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Illegal immigration and the climate crisis were hotly debated by the novelist and the former tram driver. But did they end up on the same track?

Giving her first interview since she began the process of taking the government to the European Court of Human Rights, Dr McCloud tells Millie Cooke she no longer sees the UK as a ‘safe place’ for trans people

Former home secretary praises Keir Starmer’s success on world stage and says PM can win over sceptical UK public

Former minister says Tories are ignoring heartland voters and risk losing ground to Reform in next election

Editorial: The populist right sees the European convention as a soft target in a longer campaign to degrade democratic checks and balances

COMMENT: As home secretary Yvette Cooper announces £100m to pay for more border officers and new surveillance technology, among a raft of key measures, Sean O'Grady admits that there is no silver bullet to stop illegal immigration – and that slow, unshowy progress risks playing into Reform UK’s hands

Whether the UK should leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has been a debate in UK politics for years. Conservatives have long accused the convention of interfering with government policy on migration and criminal justice, and have debated repealing the Human Rights Act 1998 (which enshrines the convention…

COMMENT: To prop up her team, the Conservatives’ vulnerable leader had little choice but to ‘hug’ one of her previous rivals close – and she was right to keep Robert Jenrick at arm’s length, argues John Rentoul

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Semenya said she had been “waiting 15 years” for this judgement.

The 34-year-old has been unable to compete in her favoured 800 metres event since 2019