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Politics explained

Johnson will use his final Commons performances to emulate Thatcher

Votes of no confidence are usually a chance for a party to rally around their leader, no matter how much of a lame duck they are

Marie Le Conte Labour now has a huge secret advantage over the Conservatives

Joe Middleton ‘Apocalypse of heat’: Europe battles high temperatures and wildfires

Kevin Childs Percy Bysshe Shelley – a poet whose words reverberate through the ages

Voices

Hamish McRae The 10 economic commitments we need from the next Tory leader

Borzou Daragahi It’s not just the Rajapaksas who are to blame for chaos in Sri Lanka

James Moore The Tories not talking about Covid could badly hurt Britain’s economy

Long reads

Victoria Richards Becoming a ghost: A memoir on motherhood

Sean O'Grady Kemi Badenoch: The Brexiteer making waves in the Tory leadership race

Colin Drury How much difference will becoming City of Culture make to Bradford?

Politics Explained

Politics explained

How is it possible to admire both Blair and Corbyn?

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson As Trump talks about a 2024 announcement – what now for the GOP?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Whoever wins the Tory leadership race faces a growing list of problems

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Who should Labour fear most at an election – Sunak, Mordaunt or Truss?

Most Commented

Results imminent in third ballot – follow Tory leadership race live

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Melting runway halts flights at Luton as heatwave could hit 43C – weather live

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Ukraine’s Zelensky sacks security chief and prosecutor in ‘treason’ purge

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We can’t just ‘keep calm and carry on’ when it comes to the heatwave | Sean O’Grady

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Editorials

Editorial We must take this heatwave seriously – even if Boris Johnson won’t

Editorial TV debates are a chance for the people to influence the choice of PM

Editorial Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia was doomed from the beginning

News analysis

Rebecca Thomas 34,000 patients harmed over ambulance delays in June

Samuel Webb Are heatwaves getting longer – and what does that mean for the UK?

Simon Calder Why the future of Doncaster Sheffield Airport is in doubt

Lizzie Dearden What would happen to a trafficked child such as Mo Farah today?

Travel

Melody Wren 10 reasons to visit Belize in 2022

Travel questions

Simon Calder Who is going to pay for my Taipei layover nightmare?

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

Editor’s letters

John Rentoul How history will record Boris Johnson’s premiership

John Rentoul Mea Culpa: State and estimate – under, over and out

John Rentoul The Conservatives face their ‘wrong brother’ moment

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Pulling the next Tory leadership TV debate is a huge mistake

Andrew Grice Tory leadership contest turns nasty – with Brexit the mode of attack

Andrew Grice Tax cut pledges in the Tory leadership race will only help Labour

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst Tory leadership candidates aren’t focused on the issues that matter

Chris Blackhurst Like it or not, Johnson won’t be short of offers when he leaves office

Chris Blackhurst Shopping streets are haemorrhaging – government must do something

World

Shweta Sharma Sri Lanka’s acting president declares emergency to curb protests

Vishwam Sankaran India’s huge stray dog population confounds effort to eradicate rabies

Culture

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Jack Absolute Flies Again to Hungry

Geoffrey Macnab Marvel-lous: How the Russo brothers broke through into the big time

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from The Seagull to The Dance of Death

Sport

Alex Pattle Wiegman tests positive for Covid before England’s clash with N Ireland

Richard Jolly Ronaldo’s return to Manchester United has failed on almost every level

Mary Dejevsky

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

Mary Dejevsky To the rest of the world, Britain has vanished – or become irrelevant

Mary Dejevsky The chaos in No 10 proves that Britain needs a written constitution

Mary Dejevsky Why we are no closer to the answer to the UK’s skills shortage

Hamish McRae

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

Hamish McRae The population boom is a success story, not a doomsday scenario

Hamish McRae Why tax cuts are a pointless argument in the Tory leadership race

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

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

James Moore This week, something profound happened – I didn’t receive online abuse

Editor’s letters

Charlotte Cripps Like Love Island, the Emmys are an excuse to revel in drama

Editor’s letters

Victoria Richards Why do we write? Because we can’t not

Editor’s letters

Eric Garcia Democrats wanted a ‘normal’ president to beat Trump

America

Vishwam Sankaran Traumatic brain injury surged by 20 per cent among US kids since 2000

Lamiat Sabin Biden in West Bank but told money will not solve Palestine issue

John Bowden Jan 6 rioter testifies mob was ‘just following’ Trump’s orders