Analysis: force’s direction that civil servant makes ‘minimal reference' to events could dampen investigation dictating Johnson’s future
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/29/police-inquiry-into-downing-st-lockdown-parties-neuters-gray-report-say-critics

Many sufferers have been left unable to eat due to lasting distortions to their senses
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/30/like-sewage-and-rotting-flesh-covids-lasting-impact-on-taste-and-smell

The suicide of a young inmate points up how indifferent we are now to conditions in jail
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/29/how-many-more-charlie-todds-must-there-be-before-prisons-reformed

Minette Batters decries trade deal with Australia and New Zealand
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/29/nfu-president-farmers-are-pawns-in-brexit-negotiations

Gods of the Game celebrates the stars and the drama of international football – and will feature a chorus of real fans
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/29/world-cup-opera-starring-100-fans-who-already-know-the-score-gods-of-the-game

Amid an increasingly confused debate, we must remember that historically it is the powerless who are most often silenced
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/30/freedom-of-speech-hard-won-cavalier-now-about-censorship

Returning workers lacking the confidence to chat to colleagues after months at home are turning to small talk coaching to get back in the zo..
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/jan/29/covid-got-your-tongue-how-to-relearn-the-lost-art-of-office-small-talk

Smart TVs are always gathering data about you that can be monetised. What can you opt out of – and what can you safely leave alone?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/29/what-your-smart-tv-knows-about-you-and-how-to-stop-it-harvesting-data

Dan Rosenfield watched England v India at Lord’s three days before Taliban forces entered capital, according to reports
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/29/boris-johnsons-chief-of-staff-spent-day-watching-cricket-just-before-kabul-fell

The anti-fraud minister who resigned over the government’s decision to write off £4.3bn says ‘I was very angry’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/29/lord-agnew-not-a-zippo-about-how-uk-will-deal-with-covid

Analysis: This was meant to be his week of reckoning, but one backer gives PM a 55% chance of surviving
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/29/his-premiership-safe-for-now-boris-johnson-clings-on-and-fights-back

No 10 denies PM is ‘wobbling’ on issue of manifesto-breaking 1.25% increase in NI contributions due in April
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/28/boris-johnson-fully-committed-to-national-insurance-rise

The race to fund the lockdown economy ensured speed trumped due diligence, leaving the taxpayer wide open to fraud
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/29/how-the-uk-government-lost-49bn-to-covid-loan

Letters: Sue Hunter argues that literacy and numeracy projects must be invested in. Jenny Hartland addresses the pressure of being forced to..
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/jan/28/investment-in-adult-literacy-could-play-a-major-role-in-levelling-up

Analysis: Tory MPs are challenging policies they don’t like while other initiatives are going nowhere as No 10 firefights the crisis around ..
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/28/boris-johnson-agenda-gripped-by-paralysis-as-he-fights-to-survive

A designer who dresses Lady Gaga reflects on his upbringing in a deeply conservative Birmingham community
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/29/the-go-between-by-osman-yousefzada-review-magic-behind-closed-doors

Editorial: Even 50 years later, the killings in Derry in 1972 cast a long shadow over Britain’s policies in Northern Ireland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/28/the-guardian-view-on-the-bloody-sunday-anniversary-the-legacy-remains

Letters: Malcolm McKay and Dr Sue Roffey respond to a column by Adrian Chiles about an encounter with a racist in a car park
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/28/white-people-must-not-ignore-racism

Home secretary makes decision on same day Hewlett-Packard wins six-year civil fraud case against UK citizen
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jan/28/tech-entrepreneur-mike-lynch-can-be-extradited-to-us-rules-priti-patel

Former prime minister breaks silence to express her anger and expectation of full accountability
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/28/theresa-may-wades-into-row-over-downing-street-parties

The runaway success of the Colombia-set animation, with its infectious Lin-Manuel Miranda songs, is in no small part thanks to its Latinx ch..
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/28/encanto-diverse-colombia-animation-lin-manuel-miranda

Prince would be latest high-profile defendant – with a strategy condemned by US legal experts
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/27/prince-andrew-lawsuit-

With £5bn lost to fraudulent Covid loan claims, Lord Agnew did a rare thing for a minister in 2022: he told the truth and quit, says the Gua..
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/28/boris-johnson-fraud-minister-covid-loan-lord-agnew

The self-isolation period for positive cases is being cut and the limit on visitors lifted from next week
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/27/what-are-the-new-covid-rules-for-english-care-homes-and-are-they-safe

