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COMMENT: Weight-loss drugs for dogs are the next big thing in pet healthcare. It’s no bad thing, says Charlotte Cripps, who desperately wants to get her dog the help he deserves for his rampant food obsession

Politicians are scrabbling to raise birthrates, but when the older generation is the only childcare safety net, that’s a problem, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

In an episode of wild delusion and cognitive dissonance extreme even by his advanced standards, last week the Mayor of London triumphantly said on X: “The latest figures show robbery, theft, residential burglary and knife crime are down in London, but there’s still a long way to go before I’m…

Female empowerment is more than just ‘nice to have’, as I was once told in the halls of parliament. It’s good economic policy

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The failures of asylum policy do not mean that this country is descending into violent disorder – or that Lucy Connolly is a martyr. Truth, justice and fairness must remain cornerstones for the UK

Gavin Newsom has an incredible knack for doing the right thing in the most annoying way possible

The United Daughters of the Confederacy set out to make slavery respectable again by promoting ‘the lost cause’

For all the talk of addressing the problem, things have got worse. Which is criminal when there is so much we could do, says journalist Sophia Smith Galer

I struggled to cope with her refusal to meet me, until a straight-talking judge gave me a new perspective, says writer Corin Hirsch

As a police officer turned comedian, I joke about the job and try to explain it. But there is a gulf between what officers and the public think – and that does neither any good, says Alfie Moore

The list price for the most popular and effective weight loss injection (Mounjaro) in the UK has risen by almost three times, from £122 to £330 a month for the highest dose, as of September 1.