Cities across Europe face housing challenges, with a lack of affordable homes a major issue. From London to Berlin, these are some of the proposed solutions.

JLL Staff Reporter · JLL Real Views 20 Jun 2019

Education and Skills

This European city is the most educated in the world

The city with the highest percentage of university graduates has been revealed, as they're increasingly on the radar of companies and investors.

JLL Staff Reporter · JLL Real Views 13 Jun 2019

European Union

Encouraging gender equality isn’t just moral – it’s also good economics

By excluding women from developing human capital, early marriage prevented many economies from being successful, write Joerg Baten and Alexandra de Pleijt.

Jörg Baten and Alexandra de Pleijt · LSE Business Review 04 Jun 2019

United Kingdom

The UK is on a record-breaking run of coal-free power

As of 31 May, the country had gone more than 13 days without using the fossil fuel.

Joe Myers 31 May 2019

Gender Parity

England soccer anthem rewritten for women to bring 'football home'

'Three Lions' becomes 'Three Lionesses' in the revamped tune which replaces a roll-call of iconic male players with stars of the England women's team.

Sonia Elks · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 29 May 2019

United Kingdom

How Britain’s backyard bird feeders are shaping evolution

Feeding garden birds is becoming ever more popular. And new research shows it's having a big impact on species' populations.

Emma Charlton 28 May 2019

European Union

Will the UK's next PM support a hard or soft Brexit?

With British politics in turmoil ever since the result of the 2016 referendum, Theresa May finally stood down as leader this month. How will her successor carry out their Brexit strategy?

Jenny Anderson · Quartz 28 May 2019

European Union

The UN went to one of the world's richest countries to look at poverty – this is what it found

Widespread cutbacks and years of austerity are forcing a greater poverty divide in the UK.

Charlotte Edmond 24 May 2019

United Kingdom

This country was built on coal, its future could be in carbon farming

Wales has been set a target to reduce its carbon emissions by 95% by 2050, by the Committee on Climate Change. Whereas England and Scotland are expected to reach net zero.

Judith Thornton and Iain Donnison · The Conversation 23 May 2019

European Union

The EU's biggest challenge isn't Euroscepticism, it's Euro-pessimism

In a survey carried out by the European Council on Foreign Relations, there is a sharp difference between people’s lived reality and their views on the future of the European project.

Mark Leonard, Susi Dennison, and Adam Lury · European Council of Foreign Affairs 23 May 2019

Cities and Urbanization

These are the world's most expensive cities for public transport

The research uncovers huge disparity between cities across the world, with London taking the top spot as the most expensive city.

Niall McCarthy · Statista 22 May 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

London is planting a giant bee corridor to boost insect numbers

The UK capital is planting a wildflower-rich highway to support pollinating insects, whose numbers are plummeting.

Charlotte Edmond 16 May 2019

European Union

5 key themes for reforming the EU, as elections approach

As European parliamentary elections loom, with pro-European and nationalist factions battling over the future of the bloc, these are the key issues to resolve.

Grace A. Ballor 13 May 2019