Full Coverage: United Kingdom

29.04.2005 Do you get frustrated when politicians refuse to take action for global justice or climate change until other countries agree as well - and of course nothing ever happens? Some election candidates have adopted the principle of Simultaneous Policy which commits them to work with other governments to overcome this impasse.

29.04.2005 The royal prerogative is a medieval procedure which allows the Prime Minister to exercise certain powers without reference to Parliamant - such as going to war on Iraq. Tony Blair must be wishing today that he had not dumped Labour policy to control use of the prerogative in 1994.

29.04.2005 This appeal by Greenpeace activists found guilty of trespass during an anti-war protest is one of a number of cases in which the defence attempted unsuccessfully to call the Attorney General as a witness. Now that the infamous opinion has been published, perhaps Lord Goldsmith will be summoned by judges to appear in court?

29.04.2005 Charities are occasionally regarded as fair game for tabloid journalists. In this case of a volunteer accused of child trafficking in Montenegro, it took 15 months before the Sunday Mirror lost the defamation claim and apologised.

28.04.2005 Another new regional airport opens today near Doncaster. Whatever the politics of cheap flights, it is increasingly clear that the absence of VAT or fuel tax creates an absurd competitive advantage for aviation in an era of rising oil prices. The hasty upward revision of passenger projections is further evidence that this form of travel is out of control.

27.04.2005 YouGov polls have attracted interest in the election as they adopt new media communication tools. In this poll commissioned by the Make Poverty History campaign, the results suggest overwhelming preference for more action on poverty - which is baffling because the mainstream media are saying that war and world poverty are not electoral issues.

27.04.2005 Leading overseas development charity Save the Children has announced a programme of decentralisation of its international operations which will reduce the size of its Head Office in London. Director General Mike Aaronson is to leave the organisation.

26.04.2005 Britain's Gordon Brown has been named 2005's recipient of the Commitment to Development Award, presented every year to an individual or organization from the rich world that has made a siginificant contribution to changing attitudes and policies towards the developing world.

26.04.2005 For Greenpeace campaigners, John Prescott symbolises the "all talk and no action" record of Labour on climate change, in his case the failure to tighten up building regulations for energy efficiency. His own home will now set a good example thanks to a visit from Greenpeace to fit new solar panels.

26.04.2005 Whilst the politicans boast of their relative abilities to limit immigration, a student campaign provides a welcome positive attitude towards asylum-seekers. The call is that pupils established in school or university should not suffer the disruption of deportation in any circumstance.

22.04.2005 OneWorld UK meets the organisers of the Palestine Film Festival, an event growing in size and ambition, which runs this year at the Barbican and SOAS.

22.04.2005 Friends of the Earth is disgusted that both Conservative and Labour ignore climate change in the election campaign. But does this represent instead a failure of environmental campaigners to jolt the electorate out of its materialist mindset?

21.04.2005 Your tax payments could be invested in a national mailshot and election broadcast for the far-right BNP party which is fielding just sufficient candidates to qualify. If you are not happy with the idea, there is a protest at the BBC this afternoon or you can telephone the BBC complaints number.

20.04.2005 Unreasonable treatment of your neighbours can land you with an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO). Why not apply the same principle between countries? Campaigners say that the UK is guilty on many counts in its relationship with developing countries and that each of the main parties deserves an ASBO.

20.04.2005 It's a tough task to change the culture of disillusionment amongst black and ethnic minority voters. But a coalition of activist groups led by Operation Black Vote is determined to get across the message the every vote counts.

19.04.2005 Neither the political parties nor the media seem inclined to devote election space to world poverty and human rights. Under pressure from campaigners, the main parties have agreed to earmark April 24th as a day to focus on poverty issues - April 24th is a Sunday.

19.04.2005 Some 10 million people in over 70 countries were expected to take part in the Global Week of Action for Trade Justice last Monday through Friday. One of the largest and most star-studded events took place in London, as 25,000 people stayed up all night to call for fair trade, not free trade.

18.04.2005 The refrain outside Downing Street at 4.00am on Saturday morning, the time of day at which most people in the world are awake. Here is the full chronology of the events of a challenging but rewarding night for campaigners determined that the message for trade justice will be heard.

18.04.2005 The Whinash windfarm inquiry starts this week and may become a marker for the debate between saving the planet and saving the view. Opponents claiming that the turbines create visual and noise pollution evidently cannot see or hear the adjacent M6 motorway.

15.04.2005 The all-night vigil for trade justice is turning into an all-night carnival with no shortage of great entertainment to keep you awake - and get the message across to the politicians to wake up to the issues that really matter.