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Highlights

The experiment is over. Truss’s ‘plan for growth’ is dead

No one outside the Tufton Street set and the hard right of the Tory party believed in it anyway, and it has not survived its first exposure to political and economic reality

Sean T Smith Could biohacking be the answer to eternal life?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Who is to blame for the 45p tax cut fiasco? Nobody has owned up

Marie Le Conte Truss may be trying to steady the ship, but many have fled already

Voices

Ian Hamilton What will austerity 2.0 mean for the NHS?

Bel Trew There’s a big problem with Egypt hosting Cop27

Ian Hamilton Getting ‘tough’ on drugs is an outdated policy – it reeks of bigotry

Long reads

David Barnett An ode to autumn – is October the finest month of all?

October is the fading of the sun reflected in the fiery leaves, it is the changing of the seasons, and David Barnett loves it

Andrew Buncombe How the scrapping of Roe v Wade threatens Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy

James Rampton The story of the most important photo of the 20th century

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady There won’t be any ‘delivery’ on migration, whatever Braverman says

Politics explained

Alastair Jamieson Ukraine wants to join Nato but will that happen?

Politics explained

Andrew Woodcock Make-or-break week as Liz Truss faces the Tory faithful

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady What Liz Truss’s Tory conference speechwriters will need to do

Most Commented

Nadine Dorries says Tories would ‘absolutely lose’ election - live

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Liz Truss won’t rule out benefits cuts, pledging ‘responsible finance’ — live

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Putin ‘may pin blame for losses on new commander’ – live

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Tory MPs ‘openly talking’ about removing Liz Truss, says ex-No 10 chief of staff

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Editorials

Editorial The prime minister is facing a Tory rebellion on benefits

Editorial Only a month in, Liz Truss is a prime minister without credibility

Editorial Liz Truss should use the party conference to distract from her retreat

News analysis

Braverman’s speech heavy on anti-migrant rhetoric but light on detail

Andrew Woodcock Buoyant Labour think ‘kamikaze’ Truss can pave their way to power

Anna Isaac With this mini-Budget the government has made an almighty gamble

How allies helped secure release of Britons captured in Ukraine

Travel

Rachel Ifans Could doing Duolingo IRL hone your hard-won language skills?

Travel questions

Simon Calder Will Russia be declared a terrorist state by the West?

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul No one can hold the Tory coalition together

John Rentoul What Kwasi Kwarteng said to Tory conference – and what he really meant

John Rentoul Mea Culpa: how ‘mini’ can a car crash be?

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice The bloody battle for the soul of the Tory party has begun

Andrew Grice It is Truss’s first party conference as leader – could it be her last?

Andrew Grice Liz Truss is not doing what she promised in her leadership campaign

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst Kwarteng displays shocking naivety when it comes to handling finances

Chris Blackhurst We have to do something about anonymous trolling, even if Truss won’t

Chris Blackhurst What will Liz Truss’s government be like? We’re starting to find out

World

Arpan Rai Why North Korea sending missile over Japan is a major escalation

David Harding Russia says it called up more than 200,000 troops for Ukraine war

Culture

Martin Chilton Books of the Month: From George Saunders to Alan Rickman’s diaries

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Eureka Day to Jews. In Their Own Words

Geoffrey Macnab James Bond at 60: Why Sean Connery would be rehired as 007

Sport

Richard Jolly Southgate shows off a new trick to conjure an England comeback

Jamie Braidwood ‘It’s going to be special’: Federer retirement brings rivals together

Mary Dejevsky

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

Mary Dejevsky This is how Russia’s land grab could complicate the war

Mary Dejevsky The King needs the people at least as much as they need him

Mary Dejevsky Vladimir Putin should have been invited to the Queen’s funeral

Hamish McRae

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

Hamish McRae Kwarteng is learning the hard way about who really runs the show

Hamish McRae Trussonomics cannot work now – so what happens next?

Hamish McRae The Bank is getting its act together, but what’s next for the economy?

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

Borzou Daragahi We can only be in awe of young women such as Nika Shakarami

Editor’s letters

Luke Baker The Lionesses face their biggest test at the scene of greatest triumph

Editor’s letters

Harriet Williamson We’re kicking off Black History Month with truly inspirational voices

Editor’s letters

John Rentoul In all my years reporting on opinion polls, I’ve never seen this

America

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Holly Baxter Now his own state needs cash, DeSantis is singing a different tune

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson Ron DeSantis is happy to keep powering his outrage machine

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson Ted Cruz has said the quiet part out loud over the 2024 election