Our capital has many problems, but it is time to push back against attacks from those who neither know nor understand it, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Rishi Sunak has said it is his ‘moral mission’ to end britain’s sicknote culture. The Guardian’s John Harris speaks to the disability campaigner Hannah Deakin and the New Economics Foundation’s head of social policy, Tom Poll ...

The long read: britain’s first black female MP faced hostility from the media and political establishment from the start. Nearly 40 years on, she is still not giving up

They can swallow road signs and trigger lethal neighbour feuds. From the suburbs of britain to the deserts of Arizona, we explore a show celebrating glorious green borders

PM has faced scepticism over costing of his commitment to spend 2.5% of britain’s GDP on defence by 2030

Gas and coal accounted for just 2.4% of power generation for an hour last week, data shows, amid ‘zero-carbon grid’ plans

Reform UK's deputy leader Ben Habib appeared to suggest migrants should be left to drown in the English Channel in comments that horrified an interviewer on Tuesday, 23 April. It came after a seven-year-old girl was among five migrants who died as th ...

Ben Habib said asylum seekers attempting to reach britain in small boats should ‘suffer the consequences’ of trying to reach the UK in small boats

Aberdeen is the cheapest city, while St Albans in Hertfordshire is most expensive outside of London

The mother of Barnaby Webber, who was stabbed to death in the Nottingham attacks, has said the police officer who posted graphic details of the victim’s injuries is “desensitised and disrespectful”. Mrs Webber has written an open lette ...

Rights chief also warns britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’

After years of failed gimmicks and polarisation under the Tories, britain is ready for a more grown-up approach, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Boris Johnson first promised in 2022 that britain would spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by the end of this decade

Shoppers spend more on promotions as Easter lifts sales of chocolate eggs and hot-cross buns

With his claims of a ‘sicknote culture’, the prime minister is scapegoating those worst affected by 14 years of Conservative rule, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Editorial: Rishi Sunak’s latest plan to cut benefits was presented in misleading packaging

Migrants planning to enter britain from France illegaly have insisted they will not be put off by the threat of being flown to Rwanda. Prime minister Rishi Sunak said flights to Rwanda have been booked and will take off by July, “no ifs, no buts ...

The utility giant britain's biggest water firm

Suella Braverman has called for Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley to resign after an officer referred to antisemitism campaigner Gideon Falter as “openly Jewish,” threatened him with arrest, and said his presence was “an ...

Our shabby domestic reality is a far cry from the imperial grandeur of the Foreign Office. Politicians must recognise this, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik