David Lammy questioned Treasury minister James Cartlidge over the decision to allow Yevgeny Prigozhin to pursue an unfounded claim against a..
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2023/jan/25/labour-asks-why-treasury-allowed-sanctioned-oligarch-to-launch-libel-case-video

Environmentalists are giving England’s newly announced post-Brexit subsidies system a cautious welcome
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/26/new-farm-subsidies-regime-could-be-great-for-nature-properly-funded

The Royal Academy of Arts is hosting an auction in support of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2023/jan/26/art-for-auction-in-support-of-ukrainian-academy-in-pictures

Levelling up secretary talks of ‘partnership’ in speech but has little time to hear local leaders’ concerns
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/25/michael-gove-meets-mayor-for-two-minutes-at-northern-conference

Labour MP on trial for fraud ‘appeared to be on some sort of substance’, says former caseworker
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/25/former-sheffield-labour-mp-jared-omara-gurned-clenched-teeth-staff-meeting-court-hears

Politicians, campaigners and UN special rapporteur concerned by case of Isla Bryson, who offended before she had transitioned
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/25/trans-woman-isla-bryson-guilty-raping-two-women-remanded-in-female-prison-scotland

Rishi Sunak came into No 10 promising to earn our trust. But three months into the job he encounters an inquiry into his party chair, questi..
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2023/jan/26/why-cant-sunak-clean-up-the-conservatives-politics-weekly-uk-podcast

Record numbers of abortions are being carried out and services are struggling to cope. Why is the system under so much pressure and what tol
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/jan/26/why-british-women-travelling-hundreds-miles-abortions-podcast

Nottingham University Hospitals trust faces fine after pleading guilty to two charges of failures of care
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/25/nhs-trust-failed-in-care-of-baby-who-died-23-minutes-after-birth

Journalist and activist Claudia Jones among five women whose life and legacy will be marked by English Heritage
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/26/claudia-jones-founding-spirit-notting-hill-carnival-blue-plaque-london-home-english-heritage

Unclear who has legal responsibility for children placed in hotels, after dozens abducted from street in Brighton
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/24/home-office-accused-of-dereliction-of-duty-over-missing-asylum-seeking-children

Legal action being considered after report highlights failings that allowed Jordan McSweeney to kill London woman
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/24/zara-aleenas-family-may-sue-over-by-released-prisoner

Strong showing for Irish actors and directors, with one film, The Banshees of Inisherin, up for nine awards
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/24/ireland-lands-14-oscar-nominations-at-film-event-in-los-angeles

Polling comes amid Conservative backbench unrest at government plan to ban conversion practices
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/25/fifth-lgbt-people-uk-subjected-conversion-practices

Exclusive: Half a billion pounds lost from projects funded by government schemes due to inflation and rising costs
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/24/councils-freeze-levelling-up-projects-as-soaring-costs-exceed-grants

Private member’s bill from Bob Seely would enable courts in England and Wales to penalise wealthy figures using vexatious litigation known a..
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jan/24/tory-mps-bill-aims-to-stop-the-powerful-using-the-law-to-stifle-public-debate

Scrutiny of potential conflicts of interest among assessors for BBC job follows allegations over Boris Johnson loan
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jan/24/panel-approving-richard-sharp-as-bbc-chair-included-tory-party-donor

PM’s decision to order an inquiry fails to limit fallout from Tory chair’s opaque dealings with HMRC
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/24/rishi-sunak-refuses-to-state-nadhim-zahawi-has-been-honest-about-taxes

Insurrection: A Work in Progress by Peter Brathwaite will highlight folk traditions as a form of resistance
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/25/british-opera-singer-music-enslaved-ancestors-new-work

Fen skating is a traditional form of ice skating which takes place on frozen fenland. During sustained periods of cold weather, flooded mead..
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2023/jan/25/there-really-is-nothing-like-this-east-anglias-fen-skaters-in-pictures

Tory party chair still has some explaining to do over why he paid a penalty to HMRC to settle his tax affairs
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/23/unanswered-questions-leave-nadhim-zahawi-political-fate-in-balance

Boris Johnson tells Sky News that BBC chair Richard Sharp 'knows nothing about' his finances
https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2023/jan/23/complete-nonsense-boris-johnson-dismisses-richard-sharp-allegations-video

Simon Murray says in the House of Lords that some asylum-seeking children have gone missing
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2023/jan/23/uk-minister-admits-asylum-seeking-children-placed-in-hostels-have-gone-missing-video

Rishi Sunak’s ex-boss had gone some way to addressing impartiality concerns but now finds himself under scrutiny
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jan/23/richard-sharp-pale-male-stale-bbc-chair-with-friends-in-high-places

Former taoiseach tells Commons committee that UK, EU and DUP need to ditch red lines to make lasting deal
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/23/solving-northern-ireland-brexit-dispute-not-rocket-science-bertie-ahern-says

