The long read: The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical?

Funds to help local people turn empty shops, pubs and clubs into community hubs, shared workspaces and cafes

Do we really want a slick digital message board overseen by Amazon? It’s the neighbourhood nonsense we treasure, says writer Imogen West-Knights

The French president’s resolve seems to have rubbed off on the leaders of other ‘middle powers’, says Steve Bloomfield, the former international editor of the Observer

Even Jacob Rees-Mogg pushes back on defining Englishness in exclusively ethnic terms. But the endurance of this discourse is still deeply troubling, says assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye

The epic documentary series reveals much about the shifting social attitudes of the last 60 years – and much more about the quiet mystery of human life, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Behind the stories of bombings and mass deaths, the everyday challenges facing Palestinians living under siege portray a quieter tragedy we rarely hear

Despite the club’s shocking attempts to legally filibuster the charges out of existence for the past three years, we’ve rightfully failed

As Andy Burnham pledges £10bn to create more than 70,000 affordable homes, The Observer’s architecture critic picks out eight examples of social housing to inspire him

A Dutch-style system that monitors young people who drop out of training or work is needed to avert a ‘lost generation’, says former Labour minister

Spend time on the ground and you see how high the stakes are for next month’s contest – for Israelis and Palestinians alike, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackers

We have a responsibility to prepare our pupils for life – not just exams. From Australia to Finland, Kazakhstan to South Korea, teachers showed me that it is possible

It’s not just lives lived digitally driving loneliness and isolation; it’s a lack of libraries, youth clubs and jobs

‘Open dialogue’ is being piloted in British schools and the NHS and could be transformative in tackling the youth unemployment crisis

Those who said Meta harms children struck a blow, but the ability of big tech to gouge profits and cause harm is barely diminished. That’s the battle to come, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedlan...

As R&L replace the BBC’s unsigned artists stage with one filled with rock scions and a Simon Cowell boyband, many are decrying disappearing opportunities for grassroots acts

US cladding company at the heart of the tragic inferno paid shareholders almost twice as many millions as it did survivors and bereaved relatives

The Ministry of Housing’s latest report indicates that street homelessness has increased. The prime minister wants to curb the crisis, but first we need to understand why this happened

Sweeteners for buyers of new builds rarely include a drop in the price of the home. So developers, and the government, will have to find other ways to shift empty stock

The answer to graduate unemployment is not simply to funnel students towards apprenticeships instead. Both technical and academic skills are the route to job security

Many graduates are struggling with life after academia as they discover that good grades do not necessarily mean good jobs. More needs to be to done to support them.

It we conflate technical learning with solutions for problem pupils, it could get messy. Instead, let’s acknowledge that technical and academic learning are complementary

It is in Britain’s interests to have a strong PLC sector conforming to high standards, but our own failure to invest in them is sounding their death knell

The migrant breach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta reveals how increased securitisation by governments inevitably leads to a paranoia ‘doom loop’

Conservative authority says site is not safe for vulnerable people charity serves or general public

The time-honoured tradition of standing up with a drink, gossiping and putting the world to rights is under threat. If councillors ban it, we’ll all lose out, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

From running red lights to dumping bikes, some Lime users get a bad rap. But many who grumble about them don’t appreciate their own privilege, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

A Sunderland community centre shows how mentoring helps young people find work – and why cash benefits are less effective in the long term than tough love and job placements

When advanced OpenAI models hacked an online platform of their own volition, many were left wondering: how do you control a model smarter than you? Experts aren’t sure we can…

A proposed ‘golden share’ in the debt-laden utility company may not persuade Andy Burnham to do a deal

Retail politics while taking power out of London: if this works, Burnham’s premiership could be seriously transformational, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can reveal

Burnham says ‘no one in government loses when power is shared’ as he revives Brown-era national economic council