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Pandemic panic led to ‘millions of taxpayers’ cash blown on measures with no apparent plan or proof that it was working to protect public health’

Emails released as part of employment tribunal lift lid on questionable decisions made amid Afghanistan evacuation

England and Wales abolished these draconian sentences in 2012 – but our crumbling prisons still hold offenders trapped in horrifying stasis , says journalist Francisco Garcia

Foreign Secretary has urged UK nationals to leave as tensions rise after attacks on Hezbollah radios and pagers killed 37 and wounded thousands more

The rate of violent offences is plummeting but, thanks to rightwing dishonesty, much of the public still believes it is rising, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Tracey Connelly’s 17-month-old son Peter suffered more than 50 injuries despite being on the at-risk register in Tottenham

Summer breaks are fraught affairs for Westminster’s finest. Robbie Griffiths has the lowdown

Amid the many historic appointments in his cabinet, the new prime minister Keir Starmer made one particularly noteworthy announcement: James Timpson to become minister for prisons, parole and probation. Timpson is not a politician but the head of the key-cutting and shoe repair company of the same name. He was…

Critics felt dubbing the Labour leader a ‘part-time prime minister’ for his comments on family time was desperate, hypocritical, and likely to backfire on Rishi Sunak