Hybrid or MTB recomendations

shewy

Looking for a hybrid or mtb for my wife, must have front suspension, and also have 1 x gearing.
Not seeing much options out there for hybrids, also pretty light if possible.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Without scouring the websites for deals and specs, the bike I'd put as the top contender to compare any others to sub ~£750 is the Voodoo Bizango. It's been a tried and tested bang for the buck front suspension mountain bike in recent years that reviewers often say performs as good as many £1k mountain bikes.

Suntour Raidon 32 LOR-DS fork
1x11 gearing (32T chainring with 11-42T cassette (approx 22.0-84.2 gear inches, very comparable to the 24/38T chainrings and 11-30 cassette {approx 23.2-100.0 GI} on my Voodoo according to https://www.sheldonbrown.com/gear-calc.html)
Hydraulic disc brakes
~13.7Kg as supplied
Sold as a "mens" bike but sizes start from 16", which they claim fits someone 5'5"+

£550 in current Halfords promo, if you ghet lucky you might 10% discount off that with British Cycling membership card) https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/mountain-bikes/voodoo-bizango-29er-mens-mountain-bike-16-18-20-22-frames

Just be aware if your wife doesn't really need a suspension fork, which unless there are intentions of "serious" offroad can often be countered by a rigid carbon fork and handlebars with large volume tyres at low pressure (especially on a tubeless setup), there are considerable weight savings to be had. For example, https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/hybrid-bikes/boardman-hyb-8-8-womens-hybrid-bike is suppled ~3.4Kg lighter than the Bizango at ~10.3Kg.
My Voodoo can weigh roughly as low as that Boardman when I have the road wheels fitted with "nice" 28mm tyres, which makes it far less of a grind up tarmac inclines than when I have the fat wheels fitted, mainly due to the extra ~4.5Kg+.