LIAM BYRNE: The government must be transparent about its decision to waive sanctions against Yevgeny Prigozhin

Exclusive: Tory MPs blamed rising rents for increased claims, while government imposed freeze on poorest tenants

OPINION: Tackling our most pressing problems will require taking back the enormous power held by the 1%

Russians far from the frontline – women, children, pensioners, the jobless – explain how the war is affecting them

OPINION: After tax, National Insurance, pension payments and student loan repayments, I’d get £15 extra a week

Fifty years after the squatters’ movement in east London, the Bengali community is once again under threat

OPINION: The chancellor failed to tackle the cost of living crisis, but threw money at big business and top earners

Exclusive: Sunak’s Treasury was lobbied by airlines over tax cuts, sparking accusations of government ‘favouritism’

OPINION: We can’t be held hostage by a 1990s treaty that allows fossil fuel firms to sue governments

OPINION: Scotland’s poorest would likely be worse off under the leadership of the SNP finance minister

Exclusive: Liberty, Unison and Mermaids among groups sending ‘distress signal’ as UN begins living standards probe

Human rights conditions in the Russian-backed separatist enclave have been deteriorating since the invasion of Ukraine

OPINION: Without food sovereignty, private businesses will continue profiteering at the expense of the planet

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OPINION: Taxpayers are still being billed huge sums for controversial expenses, from MPs’ PR to business class flights

This flagship Western investment, backed strongly by the UK, will receive funds from a bank 44% owned by Russia

Exclusive: Students threatened by bailiffs after accommodation firm UniHomes seemingly failed to pay energy suppliers

With the candidates officially announced, culture wars and the road to independence are set to be key battlegrounds

Migration is allowing more and more women to become big players in an industry normally seen as men’s work

Between ageing populations, shifting attitudes and challenges to capitalist beliefs, workers have unprecedented power

OPINION: We need a publicly owned clean energy system, not one built to maximise fossil fuel firms’ profits