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Pumping the unemployed with weight-loss drugs echoes Victorian attitudes to the poor

Shifting blame to the victims of economic policy is an old trick by politicians. Now they’re using obesity to tackle joblessness

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Scientology-linked UK rehab centre falls foul of charity regulator

Charity Commission finds ‘range of shortfalls’ at Narconon facility after Observer investigation

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Rachel Reeves will tax businesses to plug £9bn black hole in NHS

The chancellor is set to announce a revenue-raising budget designed to reset Britain’s public finances

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‘Appreciate winter for what it is, without wishing it were something different’: psychologist Kari Leibowitz on beating the seasonal blues

The researcher spent 10 years studying how attitude affects mood and behaviour, and her new book shares ways in which we can learn to value the colder months

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Private school campaigners liken education secretary to Nazi over VAT plan

Bridget Phillipson has been targeted with personal abuse on Facebook by campaigners opposed to Labour’s tax policy

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The GOP Megadonor Behind the Bid to Break Dallas City Government

Conservative hotelier Monty Bennett and a California-based company that offers protesters-for-hire have seeded an “astroturf” right-wing influence network that has kicked into overdrive to push controversial “Dallas HERO” city charter amendments.

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In Texas’ High Criminal Court Races, the Stakes Are Life or Death

Bipartisan opposition to planned execution highlights power of state’s top criminal appeals court as Paxton candidates and Dem opponents vie for open seats.

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‘They are ruining my life’: how the shadowy world of debt collection can wreck your finances

A stranger’s bill can be passed, in your name, down a chain of companies until it reaches the courts without you knowing anything about it. The result can be catastrophic

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Free holiday or visa chaos? Housesitting firm accused of misleading advice after claims of deportations

Members of TrustedHousesitters who claim they were detained while travelling abroad say the company’s visa information is misleading

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James Cleverly warned MPs that tactical votes could kill his leadership hopes

Dismayed senior Tories predict second contest for head of party will be needed amid chaos after centrist’s shock ejection from race

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‘Russia’s dirty money will hijack our democratic process’: how tiny Moldova fears Kremlin is fixing EU referendum

Officials believe €100m has been funnelled into the country to influence the pivotal vote and the presidential election

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Private equity barons lean on Rachel Reeves to water down proposals for higher taxes

With the budget and Starmer’s investment summit approaching, the industry’s lobbyists are in full cry over ‘carried interest’

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UK overseas aid budget faces £900m raid to pay for housing asylum seekers

Witt the amount spent on refugees and asylum seekers this year on course to hit £3.6bn, the sum available for international projects must be cut again, warns thinktank

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UK academies ‘very sorry’ for policies saying pupils must attend when unwell

Parents force U-turn on hardline approach that included ban on absence for period pains without medical information

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Texas Is Taking Back the State Highway 288 Tollway—at a Steep Price

The private firms who have operated the tollway will be paid $1.7 billion by TxDOT, adding to the profit they’ve already made in toll revenues, construction contracts, and sales of shares.

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‘My father was devastated’: family battles to recover thousands stolen in email scam

New rules that have just come into force aim to help those tricked by authorised push payment fraud

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North Carolina’s second-largest newspaper condemns Trump for ‘ridiculous’ Helene response ‘falsehoods’

Harris vows ‘we’re here for the long haul’ as she visits western NC and combats Trump’s relief effort lies

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Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – staring death in the face

The American writer’s vivid and generous third novel, in which a poet is hospitalised by a near-fatal illness, is full of rich, universal themes

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Revealed: Premier League’s £100,000 ‘freebies’ operation to target cabinet and MPs amid battle over new regulator

English football’s top league and clubs handed Keir Starmer and nine cabinet ministers tickets worth thousands of pounds as it ramped up campaign against watchdog

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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Biggest drop in UK manufacturing confidence since March 2020; eurozone inflation hits three-year low – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as UK factory growth slows and eurozone inflation dips below 2%

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‘Are you good in bed?’ Jilly Cooper on horses, lefties and which fictional character she would like to sleep with

As her much-loved story Rivals is turned into a lavish Disney+ production, the author answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including David Tennant, Caitlin Moran and Gillian Anderson

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Dame Maggie Smith: ‘the complete actor’

The former cabaret star, who died on Friday aged 89, dazzled in everything from Shakespeare to Harry Potter

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Keir Starmer hits new low in personal popularity ratings

Latest Opinium poll for the Observer shows Labour leader got the opposite of a ‘bounce’ from Liverpool party conference

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