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Politics explained

Andrew Woodcock

The Tory leadership contest hangs on gamble over the economy

Liz Truss’s dismissal of Bank of England warnings revives memories of Brexit attacks on ‘experts’

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from South Pacific to Monster

Editorial Liz Truss’s criticism of ‘handouts’ is playing politics with poverty

Ellie Middleton I found out I was disabled at 24 – and life has never been better

Voices

Will Gore Grown-ups need play time too

Chris Blackhurst It’s clear there’s a disconnect between football club owners and fans

Andrew Grice The Tory leadership race has been confirmed as an irrelevant sideshow

Long reads

Lauren Crosby Medlicott The Afghan families still waiting to find a home in the UK

Geoffrey Macnab Why is Brad Pitt still so underrated as an actor?

John Rentoul Will a new prime minister destabilise Starmer’s leadership of Labour?

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Who runs a caretaker government when the caretakers are on holiday?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady The economic outlook is grim – but what does that mean for the Tories?

Politics explained

Andrew Feinberg Why Nancy Pelosi, not president Joe Biden, is visiting Taiwan

Politics explained

Ashley Cowburn What is driving the policy merry-go-round of Truss and Sunak?

Most Commented

Brain damaged Archie Battersbee dies after life support switched off

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New PM ‘must double’ support for struggling families to £30bn

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Israel airstrikes kill at least 11 people in Gaza including 5 year-old girl

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Bank’s dire recession warning is too ‘optimistic’ warn economists

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Editorials

Editorial The attack on the Bank of England’s independence is delusional

Editorial Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan was ill-advised at this precarious time

Editorial The Tory leadership candidates have completely ignored the real issues

News analysis

Anna Isaac Recession forecast explained: What you need to know

Samuel Lovett What will rise in interest rates mean for mortgages and house prices?

Kim Sengupta After al-Zawahiri killing, what’s next for global jihad?

Lizzie Dearden Truss and Sunak’s outlandish policies on crime and immigration

Travel

Travel questions

Simon Calder Is Gibraltar worth a trip for an autumn getaway?

Ianthe Butt Epic rail: Going slow on Australia’s Great Southern train line

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

Editor’s letters

John Rentoul Who would be in Liz Truss’s cabinet?

John Rentoul Tory Corbynism could wreck Liz Truss’s government

John Rentoul Top 10 underrated children’s books by famous authors

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Liz Truss is the ‘continuity chaos’ as well as ‘continuity Boris’

Andrew Grice The Tory leadership contest is a fork-in-the-road moment for the party

Andrew Grice The Tories will pay for ignoring why Boris Johnson resigned

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst Why do banks close branches when they’re making so much money?

Chris Blackhurst Labour should embrace ‘levelling up’ as Tories look primed to drop it

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

World

Vishwam Sankaran Top Taiwan defence ministry official found dead, report says

Andrew Buncombe Zelensky denounces report accusing Ukraine of endangering civilians

Culture

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Sister Act to 101 Dalmatians

Martin Chilton Books of the month, from The Queen of Dirt Island to The Dolphin House

Geoffrey Macnab The good, the bad and the indigestible of cannibal movies

Sport

George Sessions Conte warns Spurs’ new signings they face ‘fight’ to get into team

Sports Staff Tuchel responds to Neville’s criticism of Chelsea’s ‘panicky’ window

Mary Dejevsky

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

Mary Dejevsky Trump would actually have handled Russia better than Biden is doing

Mary Dejevsky Facing a war of attrition – what are the next steps for Zelensky?

Mary Dejevsky The most valuable card the West has left to play against Russia

Hamish McRae

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

Hamish McRae How do we make the most of Trussonomics?

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

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

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

Andrew Woodcock Why are so many comedians left wing? It’s quite simple, really

Editor’s letters

David Taintor The long road to a veterans bill, paved by Jon Stewart

Editor’s letters

David Harding Viktor Orban is now the darling of the US right

Editor’s letters

Harry Readhead Getting away gives us a fresh perspective on the world – and ourselves

America

Independent Premium

Holly Baxter Owning a private jet is now becoming a serious PR misstep

Vishwam Sankaran Nasa to send two more helicopters to Mars for sample return mission

Josh Marcus Temperature inside Texas prisons with no AC regularly hits 110 degrees