Brazil led the way. Now the UK should get behind the assault on hunger and poverty
Kevin Watkins
At its recent summit, Lula gave the G20 a chance to show its commitment to real change – and Britain can take the lead, says Kevin Watkins
July 2024
UK police special enquiry team to examine role of Washington Post chief in email deletions
Gordon Brown launches London’s first ‘multibank’ amid UK child poverty fears
Citizens’ assemblies could work wonders for Labour and Britain – but only if they’re more than a talking shop
Richard Wilson
Gordon Brown calls on ministers not to scrap T-level qualification
Tony Blair’s new dawn of 1997 offers landslide lessons for Keir Starmer
Starmer installs non-political ministers in ‘government of all the talents’
Brief letters
Can things only get better for England?
June 2024
UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds
Post Office campaigner Alan Bates knighted in king’s birthday honours
‘Bigoted woman’ and fridge-hiding: a history of election gaffes after Sunak’s D-day disaster
Labour’s troubles leave voters with a ballot box dilemma
Starmer must introduce wealth tax after Labour wins election, top Blair aide says
Why Labour must adopt radical new tax policies – including on wealth and capital gains
Colm Murphy and Patrick Diamond
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer Photography
May 2024
Keir Starmer’s ‘first steps’ might get him into Downing Street. But there is danger ahead
John McDonnell
This cautious programme is too limited to bring about the changes Britain needs – and which would keep Labour in power, says former shadow chancellor John McDonnell
‘People haven’t woken up to the scale of this’: Gordon Brown on the UK’s child poverty scandal
A quarter of Britain’s children live below the poverty line. Near his Fife home, the former PM shows how charities help families and says this issue must be a priority for any government
Children of austerity need a rescue plan, Gordon Brown says
Former prime minister proposes £3bn support package for ‘blighted generation’, including Sure Start relaunch
April 2024
The Guardian view on rethinking economics: a discipline in disarray holds too much sway in the UK
