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Politics explained

How can the government tackle a summer of discontent over fuel?

Fairly or not, such a mood of decay and national malaise is bound to reflect badly on the governing party

Hamish McRae What is happening to the global housing market – and what comes next?

John Rentoul It’s too late for Boris Johnson to get a grip on his psychological flaws

Maryam Zakir-Hussain Hajj 2022: Streets of Mecca fill with pilgrims from around the world

Voices

James Moore Starmer is buying into Johnson’s big economic lie over Brexit

Marie Le Conte Don’t tax the childless – 30-year-olds like me can’t afford kids

James Moore Green finance is booming but needs a step change to reach net zero goals

Long reads

Mick O'Hare How Cold War spy satellites helped prevent a world war

Samuel Lovett How we’re dismantling cancer’s defences one brick at a time

Samuel Lovett Khodorkovsky: What comes after Putin is one of my biggest concerns

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady What will the Christopher Pincher scandal lead to?

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson Why Ron DeSantis might be causing Donald Trump some sleepless nights

Kate Devlin Questions remain about system designed to clean up ‘Pestminster’

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady How Brexit may still yet deprive Boris Johnson and the Tories of power

Most Commented

Zahawi new chancellor after Sunak and Javid resignations spark chaos – live

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Ukraine troops can retake territory lost to Russia, UK says – live

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Editorial: Labour cannot ‘make Brexit work’ – and Starmer should be honest about that

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Keir Starmer insists he is not ‘advocating status quo’ with Brexit plans

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Editorials

Editorial Boris Johnson must go – and leave with whatever dignity he can muster

Editorial Labour cannot ‘make Brexit work’ – Starmer should be honest about that

Editorial With Covid cases rising, the government cannot afford to be complacent

News analysis

Tim Benton Is it time for a windfall tax on food wholesalers and supermarkets?

Chris Stevenson What can be done about the decline in pub numbers?

Adam Forrest Inside Boris Johnson’s turbulent trip overseas

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

Travel

Travel questions

Simon Calder Will easyJet refund the costs for a cancelled flight?

Nicola Trup Welcome to Solvang, California’s fairytale Danish-themed town

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

Editor’s letters

John Rentoul The Treasury is worrying about economic long Covid

John Rentoul Mea Culpa: big-scale, upscale – let the scales fall from our prose

John Rentoul Tory warnings of a ‘coalition of chaos’ may be absurd – but effective

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice These are the three scenarios Boris Johnson faces now

The rise and fall of Boris Johnson – can’t escape his flaws

Andrew Grice Wondering what Tony Blair is up to? Keir Starmer may have the answer

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst Shopping streets are haemorrhaging – government must do something

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

World

Maroosha Muzaffar Sri Lanka promises to stop printing money soon as inflation hits 60%

Vishwam Sankaran Dinosaurs took over amid global chills that killed competitors

Culture

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Mad House to Favour

Michael Church How classical music festivals are coping with a world in crisis

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

Sport

Harry Latham-Coyle England’s current failings under Jones are concerningly familiar

Lawrence Ostlere Heather Watson: The tennis star playing the Wimbledon of her life

Mary Dejevsky

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

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

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

Hamish McRae

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

Hamish McRae We’re heading for a summer of airport chaos – but it’s not all gloom

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?

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

David Harding Who will last longer in power, Johnson or Zelensky?

Editor’s letters

Jamie Braidwood Too many people take Wimbledon tickets for granted

Editor’s letters

Alex Hickson How Glastonbury Festival reacted to the overturning of Roe v Wade

Editor’s letters

Charlotte Cripps I interviewed a rising star – why did she refuse to tell me her age?

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?