Helen Pidd

Kezia Dugdale, the former leader of Scottish Labour, says she is now “quite scared” as a lesbian in Britain and has started to feel nervous holding her wife's hand in public.

An exclusive interview with Kezia Dugdale on the charity’s mistakes and the future of the LGBTQ+ movement. With reporting by Libby Brooks

Jonathan Freedland on what Keir Starmer said – and didn’t say – to the House of Commons about the Mandelson vetting failure

The incoming chair of the LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, says she is “truly sorry” after she expressed “huge respect” for JK Rowling in an interview with the Guardian.

Justin McCurry on the political rise of the Japanese prime minister and her plan to amend rules constraining the country’s military

The crypto tycoon has given millions to Farage’s political parties. But who is Christopher Harborne and what does he want in return?

It was a historic day for King Charles, the first British monarch to address a joint session of Congress in 35 years. Helen Pidd speaks to the Guardian columnist and host of Politics Weekly America, Jonathan Freedland

Helen Pidd and Peter Walker on the local elections and why the Green party has surged in the polls

Trump has threatened to pull 5,000 troops from Germany – while European leaders worry this is just the start of a US withdrawal from the continent. Deborah Cole reports

As the satirical online newspaper the Onion waits for court approval to take over the conspiracy website Infowars, Helen Pidd speaks to a former staff member about its sinister rise and dramatic fall