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By ending the freeze, ministers will ease funding pressures. But student loans need further reform

Kemi Badenoch’s victory as the new leader of the Conservative Party was marred by hateful comments from those on the extreme right and left. Yes, shockingly the right were as unhappy as the left about a black woman becoming the leader of Britain’s oldest political party. One particular person on…

Even if Trump can’t really mobilize large numbers of people to the streets, just prolonging a sense of chaos might be enough

There is hateful rhetoric and threats of retribution from one side, and messages of inclusion and good will from the other

Reports suggest King Charles would not object to a move away from awards with ‘empire’ in the title. Not before time, says Guardian executive editor Hugh Muir

I’m casting my ballot on behalf of women who have suffered or even died because of Republican abortion restrictions

Old rules about whether to say sofa or settee, loo or toilet, are disappearing down the pan. But will we find new ways to judge each other on how we talk?

England and Wales abolished these draconian sentences in 2012 – but our crumbling prisons still hold offenders trapped in horrifying stasis , says journalist Francisco Garcia

Tragedy, and an OCD diagnosis, reshaped my understanding of what I was doing – and why, says Elle Warren, a writer covering queerness and mental health