When even young women join the actor’s male tormentors, ideas of justice soon begin to unravel

Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just 9% say it has benefited the NHS, despite £350m a week pledge

She’s the first black British author to top the UK book charts, partly prompted by the fallout from George Floyd’s death. Here she explains why success has been bittersweet

Party must show how it spent £300,000 on data services in run-up to 2016 vote and 2015 election

In Northern Ireland, the Leavers’ folly is now manifest. How can the opposition stay silent about the root cause of the crisis?

Top lawyers and politicians from 23 countries express grave concerns over ‘assault’ on city’s rights and freedoms

The ties between the PM and an ex-KGB officer, first revealed in the Observer three years ago, could be Johnson’s lasting legacy

Board approves the ‘perfect candidate’ after she was rejected by No 10 for her pro-European views

The court was correct to halt a disturbing trend among clinicians to assume those as young as 10 were fit to make life-altering decisions about gender identity

Second former employee of controversial data firm to be questioned by special counsel’s inquiry into Russia collusion

Exclusive: Heads say they will be in deficit next academic year, even without cuts Jeremy Hunt is planning

Exclusive: Labour leader plans a new elected chamber after accusing successive Tory governments of handing peerages to ‘lackeys and donors’

Similar content is also readily accessible across Twitter, YouTube and Reddit, says UK-based counter-extremist group

Call to protect civilians and humanitarian staff after UNDP’s Issam al-Mughrabi, his wife, children and scores of relatives killed

The libel claim brought by the Brexit campaigner took its toll. But the judgment offered personal relief and hope for public interest journalism

Labour leader attacks Tory tax rises and inability to tackle the cost of living crisis

Exclusive: UK government concedes it cannot substantiate assertion that majority crossing Channel are economic migrants

The transgender debate seems to offer many proudly progressive men a licence to insult women who disagree with them

Thérèse Coffey ‘set out to minimise evidence’ on studies including research into deaths of benefit claimants and help for vulnerable

Fear of mainland China is driving dissidents, parents and business people to take Boris Johnson’s path to citizenship

Although regional mayors have been highly capable in this Covid crisis, the government has treated us like the enemy

The Tories are a scandal-ridden party that is simply bereft of ideas or direction

Exiting the EU was not good for Britain. Greed did not bring us the vaccine. Johnson’s narratives will not stand the light of day

After the landmark tribunal ruling in her favour last week, Maya Forstater reveals the toll the case took – and explains why it was worth it

More than two-thirds of voters want Dominic Cummings sacked and Tory lead over Labour plummets

Conservative MPs urge Liz Truss’s removal from No 10 after poll reveals British public’s fury over tax plans

Tactical voting could lead to big upsets at constituency level, according to study by Deltapoll

President Erdoğan’s increasingly hostile stance towards Nato and democratic principles can no longer go unpunished

Whatever your view on sex and gender, freedom of speech is key

Parliament’s authority is being undermined – from the misuse of voters’ data to broken promises on paired voting

Athletes competing on stretch of UK coastline where reduced water quality at centre of dispute over sewage discharges

Alan Duncan’s employer Vitol has stake in vast Arctic exploration project backed by the Putin regime

Charlatans now fill the void where we once had people of integrity and substance

Party in despair, senior MP says, as Labour draws level in wake of exam chaos and Covid U-turns

Only 12% of Britons polled pledged allegiance to the king in a ‘homage of the people’

Tearing up the rules of ministerial accountability leads to a dangerously decadent form of government

The court of appeal partially allowed Arron Banks’ appeal. The effect on public interest journalism could be chilling

Headteachers take legal action against government as UK’s largest teaching union says members should not go back

Civil service head will carry the can, amid row over claims that No 10 tried to interfere with Sue Gray’s findings

Less than a month after leaving the EU, trade is flowing so badly that small firms are moving operations abroad to survive

As a new project in London explores his artworks and political films, the dissident artist says reaction to president’s diagnosis shows people are ‘brainwashed’

Poll also shows that more than half believe it is affecting shop prices, as experts forecast it is likely to be twice as costly as Covid

Financial insecurity is driving a 28-point gap in the polls, after decades in which the Conservatives were more trusted with the UK economy

In promising an amnesty to Catalan separatists in exchange for power, the prime minister has been accused of mounting a coup

Sources say land bought for train route north of Birmingham unlikely to be sold before polls – paving way for project’s revival

In the US and the UK there are calls from the right for ‘patriotic education’. This is just code for comforting myths

European leaders made their feelings about the Northern Ireland protocol known to a PM desperate to score a PR victory

Consumers don’t want to know their stuff is made by forced Uighur labour

Former Speaker joined the Conservatives aged 17 but says party has become reactionary and xenophobic under its current leadership

It is appalling enough that the police have found a pattern of criminality at the very heart of government. It is worse that the prime minister treats this scandal as a joke

The UK equalities watchdog has called for more consultation with all those affected by proposed changes

As fears grow of threat of chaos in new year, Lord Heseltine brands it worst decision of our times

The Russian opposition leader’s final message – to ‘be scared of nothing’ – should be heeded by the west following his death

Private cross-party meetings for politicians worried about the erosion of sex-based rights encouraged the Labour leader to start speaking up at last

Thousands of urgent messages from MPs and charities had not been read by the end of the UK evacuation from Afghanistan

Nadine Dorries, James Cleverly and Michael Gove joined the platform favoured by Trump supporters

Cross-party move likely to be put forward as amendment to EU withdrawal bill

China’s crackdown in Xinjiang has put Uighur poetry on the verge of extinction, leaving writers fighting to keep the tradition alive

Israel’s response to the 7 October Hamas attacks has emboldened many to say the once unsayable

What appeared to be a harmless-looking snap has turned out to be anything but. Though previous official images of the royals have been altered, this one could change their relationship with the media...

The charity has forgotten that true power lies in solidarity and compromise

Ministers say it is just teething trouble. To many businesses it feels more like root canal surgery without the benefit of anaesthetic

Research conducted for Hope Not Hate shows majority in capital think the Conservative cannot fairly represent everyone if elected

The Superdry founder, who rose from humble origins, says he ‘wants to do the right thing’

Yes, it would be foolish to see only parallels in the US and UK experience. But to downplay our own problems would be shameful

The former Undertones frontman was searching for a hobby and ended up an environmental campaigner. And he’s a man who can win an argument

The Newsnight presenter defends the organisation against accusations of bias in the recent general election

We can’t enjoy a better future until we begin to reshape institutions no longer fit for today

Painting the health service as inefficient ignores a decade of chronic underfunding

A role in the sci-fi epic Dune has transformed the young actor into a bona fide leading man – but not one from the old Hollywood mould

Millions are now addressing issues of race and racism thanks to this event

Disinformation and fake accounts were used against the west for years – now the Kremlin is under attack

The American businesswoman, and the prime minister’s ex-lover, is to let officials at London City Hall see extracts from her diaries

Embattled leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is facing calls to resign after state intelligence monitored opposition party

The journalist’s successful defence is a testament to her courage and a warning to the very wealthy that they can’t rely on the courts to escape criticism

The party leader correctly sent a signal that democracy is about winning votes, not indulging nostalgia among a minority

A deal that makes us poorer, reduces global influence and imperils the nation’s integrity

The bank, which is due to reveal its annual results this week, faces more challenges than the impact of Covid-19 on profits

She couldn’t manage to grin and bear it for one more hour with the soon-to-be-leaving royal couple

The government has failed to tackle overtly political issues such as disinformation on Brexit or interference in polls