Patrick Butler

The theme of the Guardian and Observer's 2024 charity appeal is conflict. We are partnering with three charities: Médecins Sans Frontières, War Child and Parallel Histories.

Médecins Sans Frontières, War Child and Parallel Histories are partnering with us on this year’s theme: conflict

The government has promised a “new settlement” for unpaid carers, vowing to put an end to the scandal of carer benefit overpayments that has left

Government to set out details of independent review into benefit overpayments and how problems can be fixed

Hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers were hit with ruinous penalties for minor breaches of carer's allowance rules in the five years after senior

Campaigners say NAO report shows impact of DWP staffing decisions and failure to address flaws in benefit’s design

Generous Guardian and Observer readers gave £57,000 over the phones during our annual charity appeal telethon for charities supporting the victims of war and conflict, with the overall total more than £500,000.

More than £800,000 has been donated to the Guardian and Observer charity appeal to support victims of conflict and war, just over two weeks into the campaign.

It was all meant to be so different. Announcing sweeping reforms of the special needs provision in England's schools a decade ago, the then children's

No quick fix for a system that is failing children and parents and pushing councils into insolvency