Prime minister dismisses claims he personally intervened to help evacuation of animals during fall of Kabul
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2022/jan/27/boris-johnson-denies-claims-he-approved-kabul-animal-airlift-video

Politicians dislike discussing how to replace fuel duty and road tax but a clear option is now in view
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/28/will-road-pricing-answer-the-uks-net-zero-car-tax-conundrum

Statistics also show an increase in households with children made homeless since start of pandemic
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/27/homelessness-statistics-england-domestic-abuse

Selection process descended into farce after Paul Dacre was offered the job by Boris Johnson
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jan/27/parties-inquisitor-sue-gray-also-in-charge-of-finding-ofcom-chair

Lawyers representing home secretary apologise for secrecy but tell high court that policy is lawful
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/27/home-office-defends-right-to-seize-phones-of-asylum-seekers

Foreign secretary’s trip on government Airbus A321 estimated to have cost half a million pounds
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/27/labour-condemns-waste-of-liz-truss-taking-private-jet-to-australia

Idea that Boris Johnson personally approved animal evacuation adds to hurt, say those who worked with British
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/26/its-a-joke-left-behind-afghans-despair-at-dog-rescue-revelations

Ministers criticised for not tackling London’s reputation as Russian money-laundering hub
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/26/ministers-criticised-for-not-tackling-londons-reputation-as-money-laundering-hub

Former MP Laura Pidcock says welcoming of Tory defector Christian Wakeford ‘crystallised unease’ over current leadership
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/26/laura-pidcock-resigns-labour-national-executive-committee-jeremy-corbyn

From distraught joggers to rebellious ice-cream vans, Martin Salter’s images explore the way Britain has changed over the last three decades
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jan/27/hold-on-to-your-hat-british-peculiarities-in-pictures

Rishi Sunak asked to investigate escape of market sensitive information and warned his policies are inflationary
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/27/mps-raise-concerns-about-leak-of-hike-in-living-wage-in-last-budget

John Boyne’s story is used by more than a third of teachers in England in lessons on the Nazi genocide, a study found
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/27/the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas-fuels-dangerous-holocaust-fallacies

From Thursday, face coverings are not legally required in England, but some businesses are asking their customers to continue wearing masks
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/27/shoppers-and-commuters-in-england-asked-to-wear-masks-despite-lifting-of-plan-b

A doctor’s record of facing the onslaught of Covid’s first wave while swamped by private grief
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/27/everything-is-true-by-roopa-farooki-review-the-pandemic-up-close-and-personal

Campaigners criticise letter from Equality and Human Rights Commission as ‘troubling’
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/26/uk-equalities-watchdog-urges-scotland-to-pause-gender-recognition-reforms

Analysis: PM’s assertions that there were no lockdown parties are increasingly hard to believe
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/27/fibbing-is-part-of-boris-johnsons-toolkit-but-could-be-his-undoing

Clause 9 will make it easier for the government to strip people of UK citizenship. That’s why we oppose it, say peers Shami Chakrabarti and ..
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/26/nationality-bill-british-citizens-clause-9

Daily Mail remains a Boris Johnson backer but same cannot be said of its sister outlet
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jan/25/how-the-newspapers-reacted-to-downing-street-parties

Nicola Sturgeon asks employees to start hybrid working and eases face mask rules after Omicron ebbs
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/25/scotland-to-relax-strict-work-from-home-guidance-from-monday

Cressida Dick says force is investigating ‘number of events’ that may have broken Covid rules
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/25/what-does-police-inquiry-into-alleged-parties-mean-for-boris-johnson

Prime minister tells MPs Britain will push for ‘tough package’ of economic sanctions if invasion happens
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/25/johnson-hints-german-reliance-on-russian-gas-could-affect-ukraine-response

Sue Gray’s report into alleged Downing Street parties could be released as soon as this week
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/26/the-gray-report-five-key-questions-it-could-answer

Analysis: school absences are soaring, but experts disagree about the importance of vaccinating young children
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/25/child-covid-infections-are-rising-in-england-is-low-vaccine-rate-a-factor

Analysis: minister has been attacked in Chinese media, but Maroš Šefčovič’s warm remarks could be of more concern
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/25/liz-truss-why-eu-praise-foreign-secretary-unwanted

The full report may never be made public and civil servant Sue Gray has no power to sack anyone
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/25/what-is-the-gray-report-investigating-and-what-happens-when-its-published

Mackintosh building was so badly damaged by 2018 blaze that the cause remains ‘undetermined’, according to long-awaited report
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jan/25/cause-of-fire-that-destroyed-glasgow-school-of-art-will-never-be-known