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Highlights

The five things Tony Blair believes could bring Labour back into power

The former prime minister held a whole-day conference to generate new ideas for, he says, anyone who wants to take them up

Ben Chapman Living standards keep falling – so what does the government do now?

Charlotte Cripps Talulah Riley: ‘Elon Musk is the perfect ex-husband’

Rory Sullivan ‘A nightmare’: The Marcos family makes a political return in Manila

Voices

Mary Dejevsky We deserve a say in the role Britain plays in Ukraine

John Rentoul Angela Rayner was the serious politician opposite winking Dominic Raab

Independent Premium

Holly Baxter Overturning Roe v Wade shows exactly what some men think of women

Long reads

Stephen Applebaum Opening our eyes to the trauma faced by the Roma

Mick O'Hare How the British became so successful at the Tour de France

Gwen Adshead The devil you know: Forensic psychiatry and the minds of criminals

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady The problems the PM faces from within his own party are not going away

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Election manifestos often become a millstone around a party’s neck

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Why the new NI Protocol Act will fail to restore power-sharing

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady What does the future hold for the Lib Dems, electoral promise or pain?

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EU urges UK to ‘come back to the table’ as it highlights economic harm from Brexit

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Editorials

Editorial The Met is in special measures and morale low among police and public

Editorial Nato needs to back its ambitions in Ukraine with hard cash

Editorial Nato must leave no member behind in the face of Russian aggression

News analysis

Saphora Smith The government risks failing to deliver net zero

Samuel Lovett More older people across the UK will bring a number of challenges

Ben Chapman What is the impact of Russia missing its debt repayments?

Ben Chapman Will Europe have to ration energy if Putin cuts off gas supplies?

Travel

Lucy Thackray Queues, delays and cancellations: Welcome to the summer of ‘travxiety’

Fiona Whitty Forget Venice: How to explore the UK’s City of Canals by kayak

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul Sturgeon can’t conceal the weakness of her position over a referendum

John Rentoul John Rentoul to host an ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Boris Johnson’s future

Editor’s letters

John Rentoul This is a strange time for Boris Johnson to spend eight days abroad

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice The PM should know that running from his problems won’t solve them

Politics explained

Andrew Grice Will tactical voting mean defeat for the Tories at the next election?

Andrew Grice Oliver Dowden’s resignation is the real body blow to Boris Johnson

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst We like to suppose that Britain is a paragon of democracy – it’s not

Chris Blackhurst Our government seems to be living in a world of make believe

Chris Blackhurst Too big to jail: The story of HSBC and the Mexican drug cartel

World

Thomas Kingsley Israel sets 1 November as date for next general election

Vishwam Sankaran Increasing space travel could damage ozone layer, study warns

Culture

Geoffrey Macnab Why has Lady Chatterley’s Lover never really worked on screen?

Mark Hudson In the Black Fantastic is a beguiling survey of Afrofuturism

Geoffrey Macnab Why is Tom Hanks suddenly playing a proper screen villain?

Sport

Tom Kershaw Berrettini withdraws from Wimbledon after testing positive for Covid

Jamie Braidwood Between controversy and change, Wimbledon set for a year like no other

Mary Dejevsky

Expert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

Mary Dejevsky There is a gulf in generational understanding over the state pension

Mary Dejevsky Rwanda is no answer to stopping Channel crossings – but this might be

Mary Dejevsky After the biggest scandal in NHS history, why do victims have to wait?

Hamish McRae

Authority on business, finance and the intersection between the worlds of economics and politics

Hamish McRae What happens to Europe if Russia cuts off the gas?

Hamish McRae What can Glastonbury 2022 teach us about our post-Covid world?

Hamish McRae Six years after the Brexit vote, what are the economic consequences?

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

Andrew Woodcock What’s with the sudden return of all the old prime ministers?

Editor’s letters

Dave Maclean Have we all lost our way with what we consider ‘breaking news’?

Editor’s letters

David Harding The tragic story of Protasevich and Sapega just keeps getting stranger

Editor’s letters

Harriet Williamson The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade – this is how Voices responded

America

Vishwam Sankaran US forest service started New Mexico’s largest ever wildfire

Holly Baxter Extreme right-wing ideologies are becoming a big problem for the US

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson Joe Biden is targeting ‘Maga’ Republicans – but will the gambit work?