News Aggregator/Basic needs UK
Stay updated with the latest UK news on a wide range of topics connected with Basic needs and Wellbeing Economy.
Water and drought UK
UK government ‘irresponsible’ for not publishing emergency drought plans, theguardian.com (Aug 17, 2026) - From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now, theguardian.com (Aug 12, 2026) — Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country
- The UK towns at risk of running out of water within six weeks, inews.co.uk (Aug 12, 2026)
Food UK
- 'Social supermarket' to take over vacant shop, BBC News (Aug 26, 2026) — A "social supermarket" offering low-cost food and support to escape financial hardship is to open at a third location in Kent: the Pentagon Shopping Centre in Chatham in October
- Murderous heat, an endangered food supply and no net zero: this is the life the radical right wants you to have, George Monbiot, theguardian.com (Aug 05, 2026)
- The UK birth, death, and rebirth of the local market, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jul 23, 2026)
Community energy UK
- From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now, theguardian.com (Aug 12, 2026) — Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country
- How to make the sun shine at night, Craig Dalzell, commonweal.scot (Jul 16, 2026) — Upcoming battery technology may well finally eliminate the last disadvantage of renewable energy and turn what has been an intermittent power source into a fully dispatchable one.
- Ground-mounted solar done right, cpre.org.uk (Jul 01, 2026) — The Big Solar Co-op’s approach is simple: rooftops first, then ground-mounted solar done right. (date not found)
Land UK
- Andy Burnham announces thousands of new homes, but is the government much closer to its target?, theconversation.com (Sep 02, 2026)
- The five quick wins to the Land Reform challenge in Scotland [Community Land Scotland], Daily Alternative (Jul 29, 2026)
- Our Land: who owns the countryside? New documentary explores the access divide in England and Wale, theconversation.com (May 08, 2026)
Housing UK
- Andy Burnham announces thousands of new homes, but is the government much closer to its target?, theconversation.com (Sep 02, 2026)
- Share offer for UK’s biggest community development passes first target, thenews.coop (Aug 20, 2026)
- From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now, theguardian.com (Aug 12, 2026) — Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country
Towards sustainable economies UK
- Britain’s green transition should belong to everyone. Why is Labour so intent on stopping us having our say? George Monbiot, theguardian.com (May 27, 2026)
- Fixing social care: Report highlights potential of co-op model in the UK, thenews.coop (May 08, 2026) — Commissioned by Co-operatives UK and Cwmpas, the study found co-ops provide ‘fairer, better quality, community-rooted care’
- Farm co-ops can boost UK’s food security, says report, thenews.coop (May 05, 2026)
Fairer, kinder UK
- The English restaurant turning hospitality on its head, positive.news (May 27, 2026) — At a pay-as-you-can restaurant in Stroud, radical hospitality and good food are bringing strangers together
- The Power Shift: Lessons from communities already making renewables work for them, scottishbeacon.com (Dec 05, 2025)
- The UK’s wealth ‘timebomb’ – and how to defuse it, theconversation.com (Nov 05, 2025)
Social inclusion UK
- 'Social supermarket' to take over vacant shop, BBC News (Aug 26, 2026) — A "social supermarket" offering low-cost food and support to escape financial hardship is to open at a third location in Kent: the Pentagon Shopping Centre in Chatham in October
- Extreme heat more dangerous for people 60 and over than previously thought, theguardian.com (Aug 17, 2026)
- Call for right to grow food on unused public land, BBC News (Aug 14, 2026) — Campaigners have called on City Hall to introduce a London-wide "Right to Grow" framework to help communities turn unused public land into food gardens
Sustainable livelihood UK
- From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now, theguardian.com (Aug 12, 2026) — Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country
- Should farmers be paid a basic income?, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jun 24, 2026) — Nick Easen talks to those who believe that a basic income for farmers would help reduce reliance on imports, build food security, and help the UK weather future shocks to the food system
- Working less is the most underrated climate solution, sower.world (May 14, 2025)
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