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UK politics

  • They stand by the water wearing hi-viz jackets

    Labour to commit almost £22bn to fund carbon capture and storage projects

  • Campaigners for and against assisted dying gather in London during a debate in parliament in April.

    MPs to get historic vote on England and Wales assisted dying bill

    Labour MP Kim Leadbeater says bill will give terminally ill adults choice and ensure stronger protections for loved ones
  • USAF B-1 Bombers at the air base on Diego Garcia.

    Britain to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius ending years of dispute

    Agreement to hand back UK’s last African colony follows 13 rounds of negotiations and international pressure

  • UK politics: Tom Tugendhat suggests Chagos Islands deal could lead to China establishing base there – as it happened

  • Boris Johnson insists he would have won July election in new book

  • English councils illegally turning away homeless young people, charity says

  • Job advisers may be posted in NHS hospitals to get long-term sick back to work

  • Tesco boss says new workers’ rights laws must not hurt growth

  • Starmer repaid freebies to restore trust in politics, minister says

  • BBC cancels Boris Johnson interview after Laura Kuenssberg message gaffe

  • ‘Very serious’: Bank of England governor warns of Middle East oil shock risk

Opinion

  • Zoe Williams

    Starmer is boxing himself in over Europe – and putting approval ratings above young people’s futures

    Zoe Williams
  • Rachel Reeves

    Today, with our £22bn pledge for carbon capture, Labour’s green revolution for Britain begins

    Rachel Reeves
  • Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, gestures as he addresses the media during a press conference in London.

    The Guardian view on Andrew Bailey’s aggression: whatever traders think is true becomes fact

  • Kim Leadbeater

    Too many people have been condemned to die in misery and pain. My assisted dying bill can change that

    Kim Leadbeater

  • Time is ticking for Labour to scrap the two-child limit – and then make Britain a welcoming place for children again

    Polly Toynbee

  • The Tories are deluded to think they’ll be back in power in 2029. Here are three economic reasons why

    Larry Elliott

  • Whether it’s Trump or Harris in office, Starmer will need an incredible US ambassador. Here’s my vote

    Martin Kettle

  • The Guardian view on resetting UK-EU relations: more candour and courage required

  • The Tories’ Fearless Four battle on to the end. Alas, that’s just the beginning

    John Crace

  • After the ‘Tory idol’ speeches, who most looks like a leader in waiting? Our panel passes judgment

    John Harris, Katy Balls, Sahil Dutta, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones and John Redwood

  • I see the worrying consequences of assisted dying in other countries. Britain’s bill needs a radical rethink

    Lucy Thomas

  • Badenoch, Cleverly, Jenrick, Tugendhat: four ways for the Tories to reach the same wilderness

    Rafael Behr

Features & Analysis

  • A group of people stand around a flagpole

    Chagos Islanders have fought a long and determined campaign for right to return

  • Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat stand on a stage

    ‘The night of the living dead’: denial-fuelled Tory conference ends without direction

  • 30//09/2024. Canterbury. Vox pop of MP Rosie Duffield's constituents. Nick and Kay Andrews .Photo Sean Smith

    ‘She shouts very loudly’: opinion on Rosie Duffield divided in her constituency

  • Kemi Badenoch raises her hands while speaking during a session at the Conservative party conference

    Right is left and left is right: Kemi Badenoch gets cryptic in Tory pamphlet

Politics Weekly UK
Every Thursday, Guardian political columnist John Harris hosts a cast of voices from up and down the country as well as across the political spectrum to analyse the week’s political news.

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Cartoons

  • Ben Jennings on Joe Biden being dragged into war by Benjamin Netanyahu – cartoon

    Ben Jennings on Joe Biden being dragged into war by Benjamin Netanyahu – cartoon

  • Ben Jennings cartoon of the world balanced on the tip of a missile

    Ben Jennings on the conflict in the Middle East – cartoon

    The world seems on the brink of war after Israel’s invasion of Lebanon and Iran’s missile strike in retaliation
  • Martin Rowson on the Tory party conference – cartoon

    Martin Rowson on the Conservative party conference – cartoon

    All four leadership hopefuls will address the gathering in Birmingham before MPs whittle the list down to two on 10 October

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