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Mainstream groups including National Trust and RSPB will join hunt saboteurs and direct action activists for first time

Bloviators and untruths continue to generate more news than common sense and the environment. But some parties are trying to make a difference, writes Zoe Williams

Nigel Farage is back, the Tories are in freefall and everyone’s shouting about tax. If you want to read up on the choices facing voters on 4 July – and better understand how we got here in the first place – Jessie Thompson has your ultimate general election reading guide

The MP and author on reading her political rival’s memoir, the wonders of Robert Macfarlane and the joy of Barbara Kingsolver

Marina Abramović would flinch at the pain the prime minister is inflicting on himself in pursuit of his self-destructive project

With polls predicting huge losses for the Conservatives and huge gains for Labour, the election campaign so far has focused on the battle between the two biggest parties in Westminster. But the parliamentary dynamics are exceptionally fluid this year. Here’s a summary of where every party in Westminster currently stands…

Speaking at Hay Festival, the departing Green MP also criticised the Labour Party’s unwillingness to talk about a wealth tax

Brief letters: Farrow & Ball colours and names | Patriarchy chicken | Caroline Lucas giving up politics | Early Christmas emails

After 14 years, the Green party’s sole MP will stand down at the next election. She talks about her successes, her failures, her hopes for England – and her new career as an end-of-life doula

The Green party politician offers ways in which we might express an English identity that would lead to a more inclusive and progressive land

A progressive vision of the country’s literary and cultural history from the trailblazing MP