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NHS patients at risk as hospital urgent repair costs triple in decade

‘Dubious’ use of the Freedom of Information Act stopping access to files on Prince Andrew, researchers say

Biographer says government departments give contradictory refusals to requests and accuses them of ‘cover up’

Former world’s tallest man calls for more compassion for vulnerable in UK

Hussain Bisad, who has had health problems, says government should do more for people with physical or mental illness

Opinion

Chris Riddell on what little cheer lies ahead for 2025 – cartoon

The Observer view on the UK economy: don’t despair, signs of growth are emerging

Nicola Jennings on Elon Musk’s sales shopping trip – cartoon

Across the west, the centre right is collapsing – and with it, any notion of what is ‘too extreme’

Owen Jones

Simon Jenkins

Features & Analysis

‘It was a shock’: Emily Thornberry on her demotion from Starmer’s Labour frontbench

The real test for Nigel Farage will be if donors follow foot soldiers to Reform

How parties have come under fire over complaints against MPs

‘The joy went out of my life’: the pensioners struggling after loss of winter fuel payment

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.

Nicola Jennings on the ghost of Christmas yet to come – cartoon

Chris Riddell on how Peter Mandelson’s meeting with Donald ‘Jabba the Hut’ Trump might go – cartoon

The Labour peer, who has been appointed Britain’s US ambassador, meets Trump as Elon Musk and Nigel Farage look on

Martin Rowson on the condition of England, Christmas 2024 – cartoon

Keir Starmer confirms Peter Mandelson as US ambassador while giving councils £1.6bn to ‘get on with fixing potholes’

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