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Highlights

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

How on earth, asks Marie Le Conte, do you want me to start thinking about making, and then raising an entire other human being in these conditions?

Maroosha Muzaffar Is this the new face of mainstream politics in Kashmir?

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

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

Voices

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

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

Borzou Daragahi Hunger and misogyny: Afghanistan is unravelling under the Taliban

Long reads

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

Steven Cutts How to catapult a rocket into space – a new dawn or just more hype?

Mick O'Hare How the ‘Pampas Bull’ took Ferrari’s first ever F1 victory

Politics Explained

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

Politics explained

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

Most Commented

Chris Pincher appointment ‘showed Boris Johnson’s bad judgement’ – live

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10-year-old denied abortion in Ohio sparks widespread outrage

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Putin orders troops to press ahead with invasion after Luhansk falls - Ukraine live

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13 arrests in for ‘going slower than allowed’ amid fuel protests

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Editorials

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

Editorial The genius of Pride is the simplicity of the idea of equality

Editorial With Boris Johnson as PM, we shouldn’t be surprised when MPs misbehave

News analysis

Adam Forrest Inside Boris Johnson’s turbulent trip overseas

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

Saphora Smith The government risks failing to deliver net zero

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

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

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?

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

Vishwam Sankaran Study solves mystery of how pandas became vegetarians

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar Sri Lanka extends school shutdown due to fuel shortage

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 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

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?

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’?

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?