That former PM secretly secured a loan of up to £800k no surprise as financial reliance on others stretches back many years
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/23/wheeler-dealer-boris-johnson-and-his-tricky-relationship-with-money

The bill was supposed to streamline the way that people can apply to change their legal gender. So why has it sparked a constitutional crisi
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/jan/24/why-is-scotland-gender-reform-bill-so-contentious-podcast

The prime minister appointed the ethics adviser to investigate the Tory chair's taxes
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2023/jan/23/sunak-shouldnt-need-ethics-adviser-zahawi-tax-affairs-says-labour-video

The PM may struggle to sell solidarity to the public in light of revelations about tax affairs and ministerial access
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/24/zahawi-johnson-wealthy-friends-sunak-tories-tax-sharp-blyth

Party has set conditions for a deal but former taoiseach Bertie Ahern says solution is ‘not rocket science’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/23/northern-ireland-protocol-dup-erg-brexit

Exclusive: Forecasts predict exports will fall to £707bn next year and target will not be reached until 2035
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/22/uk-will-be-15-years-late-in-hitting-1tn-annual-export-target-figures-show

Analysis by Lib Dems shows total was at record high in 2022, and compares with 1,306 people waiting as long in 2015
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/23/350000-patients-waited-over-12-hours-in-ae-before-getting-nhs-bed-last-year

Labour asks watchdog to examine recruitment process after reports Richard Sharp helped former PM with personal finances
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/22/johnson-denies-conflict-of-interest-in-appointment-of-bbc-chairman

BioMonde supplies greenbottle larvae for treatment of non-squeamish patients across Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/22/breeding-maggots-heal-wounds-welsh-firm-biomonde

Exclusive: small business and hospitality groups urge rethink to let firms renegotiate fairer contracts and stave off closure
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/22/businesses-berate-scattergun-approach-to-uk-government-energy-support

The UK charity facilitates music workshops in immigration detention centres – but frequently faces a lack of resources and the deportation o..
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/23/the-gift-of-paradise-how-the-hear-me-out-band-give-a-voice-to-immigration-detainees

Immigration experts scathing about Home Office plans to tighten access to services for people without legal status
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/22/new-hostile-environment-policies-immigration-home-office

Angela Rayner says Rishi Sunak should come clean about any concerns raised with No 10 about ex-chancellor and HMRC penalty
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/22/nadhim-zahawis-future-threatened-as-labour-steps-up-pressure-over-tax-affairs

National Grid asks Drax and EDF to start warming three plants and says it will activate its live demand flexibility service on Monday evening
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/22/coal-fired-power-stations-restarted-again-as-uk-cold-snap-bites

Exclusive: proportion of green job openings in UK ‘declined significantly’ after 2012, analysis shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/23/low-carbon-jobs-fell-after-david-cameron-kibosh-on-green-crap-policies-study

With survivors waiting up to 18 months for support and therapy, and caseloads increasing, staff close lists
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/22/uk-crisis-centres-forced-to-turn-away-victims-as-need-rises-and-cash-runs-out

The customs inspection site at Sevington in Kent has space for 1,700 lorries, but lies largely deserted
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/21/giant-brexit-border-control-site-sevington-kent-ukrainian-pets

As schools struggle to find staff for key roles, heads tell families to demand action from their MPs and to back strikers
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/22/parents-urged-help-teachers-win-battle-pay-jobs

Embattled Tory party chair reveals he made ‘careless but not deliberate’ error over multimillion-pound share sale
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/21/nadim-zahawi-fights-for-his-political-life-after-admitting-tax-error

As scores of youngsters are disappearing from hotels run by the Home Office and being trafficked across the country, sources claims warnings..
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/21/they-just-vanish-whistleblowers-met-by-wall-of-complacency-over-missing-migrant-children

John Bird calls on government to curb surge in homelessness by preventing eviction of tenants who cannot pay their rent
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/22/big-issue-struggling-to-stay-afloat-cost-of-living-crisis

Reports Richard Sharp helped ex-PM arrange guarantee on £800,000 loan before he was recommended for job
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/21/labour-urges-inquiry-of-claim-bbc-chairman-helped-boris-johnson-secure-loan-guarantee

Opposition calls for the Conservative party chairman to reveal details of the settlement he arrived at with HMRC
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/21/nadhim-zahawi-the-questions-over-his-tax-affairs-that-wont-go-away

Move follows bishops’ refusal to back gay marriage while blessings to be on voluntary basis for clergy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/sandi-toksvig-to-meet-archbishop-of-canterbury-over-same-sex-marriage

Call for inquiry after Observer investigation uncovers scale of trafficking by criminal gangs
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/21/revealed-scores-of-child-asylum-seekers-kidnapped-from-home-office-hotel