Scientists called 2023 ocean temperature records ‘terrifying’ and ‘bonkers.’ We just broke them. Worse than they thought. And yet the government is failing to get to grips with the climate crisis and considering major new oil drilling. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Serving as an MP is a privilege and should be viewed as such by those who do the job – not as a part-time role or a get-rich-quick scheme. We need a ban on second jobs for MPs now.

After years of silence from the UK govt in the face of genocide and war crimes in Gaza, the Home Office is now moving the goalposts for Gazans trying to escape to safety. With the genocide ongoing and hundreds killed since the ceasefire, the UK must do all it can to support refugees from Gaza.

The first of TWO speeches to two rooms packed with constituents come to lobby their MPs for more action on Palestinian rights yesterday in Parliament. Thanks to everyone who is keeping up the pressure on MPs and the Government for the simplest actions any normal country would take.

It is utterly shameful that the maternal mortality rate is 3 times as high for black women compared to white women. The government must act with urgency and transparency to tackle those racial disparities and support families to receive better, safer care.

It is nonsensical to spend more money on nuclear weapons which must never be used than on the strategic investment in defence we truly need - that includes not just equipment to counter state threats like cyber warfare, but action against global security threats like climate breakdown

Questions I would have asked the Home Secretary about Labour’s cruel asylum Bill…had she let me.

Make no mistake: Today’s Supreme Court decision upholding Birthright Citizenship is a big blow for the far-right. The effort to end Birthright Citizenship comes from people like John Eastman, the same lawyer who played a key role in Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Birthright citizenship will remain the law of the land, and there's nothing President Trump can do about it.

Press Release: CLINIC Welcomes Supreme Court Ruling on Birthright Citizenship Full statement: www.cliniclegal.org/press-releas...

Climate resilience has implications far beyond just the environment, impacting the economy, farming, housing, transport, and national security itself. The cost of inaction far outweighs the costs of investment now - we must ensure national strategy for security tackles climate breakdown.

Utterly ridiculous that the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan published today reveals more funding will be spent on the nuclear programme than every other bit of kit and technology for the armed forces. We cannot keep sinking huge sums into weapons which must never be used.

Almost two-thirds of dentists who claim to take on new NHS patients aren't actually doing so. One practice in the East of England has a waiting list 25 pages long. NHS dentistry is broken, and the Government needs to fund it properly.

Palantir came to Parliament today… A clear sign that our voices are being heard and the lobbyists are worried. Keep Palantir out of our public services 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Amazing energy in Greater Manchester for our Mayor candidate Geraldine Coggins - great to meet new volunteers! Over the next few weeks she's going to be putting forward plans to tackle the cost of living and inequality. And I'll be all around Greater Manchester with her lots!

My latest Substack: Yersinia pestis is implicated in what’s been called the Neolithic Decline in Europe, some 5,000 years ago. And humans’ struggle with microbes goes back long before that. At the moment understanding of our vulnerability is sorely lacking nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...

It is a damning indictment of this Labour Government that, two years into their term, access to dental care remains a postcode lottery, and millions of people are being left in pain without the basic care they are entitled to. Daily Mirror covers my investigation www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...

Growth mentioned ten times. Climate mentioned zero times. A reminder that the green economy is worth £100bn a year, benefits every part of the UK, and green jobs are paid 11% above the average wage. Burnham must stamp out creeping climate skepticism and deliver for people and for nature.

"If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all. Imagining isn’t perfect. You can’t get all the way inside someone else. … But imagining being someone else, or the world being something else, is the only way in. It is the machine that kills fascists.”

"Few wars are worth fighting; those that are fought can only be won in the world, and not within the tortured confines of estranged minds. Trump hastens now towards our shared horizon of death, seeking honors that only posterity can accord and will not." @timothysnyder.bsky.social

You’re daily reminder Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions” PLEASE DON’T FALL FOR IT youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...

I visited Camp Beagle in Huntingdon, where beagles are bred and kept in tiny cages. They have no access to outdoor space and are subjected to cruel experiments. These outdated practices must end and be replaced by modern, reliable methods.

