Analysis: Even the Treasury showed ‘little interest’ in who got handouts; now more than £4bn is missing
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/25/feeble-oversight-of-uks-covid-loan-schemes-was-a-gift-to-fraudsters

Women could also be unable to give birth at their local hospital as understaffed maternity units face loss of up to 2,000 midwives
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jan/25/home-births-in-england-may-be-denied-if-midwives-without-covid-jab-lose-jobs

Lifting of working from home Covid guidance leads to gradual awakening in London and Manchester
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2022/jan/24/i-dont-think-it-will-ever-be-the-same-commuters-slow-to-return-in-england

The WikiLeaks founder has won the first stage of an attempt to avoid extradition to the US to face espionage charges
https://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2022/jan/24/julian-assange-wins-first-stage-appeal-against-extradition-video

Analysis: a behind-the-scenes battle is being fought on the scheduled 1.25 percentage point increase
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/24/dont-rule-out-national-insurance-u-turn-amid-tory-cost-of-living-jitters

According to a damning Lords report, it isn’t just a waste of £29bn, it has made Britain’s unequal housing market even worse, says Guardian ..
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/25/george-osbornes-help-to-buy-scheme-disaster-housing-market

Letters: One junior doctor says we need to make the NHS the best choice for healthcare, Gary Hartnoll believes consultants who do private wo..
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/24/making-tough-choices-for-better-nhs-care

Editorial: A social security system that leaves 14.5 million people living in poverty is failing. Payments must increase
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/24/the-guardian-view-on-benefit-levels-the-only-way-is-up

The prime minister said the UK was 'leading' on creating a package of economic sanctions on Russia
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2022/jan/24/boris-johnson-warns-russia-invading-ukraine-would-be-painful-violent-and-bloody-video

On the day of the alleged party, Downing Street was thanking the public for following the rules
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/24/what-were-the-covid-rules-at-the-time-of-boris-johnsons-2020-birthday

Former minister said she was told in 2010 that her ‘Muslimness’ made colleagues uncomfortable
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/23/nusrat-ghanis-allegations-reignite-claims-that-tory-party-is-islamophobic

The government is pouring money into private healthcare firms. But who is really benefiting, asks Labour MP Stella Creasy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/23/waiting-lists-privatising-nhs-pandemic-private-healthcare

Warning greeted with shock and some scepticism in Kyiv but aide says it fits ‘logical chain’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/23/ukraine-taking-uk-claim-of-russian-invasion-plot-seriously-says-adviser

Housing secretary gives companies until March to offer sum for cost of removing combustible cladding
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/23/gove-threatens-trading-ban-on-cladding-firms-unless-they-pay-for-repairs

Marcus Evans named as victim and second man taken to hospital following incident in Kanchanaburi
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/23/briton-killed-attack-thailand

Former minister says she made clear party complaints process was not the right way to tackle her allegations
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/23/calls-for-tory-islamophobia-inquiry-as-pm-drawn-into-nusrat-ghani-row

Exclusive: findings in draft excerpt of committee’s report are described by campaigner as ‘ludicrous’
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/23/mps-criticise-uk-gambling-regulator-addiction

As the radio classic marks a major anniversary, it’s the shared human experience revealed by the castaways that keeps us hooked
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jan/23/its-a-show-about-love-desert-island-discs-celebrates-80-years-on-air

Analysis: Press release depicts a leader gripping a crisis, not a broken man unable to shed travails at home
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/23/no-10-casts-boris-johnson-as-head-of-anti-russian-alliance-over-ukraine

Editorial: Recuperation – for the nation as well as the individual – requires attention, care and even grace
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/23/the-guardian-view-on-recovery-an-underrated-process

The postal service saw an almost 50% increase in complaints last year compared with the previous 12 months
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/22/royal-mail-hit-by-decade-high-of-more-than-1m-complaints-last-year

Mark Spencer says accusations are ‘completely false’ after Nusrat Ghani says she was told her faith made colleagues ‘uncomfortable’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/22/tory-mp-says-muslimness-given-as-reason-for-losing-job

As the cost of living rises, all the figures tell us that poverty in the UK is about opportunity denied, not moral weakness
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/23/poor-people-face-a-perfect-storm-let-no-one-tell-you-its-their-own-fault

Pro- and anti-shooting groups warn Priti Patel over lack of resources for firearms control system
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/22/broken-gun-licensing-scheme-risks-another-plymouth-warn-campaigners

UK detects 76,807 new cases in the past 24 hours, suggesting Omicron wave has spiked
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/22/daily-covid-infections-in-uk-less-than-half-recorded-two-weeks-ago

