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Highlights

Lauren Crosby Medlicott

Where have all the foster carers gone?

While there has been a huge increase in the number of young people needing care, the number of potential foster parents has decreased. Why is this and what can be done?

John Rentoul Kwarteng and Truss are trapped – and Labour will leave them to it

Politics explained

Andrew Grice Why is Starmer shaking up his team when Labour is ahead in the polls?

Hamish McRae The IMF says the worst is yet to come – and for once, I agree

Voices

James Moore Our myopic government is still driving the economy off a cliff

Marie Le Conte Does Liz Truss know that she isn’t president of the UK?

Donnachadh McCarthy If you hate beavers, you’re sorely misguided

Long reads

Len Williams Meeting the modern-day missionaries

Bel Trew How Ukraine is fighting back against Russia’s drone war

Ryan Coogan The best streaming service is run by nerds, not corporate giants

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Political spats between the SNP and the Tories are par for the course

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson What does Joe Biden’s approval rating mean for the midterms?

Politics explained

John Rentoul Is this Boris Johnson’s ‘lavender list’ of new peerages?

Politics explained

Jon Stone Why is Liz Truss attending a European summit?

Most Commented

Putin warned over nuclear weapons as Zelensky calls for Belarus mission- Ukraine live

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Kwarteng ‘in denial’ as BoE steps in to calm markets – Liz Truss live

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No 10 reviews Kwarteng’s mini-Budget measures following market turmoil

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Liz Truss government ‘could fall at any time’, Starmer tells senior Labour staff

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Editorials

Editorial We are calling for free school meals for all children in poverty

Editorial Putin is gambling that the West will abandon Ukraine – we won’t

Editorial Ordinary people are paying for this government’s economic incompetence

News analysis

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

Lizzie Dearden Braverman 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

Travel

Tamara Hinson Meet the Unesco World Heritage wannabes hoping to make the next list

Travel questions

Simon Calder How can I get to Easter Island without breaking the bank?

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul Mea Culpa: Keeping the home fires radiating

Editor’s letters

John Rentoul Suella Braverman’s campaign to be the next PM isn’t very subtle

John Rentoul Things can only get worse for Liz Truss – next week will prove it

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Liz Truss’s ‘reassurance week’ is not reassuring anyone

No 10 sidelines Braverman in bid to relax immigration rules

Andrew Grice The Tories are losing – but that does not guarantee a Labour victory

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst Labour is going green, so why aren’t the Tories?

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

World

Signs of torture on bodies in town liberated from Russian forces

Shweta Sharma Elon Musk says he’s spoken to Kanye West about antisemitic tweet

Culture

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from The Band’s Visit to Blues for an Alabama Sky

Mixtape — 20 years of ZooNation is loaded with energetic dance numbers

Geoffrey Macnab Bleak, beyond belief: Why we still love Ingmar Bergman films

Sport

Richard Jolly Lampard has built Everton resurgence on newfound defensive resilience

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

Mary Dejevsky

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

Mary Dejevsky Does Truss’s Prague visit signal a post-Brexit path back to Europe?

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

Hamish McRae

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

Hamish McRae The real ‘anti-growth coalition’: Five barriers to UK economic growth

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

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

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

David Harding Monday marked another turning point into darkness in Ukraine

Editor’s letters

Harriet Williamson We can’t talk about mental health without exploring inequality

Editor’s letters

Jack Rathborn NFL given glimpse of future after London buzz for Packers vs Giants

Editor’s letters

Andrew Woodcock Thank you, Kwasi Kwarteng, for this remarkable Tory party conference

America

Independent Premium

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