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Kenan Malik
Fifty years on, David Edgar’s vision about the far right is becoming our destiny

Sun 26 Apr 2026

Fifty years on, David Edgar’s vision about the far right is becoming our destiny
Ben Zaranko
Rejoin EU to boost economy and revive premiership, Starmer urged

Sun 26 Apr 2026

Rejoin EU to boost economy and revive premiership, Starmer urged
Esther Rantzen
Esther Rantzen: A handful of peers have forced terminally ill patients to suffer

Sun 26 Apr 2026

Esther Rantzen: A handful of peers have forced terminally ill patients to suffer
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer is running out of people to throw under the bus

Wed 22 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer is running out of people to throw under the bus
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Reform can’t keep its councillors

Wed 22 Apr 2026

Reform can’t keep its councillors
Catherine Neilan
Olly Robbins: No 10 created ‘atmosphere of pressure’ over Mandelson appointment

Tue 21 Apr 2026

Olly Robbins: No 10 created ‘atmosphere of pressure’ over Mandelson appointment
Catherine Neilan
Commons debate does little to rid Starmer of Mandelson woes

Mon 20 Apr 2026

Commons debate does little to rid Starmer of Mandelson woes
Rachel Sylvester
Tears and tantrums as power vacuum develops at the top of the judiciary

Wed 15 Apr 2026

Tears and tantrums as power vacuum develops at the top of the judiciary
Fred Harter
A pledge by the Tories to resume drilling in the North Sea is no silver bullet

Thu 2 Apr 2026

A pledge by the Tories to resume drilling in the North Sea is no silver bullet
Philip Collins
Matt Brittin must learn to be a politician

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Matt Brittin must learn to be a politician
James Tapper
Demand for jabs outstrips supply as fear of meningitis outbreak spreads

Fri 20 Mar 2026

Demand for jabs outstrips supply as fear of meningitis outbreak spreads
The Observer Leader
The Observer view: the chancellor’s big idea

Wed 18 Mar 2026

The Observer view: the chancellor’s big idea
Fred Harter
Kent is in the grip of an ‘unprecedented’ meningitis outbreak

Wed 18 Mar 2026

Kent is in the grip of an ‘unprecedented’ meningitis outbreak
Claudia Williams
Man told wife he would snap her neck, landmark coercion case told

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Man told wife he would snap her neck, landmark coercion case told
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Inside the Mandelson appointment scandal

Thu 12 Mar 2026

Inside the Mandelson appointment scandal
Rachel Sylvester
Britain’s nuclear deterrent isn’t independent. It’s rented from America

Wed 11 Mar 2026

Britain’s nuclear deterrent isn’t independent. It’s rented from America
Samra Turajlić
Offer scientists stability or the UK’s health and economy will get poorer

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Offer scientists stability or the UK’s health and economy will get poorer
John Simpson
Grenfell Tower families save victim handprints

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Grenfell Tower families save victim handprints
Megan Clement
Fayed survivors seek ‘conversation’ with PM as Met widens inquiry

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Fayed survivors seek ‘conversation’ with PM as Met widens inquiry
John Simpson
‘There will be few tears’. But Huntley’s death highlights grim state of prisons

Sun 8 Mar 2026

‘There will be few tears’. But Huntley’s death highlights grim state of prisons
Emma Haslett
Hoping for a ‘perfect’ baby? Genetic testing startups lure parents to US

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Hoping for a ‘perfect’ baby? Genetic testing startups lure parents to US
Barney Macintyre
The Telegraph rejoins Europe: how a German firm bought the Brexiteers

Sat 7 Mar 2026

The Telegraph rejoins Europe: how a German firm bought the Brexiteers
Head of Police Federation arrested for fraud

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Head of Police Federation arrested for fraud
Sharon White
We need to get the UK’s renewables transfer right

Sun 1 Mar 2026

We need to get the UK’s renewables transfer right
Zack Polanski
Labour ignored voters in Gorton and Denton. We listened to them. And we won

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Labour ignored voters in Gorton and Denton. We listened to them. And we won
Catherine Neilan
The Greens’ Gorton and Denton win may be the nail in the coffin for the two-party system

Fri 27 Feb 2026

The Greens’ Gorton and Denton win may be the nail in the coffin for the two-party system
Fred Harter
Reform’s ICE-style ‘deportation command’ would be costly and inefficient

Thu 26 Feb 2026

Reform’s ICE-style ‘deportation command’ would be costly and inefficient
Rachel Sylvester
The populists have the accelerator flat on the floor. Labour must go big or go home

Wed 25 Feb 2026

The populists have the accelerator flat on the floor. Labour must go big or go home
Fred Harter
Labour has taken radical steps to overhaul the Send system. But not everyone will feel included

Wed 25 Feb 2026

Labour has taken radical steps to overhaul the Send system. But not everyone will feel included
Fred Harter
Labour may be digging itself into a hole

Wed 18 Feb 2026

Labour may be digging itself into a hole
Fred Harter
Starmer’s reset may push Labour leftwards

Fri 13 Feb 2026

Starmer’s reset may push Labour leftwards
John Simpson
Palestine Action activist speaks out after release from jail

Thu 12 Feb 2026

Palestine Action activist speaks out after release from jail
Sam Freedman
Spooked by Reform, Labour may have cut net migration too far

Mon 9 Feb 2026

Spooked by Reform, Labour may have cut net migration too far
James Tapper
Rising water table threatens homes as rain turns biblical

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Rising water table threatens homes as rain turns biblical
Catherine Neilan
Lords reform to be tackled by new group of MPs

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Lords reform to be tackled by new group of MPs
James Tapper
Fifty shades of drey: how a scheme to sterilise grey squirrels turned them pink

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Fifty shades of drey: how a scheme to sterilise grey squirrels turned them pink
John Simpson
‘What I have experienced pales in comparison with what Palestinian prisoners go through’

Sun 8 Feb 2026

‘What I have experienced pales in comparison with what Palestinian prisoners go through’
Catherine Neilan
‘Dead in the water’: Labour MPs acknowledge that this may be the end for Starmer

Fri 6 Feb 2026

‘Dead in the water’: Labour MPs acknowledge that this may be the end for Starmer
Fred Harter
The assisted dying bill is floundering in the upper chamber

Wed 4 Feb 2026

The assisted dying bill is floundering in the upper chamber

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