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Labour expects to win, the Greens are hoping for the best and the right-wing parties have a ruck all of their own

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

Welcome to the home of the Booker Prize, the Bukhman International Booker Prize and the Children’s Booker Prize, the leading literary awards for single works of fiction published in the UK in English

Welcome to the home of the Booker Prize, the Bukhman International Booker Prize and the Children’s Booker Prize, the leading literary awards for single works of fiction published in the UK in English

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