The General Secretary of Unite, Labour's biggest union backer, has warned Prime Minister Andy Burnham that he must reduce the tax burden on the working classes, as the Prime Minister prepares to deliver his first

Activists say police searched their entire homes, confiscating personal devices and items bearing the Palestinian flag, even rifling through personal diaries

Clancy’s case became a referendum on mothers, healthcare, and the status of women

The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet

Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to stop global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave Reform’s deputy leader has dismissed efforts to tackle climate breakdown as futile, as he urged British people to “enjoy” the warmth of the recent heatwaves. Richard Tice told a press conference on Monday he believed it was “arrogant” to try to stop the climate emergency and added that politicians should focus instead on adaptation efforts, while encouraging people to focus on upsides such as better English wine. Continue reading...

The arrangement, which could enable the Reform UK leader to lower his tax bill, falls outside parliamentary transparency rules

Outgoing PM moves to cements his legacy before his replacement by Andy Burnham as party leader tomorrow Good morning. Conventional wisdom has it that, once a PM announces they are going to stand down, all their power vanishes faster than water down a clear plughole. Broadly that’s correct. But in the last week or so Keir Starmer seems to have been acting with a decisiveness that eluded him for most of his time in office: finalising the defence investment plan; delivering the long-awaited apology to victims of forced adoption; over-ruling the security services to deliver the concession that got the Hillsborough law bill over the line; and finally securing a conditional pardon for Ruth Ellis. This is not happening because being on the way out makes a PM more powerful. But it does help them focus, and forces them to give up on faffing around. British Steel is part of the fabric of our nation and a cornerstone of Britain’s industrial strength. Today’s decision secures the future of steelmaking in the UK, protects skilled jobs and safeguards a vital national capability. Continue reading...

The 30-year-old was speaking on her podcast alongside Albanian author Lea Ypi

Analysis of 12 indicators including asthma, obesity and vaccination finds child health is ‘national embarrassment’ Children in the UK will grow up to be one of the unhealthiest generations in decades, with child health outcomes having declined or stalled completely across all areas, a group of leading paediatricians has said. Reduced vaccination rates alongside rising hospital admissions for asthma and mental health disorders are all contributing factors to the UK’s record on children’s health, which should be seen as a “national embarrassment”, their analysis has found. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating Most of the UK media stories about the record-breaking heatwave that struck in June failed to mention the climate crisis, analysis has found. Nearly 2,500 articles about the extreme heat – when temperatures topped 37C, a record for the time of year – appeared in the UK’s nine main national daily media publications. But nearly three-quarters of them – about 72% – left out any mention of global heating or the climate, according to the analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). Continue reading...

Martha Ann Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient who used an iron lung to survive, died of long COVID at age 78.

Errol Musk says far-right activist is ‘a fine young man’ and held meetings with Russian business figures Elon Musk’s family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia, according to the billionaire X owner’s father, who was with the British far-right activist in Moscow as he encouraged anti-migration protests in Britain. Robinson – whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – appeared last month in Moscow, from where he issued calls for supporters to take to the streets after a knife attack in Belfast. He shared video of himself in a luxury Moscow hotel with the older Musk, whose son has been a vocal supporter of Robinson. Continue reading...

"Keir Starmer leaves office having changed the course of his party and, as a result, the course of his country"

Jamie Stone MP reflects on Carers Week

Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.

Michael Heseltine is one of the biggest critics of Brexit - and he's now looking to turn the heat on those who sold the lie.

While he denies wrongdoing, Sullivan’s terrible era laid the ground for the 21st-century porn industry, says author and journalist Joan Smith

Ceremony takes place at actor’s former home in Pimlico, central London, where he lived from the age of five to 12 Laurence Olivier has joined David Garrick, Henry Irving, Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward in having an English Heritage blue plaque outside his former London home. Ian McKellen unveiled the plaque at 22 Lupus Street in Pimlico, where Olivier lived from the age of five to 12 and discovered a talent for acting under the watchful eye of his father, a curate at St Saviour’s church across the road. Continue reading...

As its third season ends, Sam Levinson’s HBO show reflects the grim future that gen Z faces. Its rage-bait is precisely the point

Thirty five years ago, I spent a lot of time working as a regeneration adviser in Hull, Barnsley, and Doncaster. At the time, all three areas were experiencing elevated levels of male unemployment and particularly young male unemployment. Now Sting has suggested that the lack of manual jobs is one of the causes of disaffected young men becoming toxic for the rest society.

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Greater Manchester mayor suggests programme of renationalisation would be key policy if he succeeds Keir Starmer as PM Andy Burnham has suggested that a programme of mass renationalisation would be at the centre of his policy platform if he succeeds Keir Starmer as prime minister. The Greater Manchester mayor is seeking a return to Westminster via a byelection in Makerfield. He has been widely expected to challenge Starmer for the Labour leadership if elected and is seen as the favoured candidate of the party’s soft left. Continue reading...

If this isn’t to be the last ever Labour government, the party is going to need to reconnect with the labour movement, says Andrea Egan, general secretary of Unison

Exclusive: As many as half a million pregnant women could be left without protection each year, new analysis shows

Obsessing over individual players and political chaos leaves less time to focus on the misogyny. And that’s for the best, isn’t it guys, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde