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The leader says his party is focusing on the NHS and protecting pensions to woo Conservatives in rural heartlands

Sources say the PM wants to scrap the project’s section o Manchester before the party’s annual gathering in the city next weekend

The prime minister’s attempts to turn the climate emergency into a US-style wedge issue have dismayed veteran MPs who champion green policies

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

A&M’s treatment of Kathleen McElroy is the start of a backward-turning era.

MP says investigation sparked by a letter to the Observer seen as arguing there is a hierarchy of racism is being run out of party HQ

Political cartoonist Ben Sargent responds to the acquittal of Ken Paxton on all 16 counts of impeachment against the Attorney General.

The annual competition to discover outstanding new critical writing on the arts is now opened for submissions

As I leave the post, I look back on how cinema has changed since 2013 and, below, pick a favourite movie from each year of my tenure – as well as a turkey

Ken Paxton's unique relationship with the law, in the latest political cartoon from Texas Observer's Ben Sargent.

As the number of flood victims continues to climb in Libya, survivors from devastated towns in the northeast are still waiting to be rescued. Access to phone and internet networks has been cut off by the immense damage caused by the storm. Our Observer, a resident of Derna, the town…