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Hope is far too important to dismiss as youthful idealism. Faced with our current political reality, it’s the only option we have, says author Lynsey Hanley

As Labour accuses the Tories of going 'soft' on crime, Keir Mudie worries it’s an indication of the direction the party is going to take

This summer has marked 10 years since the London 2012 Olympics, and a chance to reflect on the event’s legacy. From the outset, the aim was to make it a ground-breakingly sustainable event. According to the United Nations, sustainability is “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising…

The relative global stability that I grew up with is long gone, yet one of my peers is carrying on like nothing has changed, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Attorney General also used her Policy Exchange speech to detail the legal obligations schools had to trans pupils. She insists teachers do not have to allow trans pupils to switch their uniforms.

Leading author accuses Tory leader of going ‘missing in action’ as his premiership winds down

Ex-chancellor may want to be PM, but once had a different career path in mind, as our obscure facts reveal

But many people are not convinced that Labour is ready for office.

Westminster is perpetrating the same scam as the rate-setters – bluffing that they can get the old economic machinery working like before, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Letters: Labour may be sowing the seeds of its own destruction, writes Dr Peter Mangan, while Jacqueline Mackenzie says she has become politically homeless. Plus letters from John Bourn and Ted Shrecker

The real challenge is not to identify the next generation of England women footballers – it is to reach the millions of girls who weren’t watching on Sunday