The country needs leadership that matches the scale of the climate crisis.

The UK is a sitting duck when it comes to heatwaves, and for all the other effects of climate breakdown. We cannot afford any more doubt or delay. Stopping the very worst effect means clear and decisive climate action. All eyes on the candidates for PM!

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"The fact is, the world is changing fast & we need to change just about every aspect of our lives to adapt – our homes & offices, factories & schools, cars & trains, farms & gardens, & so on. But it’s not happening. That’s why if you’re not scared witless by this heatwave, you should be."

As Europe is being hit by an enormous heatwave, made much likelier by the fact we keep on burning huge quantities of oil and gas and coal every year, we can reveal some of the likely results… Anyway, on other pages… From the new Private Eye, out now.

Trump: Pouring bleach into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool… That’ll stop it getting Covid! New Private Eye on shelves now.

SHAKESPEAREAN HAIKU Shall I compare thee To a summer’s day? Alright – Thou art very hot.

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UN’s climate chief: “Climate change is running rampant, caused by the world’s addiction to burning coal, oil and gas. But the solutions are equally clear: a faster shift to clean energy – which is now much cheaper than fossil fuels – as well as protecting forests and building climate resilience.”

“Yes this is climate change, yes it’s us, yes we have the solutions, no we’re not implementing them fast enough. It’s really now a question of what kind of future we want for ourselves, and whether we’re willing to do what it takes to secure it.”

He's right that Watergate today would be a big nothingburger. But he's drawing exactly the wrong lesson from that fact.

"The Constitution is clear: States run elections, not Trump. This is a major victory for American democracy.” 🎊🎉

More from us on today's devastating decision in the Al Otro Lado case. We have been fighting this case since 2017.

“None of the cited statements by either the President or the Secretary was overtly racial,” Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the majority opinion, said of the Trump administration’s disparaging public comments about Haitian migrants ...“

Today’s outrageous and cruel decision by the Supreme Court puts over a million lives in peril. It undermines a core promise of this country: to be a refuge for those fleeing danger and persecution and seeking a better life for themselves and their families.

Press Release: CLINIC Laments Devastating Human Consequences of Today’s Supreme Court Decisions. Full statement ➡️ www.cliniclegal.org/press-releas...

"When it comes down to it, the thousands of words Alito wrote could have been tossed out in favor of just 10: “Haitians have no rights white men are bound to respect.”

But okay, Reform are still claiming that it is all "woke weakness" and we need to burn more fossil fuels. When does climate change denial become classed as a "dangerous ideology". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We all have a moral responsibility to make damn sure this racist horrorshow never gets a whiff of power and that we boot Farage and all his dullwitted Reform brownshirts out of public life for good. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

When you think Mike Tapp is too lenient on immigration it is time to pack up and just join Reform.

"As the ties that bind the improbable alliance between far-right Jews and white nationalist evangelical Christians continue to weaken, progressive American Jews are done being told that our safety can only be ensured by a politics of fear." 💚

This week, farmers, food campaigners and food security experts held a funeral for the food system. The commercialisation of our food system and the power of supermarkets have put our food security at risk. We need concrete steps to support a resilient system.

America is being globally humiliated by Iran in this catastrophically ill-judged, illegal war of choice.

Farmers are crucial contributors to our nation's health, security, and vitality - but they need far greater support and consistency from government in order to secure a sustainable future for the sector and adapt to the challenges of a changing climate.

Let's be crystal clear here. We are not paying £10m extra due to an unexpected heatwave. We are paying this because successive governments have failed to prepare for the impact of climate breakdown. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The principle that everyone's vote counts equally should be a cornerstone of democracy - but under the current First Past The Post System, countless voters across Britain are left unrepresented. The government must act urgently to bring in proportional representation and build a fairer politics.

My thoughts are with all those affected by the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, and with the brave emergency workers responding to the disaster. The UK must stand in solidarity with the impacted communities as they recover and grieve.

It was an honour to meet with Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, to discuss the dire humanitarian crisis in Palestine and what more the UK Government must do to safeguard human rights and bring an end to the subjugation, occupation, and genocide of Palestinians.