The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Security experts fear Putin may be winning hybrid war with the west amid rise of pro-Kremlin, far-right parties

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Today we begin our drive to get everyone in for Christmas. And it will be for local communities up and down the land to decide how best to do it, says prime minister Andy Burnham

Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone

* Document shows Fifa staff were involved in project * Fifa was prepared to sideline member associations Gianni Infantino held talks about rebranding the ill-fated European breakaway competition the “Fifa Super League” in 2021, with negotiations going as far as the term sheet for an agreement that would have changed the face of European football. The term sheet, whose full contents can be revealed for the first time, proposes renaming any new competition under Fifa’s branding and outlines the extent to which Infantino’s administration were implicated in a scheme that later caused widespread revulsion among fans and excluded clubs. It also reveals that Fifa was prepared to sideline its member associations in pushing plans to cut back the number of international windows and outlines how global football’s governing body would have been given special governance and political rights with a “golden share”. Continue reading...

Pedro Sánchez hits out at ‘polarising and unlawful reaction’ over mass crossing into Spanish enclave in north Africa

Bitcoin is showing its most encouraging signs yet of establishing a long-term bottom after months of weakness, according to chart analysts.

The new Prime Minister is set to give mayors extra cash to pay for local infrastructure, investment, job creation and growth projects

Shares in Elon Musk company fall more 3% in after-hours trading, as earnings per share miss Wall Street expectations

Britain's street homeless are more numerous in the capital than anywhere else and London government is best placed to help them

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Letter to The Times (13th July 2026) The Times may not be on the page of Liz Truss’s Drill Baby Drill (this will be reprised at the CPAC GB conference on 16-18 July) but it is not a fan of Ne…

Editorial: Robust action is needed to protect European industries from unfair competition. The alternative is social strife amid growing insecurity