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The prime minister’s speech on cracking down on ‘sicknote culture’ was heavy on rhetoric but light on evidence and detail

The prime minister said living on welfare benefits in the UK had become a ‘lifestyle choice’ for some

The email arrives earlier every year. Somewhere between readers kindly pointing out a typo in yesterday’s newsletter (I still wake up in cold sweats thinking about “guilt-edged”) and PRs breathlessly informing me that one-in-four British couples disagree over room temperature, it reads: “We have some spaces for the London Marathon.…

Despite detractors, the tobacco bill shows the public will support policies that would once have been thought draconian

Tobacco is already on its way out. The state should not deny adults the right to make personal decisions for themselves, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The PM waded into the row amid fears that smaller clubs could lose out from lucrative replays against bigger teams

UK Prime Minister calls for calm in the Middle East amidst reports of Israel-Iran military strike. Stay updated on the evolving situation.

PM criticised for personal independence payment review amid ‘spiralling’ disability welfare bill

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave major speech in London on welfare reform as benefits bill ‘reaches £69billion’

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon addresses arrest of husband and former SNP chief executive outside Glasgow home

Work and pensions secretary attacks system of dealing with minor mental health problems as PM takes aim at ‘sicknote culture’