Observer

The Observer reveals the Department for Education’s alleged clandestine surveillance of its policy critics.

The Observer reports on the mounting Tory backlash Rishi Sunak faces over potential HS2 northern section cancellation.

The Observer brings attention to scrutiny surrounding the new NatWest chairman, Rick Haythornthwaite, and his past association with scandal-hit PetroSaudi.

A whistleblower tells The Observer that Tory ministers and advisers have shown dangerous complacency regarding unsafe concrete in schools.

The prime minister faces a conflict of interest row involving trade talks with India due to potential financial gains for his wife, reports The Observer.

The Observer leads with an expert’s call for an investigation of hospital bosses in charge during Lucy Letby’s crimes.

The Observer highlights fresh calls for the government to create secure asylum routes following the deaths of six people attempting to cross to the UK by boat.

The Observer’s investigation finds most prisons in England and Wales provide inadequate or unacceptable conditions.