The Paris Olympics may look fair and inclusive on TV. The truth is much darker
Rokhaya Diallo
From a headscarf ban for French athletes to social cleansing in the capital, these Games rest on a foundation of injustice, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo
July 2024
‘Will the kids eat or not?’ In Keir Starmer’s constituency, families struggle with poverty
The Observer view: sticking to fiscal rule will imperil Labour’s future
Labour is out of touch on the two-child benefit cap
Politics Weekly UK
Labour suspensions and the Tory leadership race - Politics Weekly UK
Families affected by two-child benefit limit ‘more likely to skip meals’
Overhaul UK benefits to tackle child poverty, charities urge
Keir Starmer indicates he will consider scrapping two-child benefit cap
Durham may have culture, but it also has rising poverty and inequality
Gordon Brown launches London’s first ‘multibank’ amid UK child poverty fears
Labour’s Bridget Phillipson: ‘I will help working-class pupils defy the odds to succeed – just as I did’
‘I feel helpless’: van dwellers stuck in tight spot on Bristol’s historic Downs
‘We’re in it together’: how unrest in Leeds escalated – and was defused
Starmer will bin the two-child benefit cap and outdo New Labour on tackling poverty – I’ll bet on it
Polly Toynbee
David Cameron failed to foist new houses on rural areas. Why does Keir Starmer think he’ll succeed?
Simon Jenkins
The first summer I …
I am well off, but have never felt able to enjoy it. This summer, I’ll change my relationship with money
Lola Mendez
‘It’s put so many families in poverty’: people on the impact of the two-child benefit cap
When social housing policy leaves children bereaved and homeless
The Guardian view on the widening attainment gap: poorer children need a boost
The secret social housing scandal: when your parent dies – and you are evicted in days