Why build on green fields when there are plenty of brownfield sites crying out for development?
https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/commentisfree/2022/jan/23/observer-letters-garden-villages-fill-me-with-despair

Campaigners say compulsory menu labelling could put too much emphasis on calorie counting
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/23/calories-on-menus-may-not-be-helpful-in-drive-against-obesity

Among the 3.7 million clinically extremely vulnerable people in England, the removal of Covid restrictions has raised concerns
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/22/shielders-say-lifting-of-england-plan-b-covid-restrictions-complete-nightmare

Two-year study reveals households are being ‘battered again and again’ by an ‘unfit’ welfare state that is in urgent need of reform
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/23/britains-welfare-system-unfit-for-purpose-urgent-reform-experts-regardless

Bury South MP says former education secretary warned disloyalty over free school meals vote risked losing new high school
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/22/gavin-williamson-tied-new-school-funding-to-party-vote-says-tory-defector

Letter: Dr Justin Robbins considers the ways to fix this modern ill
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/21/we-face-a-land-crisis-not-a-housing-crisis

Some Trumpland observers are convinced that he is in serious legal trouble as New York’s AG investigation of Trump Organizations’s finances ..
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/22/donald-trump-legal-perils

Editorial: The NHS is in crisis, and ministers are taking the opportunity to extend private healthcare’s reach
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/21/the-guardian-view-on-nhs-privatisation-the-wrong-treatment

Letters: Readers respond to a landmark study that claims the current emphasis on synthetic phonics is ‘failing children’
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/jan/21/fixating-on-phonics-will-not-help-young-readers

Brief letters: Grant Shapps | Working from the pub | Big dog attitude | Masking boredom
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/21/all-aboard-for-a-distracting-announcement

Barry kept tabs on the weather in Buckinghamshire – and his snow and air frost data show a downward trend
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jan/22/weatherwatch-lessons-from-a-late-friends-30-years-of-record-keeping

Analysis: allegations of blackmail levelled against government whips spotlight an operation meant to work in the dark
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/21/the-discreet-art-of-whipping-what-are-the-limits-for-parliaments-enforcers

My mother was killed by a driver while I was campaigning for safer cycling, says Chris Boardman, interim commissioner of Active Travel Engla..
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/22/walking-cycling-safe-england-mother-driver-travel-strategy

Jazz club event on Saturday will service and distribute donated pieces across the UK and abroad
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/21/ronnie-scotts-to-host-amnesty-for-unwanted-lockdown-instruments

Agency responds after ICO says encryption plays an important role in children’s online safety
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/22/nca-says-end-to-end-encryption-challenge-law-enforcers

Joint ventures and other schemes mean access to certain operations is being determined not by need, but ability to pay
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/21/incentives-used-to-entice-nhs-consultants-to-do-private-work-must-be-disclosed

Charles Darley claims chair of trustees is not adhering to standards charity expects of public
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jan/20/cats-protection-ceo-steps-down-after-trustee-found-to-keep-18-cats

A guide to the gripes and wishes, some overlapping, of various parts of the Conservative parliamentary party
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/20/from-brexit-ultras-to-net-zero-sceptics-what-the-tory-factions-want

Letters: John Marriott would like to see more powers devolved to local government, but Dr Trevor Aughey says parish councils need better reg..
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/20/we-must-strengthen-local-councils-but-also-hold-them-to-account

Nineteen-year-old completes 52,000km journey that took in 31 countries and five continents
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2022/jan/20/teenager-becomes-youngest-woman-to-fly-solo-around-the-world-video

Analysis: Experts say when the rules are relaxed there tends to be a gradual erosion of protective behaviours
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/21/mixed-messages-how-end-of-covid-plan-b-rules-could-change-behaviour

A hungry jack russell-whippet was lured out of rising waters by a sausage attached to a drone
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2022/jan/21/dog-saved-from-rising-tide-after-being-lured-by-sausage-dangling-from-drone-video

Exclusive: ‘We are bridging the gap between crisis food and supermarkets,’ says founder of the Bread and Butter Thing
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/20/bread-and-butter-thing-food-club-manchester-cost-of-living-crisis

Transport secretary Grant Shapps calls for ‘bonfire of the banalities’ as he commissions review
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/21/endless-torrent-of-announcements-on-uk-railways-to-be-sharply-reduced

Letter: Andrew Forsey of Feeding Britain warns that worse is yet to come for households that are already under stress
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/20/many-are-facing-the-impossible-choice-of-food-or-fuel