Jacques Delors foresaw the perils of austerity. How we need his wisdom now | Mark Seddon

During the darkest days of Thatcher’s de-industrialising, high unemployment, beggar-thy-neighbour dystopia of the early 1980s, there was one European leader who offered hope to the beleaguered ranks of industrial workers in the “rust belt” of former...

RV sales soar across Europe and US as people fall back in love with the road trip

Recreational vehicles (RVs), caravans, campervans or motorhomes – whatever size they are and whatever you call them, they are back and picking up a new generation of eager fans just wanting to hit the road. Europe has seen a resurgence in leisure vehicle...

Britain spent ‘twice as much on overseas fossil fuels as renewables’

The UK has spent more than twice as much overseas support on fossil fuels projects as on renewable ones so far this decade, according to research commissioned by the Catholic aid agency Cafod. The Overseas Development Institute, which analysed the figures, found that...