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Downing Street considers U-turn on cuts to benefits for disabled people

Controversial plans to cut personal independence payment (Pip) may be shelved after a tense cabinet meeting and backlash from Labour MPs

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‘They lock us in like sheep’: new Israeli checkpoints and barriers raise fears in the West Bank

Israel’s growing network of roadblocks are cutting off communities from major transport routes, disrupting work, education and aid supplies

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Labour-run Enfield council left 100 families homeless after they refused to relocate

London council’s policy of offering people homes far from the area led to England’s highest number of refusals

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How Voucher Vendors Could Make Millions from ‘School Choice’ in Texas

The Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat. Other states have already seen problems.

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Abuse by Guildhall tutor in 1980s left me in despair, says opera singer

Idit Arad calls for better protection for music students as London college admits failing in its duty of care to her

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UK housing associations accused of mis-selling ‘affordable’ homes as service charges soar by up to 400%

Buyers say they were misled over likely rise in costs after they moved in, which are now ‘ruining people’s lives’

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Covid, five years on: UK ‘still not ready to protect the population’

Scientific triumphs were made in the battle against the pandemic, but the memories and lessons are already in danger of being lost

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Sharmilee, Leicester: ‘It really is worth your time’ – restaurant review

Our hugely influential restaurant critic, leaving the Observer after 26 years, finishes up with an Indian feast

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After 80 years of transatlantic ties, Europe forges a new alliance

Germany, France and UK sweep away old rules in pledge to do ‘whatever it takes’ to defend Europe from Russian threat

The Guardian - UK

Xiaolu Guo: ‘Write less, in order to write stronger’

The author and film-maker on why she was inspired to reimagine Moby-Dick in her new novel, her love of Coleridge and returning to the ‘addictive power of fiction’

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And the Academy award for most bashful Oscar contender goes to…

Whatever the buzz about their recent film performances, few actors will show they think their statuette is as good as won

The Guardian - UK

ICE Raids on Beloved Bakery Reverberate Through Rio Grande Valley

Homeland Security Investigations arrests at Abby's Bakery shake up a small town in politically shifting Cameron County.

Texas Observer

Abbott’s Border Splurge

There is now a powerful, well-heeled constituency that has built up around Operation Lone Star.

Texas Observer

Trump has utterly changed the rules of engagement. World leaders must learn this – and quickly

The world’s most admired democracy is being held hostage by a clique of far-right thugs. It would be a mistake to placate them, says the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in February

Authors and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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Nigel Slater’s recipe for pink grapefruit jelly and clotted cream ice-cream

A grown-up take on a childhood favourite

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‘I hate my school’: why are more British teenagers plotting shooting attacks?

Experts say young men and boys ‘with strong sense of grievance’ are ‘idolising’ shooters involved in US massacres. They are also falling through the gaps of UK terrorism laws

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‘Pupils are in fear every day’: parents raise concerns about new schools run by top UK academy

Emergency meeting called over strictness of discipline at Essex schools run by Mossbourne Federation

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Keir Starmer faces backbench rebellion over ‘shortsighted’ cuts to aid budget

MPs ask ‘what will be left of Labour programme?’ amid calls for rethink and plan to speak out against decision

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‘Criminals will go unpunished’ after victim services cuts, Reeves warned

Victims commissioner tells chancellor cutbacks and national insurance hike creating ‘existential crisis’ for abuse charities

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Residents trapped with service charges of up to £8,000 a year threaten legal action against government

Owners of homes marketed by housing associations as ‘affordable’ are planning a challenge as service costs spiral

Texas Observer

Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our March/April 2025 Issue

A note from the Editor-in-Chief

Texas Observer

Local and State Police Are Joining Trump’s ‘Deportation Force’

Texas law enforcement agencies and others around the nation are reviving a long-dead "task force" program that led to racial profiling in the past.

Texas Observer

Congressmen Demand Investigation of ICE Prosecutor Running Racist X Account

Following the Observer’s reporting, three U.S. House members have demanded accountability, while James Rodden still appeared on an ICE court schedule this week.

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Jennifer Johnston, celebrated Irish novelist and playwright, dies aged 95

Once lauded ‘the best writer in Ireland’, Johnston began publishing in her 40s and was Booker-shortlisted for her 1977 novel set during the Troubles, Shadows on Our Skin

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