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Tories will crow about falling inflation and Britain’s waning recession. But the public sees the reality in its shopping basket, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Shadow chancellor will highlight Labour’s plans to boost economy and say Conservatives are ‘out of touch’

Co-owner reports the horse was ‘fit and well’ on his return home but ‘will see if anything comes to light’

The business and trade secretary played into the ideological tosh that the wonders of the Industrial Revolution were funded by beer brewers and sheep farmers

Israel’s army announced on Sunday that it had closed Kerem Shalom, a key border crossing used to deliver humanitarian aid to southern Gaza, after an attack for which Hamas claimed responsibility. Three soldiers and a dozen others were wounded in the attack, the Israeli army told AFP. Read our blog…

The Observer found 99 good reasons, from Pimm’s to pubs to panto dames

Britain has turned out in force to vote for change. Whenever the Tories go to the country, we will be ready to provide it

So a Michelin-starred chef said he loathed our one truly globally renowned dish. I beg to differ

Government investigation into wartime atrocities on Channel Island will ask why Nazi perpetrators never stood trial in Britain