37+ min ago   (265+ words) A painful truth about post-Brexit immigration The Guardian A painful truth about post-Brexit immigration While the media rightly highlights the harsh treatment of UK citizens abroad, the UK Home Office is quietly inflicting similar cruelty, says Vera-Lynn Watson Your report…...

57+ min ago   (409+ words) Angela Rayner says manifesto pledge is not being dropped but focus is now on building council houses The government is unlikely to meet its target of building 1.5m homes, Angela Rayner has acknowledged, saying there was only a “slim chance” enough…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (503+ words) A Tory twentysomething and a lifelong leftwinger agreed on the need for more housing stock, but did they concur on welfare and net zero? Amuse bouche Oliver goes to a different park every Sunday to feed the ducks, and he…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (695+ words) Campaigners say at current glacial pace some unpaid carers will die before receiving a refund Unpaid carers who were pursued for bills for thousands of pounds after welfare officials unlawfully changed benefit rules could wait years before learning whether they…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (895+ words) Pilot project in Preston comes with apprenticeship offer for Neets at end of three-week course In a youth centre opposite Preston bus station, the UK government is trying to address two of the greatest challenges facing the national economy: AI…...

4+ hour, 9+ min ago   (318+ words) Reform UK’s economic spokesperson talks to Sky News and BBC after record donations Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben DeloAnalysis: Donations of £72m make Reform’s prospects both rosier and riskierGood morning and welcome to the Guardian’s politics live blog in…...

17+ hour, 56+ min ago   (165+ words) Thousands of people gathered in Dublin on Saturday to protest against US president Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland. Trump said earlier at a press conference that a unified Ireland would be ‘fantastic’, wading into a complex and politically charged subject…...

21+ hour, 27+ min ago   (702+ words) Party can boost its campaign power with funds from billionaire backers, but it can also lose support from ordinary Britons All things being equal, pretty much any political strategist would welcome a £72m war chest; a sum higher than the combined…...

1+ day, 16+ min ago   (316+ words) Party leader, Nigel Farage, says he is humbled by the contributions from cryptocurrency billionaires The cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne has given £36m to Reform UK, matching a donation from fellow billionaire Ben Delo. The pledges are jointly the largest donations made…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (523+ words) As trust in institutions wavers, experts say local, collective action is more effective in driving change This week, reflecting on a summer as “hot as hell”, the UN’s head of climate, Simon Stiell, said: “Climate is sometimes seen as a…...