The anti-social use of mobile phones on transport, restaurants and in public spaces is a source of much irritation and annoyance.

Britain must prepare for global heating far in excess of the level scientists have pegged as the limit of safety, the government’s climate advisers have warned, as current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate.

Graffiti is something that degrades neighbourhoods.

Be still our beating hearts. You mean that a central government plan to achieve such things turns out to be rubbish?

Rat infestations in the UK have been increasing in many areas in recent years. 

John Harris in The Guardian bemoans how the youth clubs of today simply don’t exist:

Litter in UK cities is demoralising.

On October 13, Margaret Thatcher, one of the most important politicians and reformers of the 20th century, would have turned 100 years old.

It’s possible that there could be a bestseller here. An illustrated version for the nightstand of budding socialists everywhere.

The Guardian view on an AI bubble: capitalism still hasn’t evolved to protect itself

A plastic recycling industry potentially worth £2bn and 5,000 jobs is dying in the UK because of government failure to close a loophole that allows 600,000 tonnes of plastic waste to be exported each year.

The ongoing Birmingham bin strikes have been unusually hard to solve because they sit at the intersection of local politics, finances, and union relations.