The Lawn · Collected editions
Page 8 · 20 Aug 2026 to 15 Aug 2026
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Inflation rises to 2.9 per cent. Sir Decimal Porridge responds with a taller graph, a wider screen and receipts that look cheaper sideways.
Whitehall’s rough sleeping Christmas drive has funding, a summit and a deadline. The advent calendar is already exceeding its targets.
The Ultra Long Duration Energy Storage Challenge offers £28 million for technology that can store clean electricity for more than 100 hours.
An official octopus bloom reporting page meets a fictional empty jar seeking monitoring authority.
The Government announced stronger action against illegal waste sites, higher fines and more enforcement powers. The boxes remain cautiously optimistic.
Andy Burnham’s No 10 North is taking on economic growth policy from the Treasury, raising the administrative possibility that prosperity can now be redirected by postcode.
The UK Space Agency is backing 16 satellite communications projects with £13 million, promising better train WiFi, smarter farming and plenty of orbital optimism.
The West Midlands moves towards public control of its bus network, leaving one blank timetable to manage the transition.
UKAEA has spun out an engineering AI company, giving Britain a machine that can remember who broke the spreadsheet and attended none of the meetings.
Britain’s new default yes for homes near stations moves the housing crisis close enough to public transport to hear why it has been cancelled.
HMRC is consulting on requiring most VAT and PAYE liabilities to be paid by Direct Debit, turning tax administration into an automatic process.
Temporary drought rules let eligible English farmers cut, graze or establish some environmental scheme land differently, with the paperwork still attached.
