from New Scientist about the covid-19 pandemic
27 September 2021
Against a backdrop of climate change protests across German cities, the centre-left Social Democratic Party narrowly won the election and now plans to create a coalition to tackle the issue
18 November 2020
The UK’s new 10-point climate plan is the first big step towards meeting a target of net zero emissions by 2050, but it doesn’t have the funding to make new climate policies a reality
12 May 2020
The UK government's "stay alert" messaging, use of statistics and outsourcing of coronavirus contact tracing have been criticised by an independent science committee
5 February 2020
The most important climate talks for years are already becoming political. This needs to stop if we have any chance of success at COP26, says Adam Vaughan
29 January 2020
The UK is finally set to leave the European Union, but big questions on science, health and the environment remain
11 December 2019
A plan instigated by Dominic Cummings, adviser to UK prime minister Boris Johnson, would see scientists get up to 15 years of funding to research areas like quantum computing
25 November 2019
The "climate election" has seen an almost daily bidding war on who will plant the most trees, insulate homes the fastest and produce the most green electricity. Here's our guide to navigating the claims
