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Highlights

The next Tory leader should come clean to their party over Brexit

With Boris Johnson gone, the Brexit reset that Britain desperately needs will be far easier to achieve

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

Steven Cutts The rise of the autonomous fighter plane

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Tories need to thin the bloated leadership race

Voices

Andrew Grice With Boris Johnson gone, Keir Starmer’s balancing act just got harder

John Rentoul Starmer would have seen off Johnson – if he hadn’t already gone

Andrew Grice Will Liz Truss succeed Boris Johnson? Expect the unexpected

Long reads

Geoffrey Macnab Why hasn’t Matt Dillon enjoyed the same success as Tom Cruise?

Daniel M Davis Understanding our 37 trillion cells could revolutionise healthcare

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

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady There is no such thing as a ‘caretaker’ prime minister

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Boris Johnson has quit – who is the favourite to succeed him?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady How can the government tackle a summer of discontent over fuel?

Politics explained

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

Most Commented

Truss enters race for Tory leader shortly after Zahawi and Shapps - follow live

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MPs throw their support behind Rishi Sunak’s leadership bid - live

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Nadine Dorries considering Tory leadership bid to ‘keep Johnson’s flame alive’

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Tory MP who gave middle finger to protesters says she was ‘standing up for herself’

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Editorials

Editorial An unedifying leadership race ahead as Boris Johnson stands down

Editorial Johnson’s premiership has reached an appropriately messy conclusion

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

News analysis

Power struggle between Patel and Khan ‘put off potential Met chiefs’

Saphora Smith The pressing climate decisions next prime minister will inherit

Ben Chapman Nadhim Zahawi’s inbox as chancellor is full of impossible tasks

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

Travel

Ben Lerwill Wales’s Cambrian coastal railway is all the more fabulous off season

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

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul Will a new PM change government policy? (Spoiler: probably not)

John Rentoul Top 10 candidates who came last in Tory leadership elections

John Rentoul What Boris Johnson said in his resignation speech – and what he meant

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Even the oldest trick in the book won’t save Boris Johnson now

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

Andrew Grice These are the three scenarios Boris Johnson faces now

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

Sofia Barbarani The last of Rome’s Jews to survive the Holocaust dies

Graig Graziosi Family found hoarding guns and living in children’s museum

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

Richard Jolly Sterling to Chelsea is the first true Tuchel signing and a perfect fit

Jamie Braidwood Doubles pair halt Wimbledon match after controversial Hawkeye call

Mary Dejevsky

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

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

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

Hamish McRae

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

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

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?

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

Helen Coffey Why you should consider a different kind of travel this summer

Editor’s letters

Andrew Woodcock Johnson thinks he has the right to decide when he goes – but does he?

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

America

Independent Premium

Holly Baxter Diversity of opinion across the US is wider than you think

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