The rapid increase in spending by councils is in reaction to a problem better tackled at source

Reform UK’s policies to “scrap net zero” would cost more than 60,000 jobs and wipe £92 billion off the UK economy, according to a new study. Nigel Farage’s party — which took control of 10 councils in...

A total of 21 people have been convicted of a string of sex offences committed against seven children

In April the UK continued to focus on making pacts with both the EU and the US. Soon we may have to make a choice

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Over the past two decades, rightwing think-tanks and pressure groups that spread climate denial, attack public services and stoke culture wars have bagged millions of pounds in donations from charitie...

A powerful media empire was required to preserve evidence of illegal spying. Instead, it went on a deletion spree. Now claims of an astonishing cover-...

Rachel Reeves hopes to ride out the current financial storm. Richard Murphy thinks she has tools she is refusing to use

There’s a solid social-democratic narrative this government could use – if only its leaders would actually try, says Guardian columnist John Harris

As Israeli forces continue to bomb the Gaza Strip, Alaa and her family are desperate to escape Rafah and find sanctuary in Egypt

Reform UK previously said the MP rejected allegations he either "kicked, stamped or punched the victim" but accepted he "pushed" her and that she "fell and was injured".