Posted by The Guardian | Aug 27, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Benefits, Education, Education policy, Employability, Industrial policy, Pat McFadden, Politics, Steel industry, Tata, The Guardian, UK cost of living crisis, Unemployment, Work & careers, Young people |
Work and pensions secretary says jobs guarantee scheme is restoring confidence as ONS reports that number of young people not in work or training has fallen below a millionHello, and welcome to our UK politics blog. It’s all...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 27, 2026 | Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Africa, Egypt, Foreign policy, Middle East and North Africa, Politics, The Guardian, UK news, World News |
Lawyers claim Eman el-Shazly, from Birmingham, was detained in effort to silence her sister, a critic of Sisi regimeThe UK Foreign Office has been asked to intervene to secure the release of a British-Egyptian woman who it is...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 27, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Keir Starmer, Labour, Nigel Farage, Politics, Reform UK, The Guardian, UK news |
An anti-Farage army of voters is there to be galvanised, as exclusive data shows. But getting them out will be trickyWho can stop Nigel Farage? Which voters would actually dig out their ID and schlep down to the polling booth to...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 27, 2026 | Life and style, Psychiatry, Psychology, Science, Society, The Guardian |
People with persistent predatory personalities cause an inordinate amount of pain. Recently, our shared understanding of them has grown – and it could help protect usThe classic checklist for psychopathy was developed in 1980 by...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 27, 2026 | Architecture, Art and design, Cities, Climate crisis, Construction industry, Environment, Europe, Green building, Greenhouse gas emissions, Norway, Skyscrapers, The Guardian, Trees and forests |
Our buildings are monuments to extraction and extreme emissions. But what if we turned from destructive concrete to timber?Last chance to buy the summer issue of The Long Read magazine, now with 15% off. Click here to orderI...
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