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Highlights

Can Putin survive – or will he be overthrown?

The fiercest public criticism of the war in Russia is coming not from the liberal left, but from the nationalist right. argues Mary Dejevsky

John Rentoul At this stage, the Tories might as well make Rishi Sunak PM

James Moore Crisis? What crisis? Ofgem CEO delivers mixed message on energy supply

Salma Shah This is what Liz Truss needs to do next

Voices

John Rentoul A U-turn on tax cuts is coming, and everyone in parliament knows it

Hannah Fearn ‘Tax cuts for mums’ won’t work – who can afford children anyway?

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

Long reads

Lauren Crosby Medlicott Where have all the foster carers gone?

Len Williams Meeting the modern-day missionaries

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

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Perhaps King Charles was being supportive to Liz Truss

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Could the government fall? Precedent says no, but we’re well past that

Politics explained

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

Politics explained

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

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Liz Truss ‘preparing corporation tax U-turn’ amid backbench rebellion - live

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Ukraine: Russia tells civilians to flee Kherson as Kyiv forces advance - live

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‘Desperate’ Liz Truss set to U-turn on corporation tax this weekend

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Tory MPs plot to replace Liz Truss with Rishi Sunak or Penny Mordaunt

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Editorials

More humiliations are fast approaching for Truss’s government

Editorial The prime minister is caught in a trap of her own making

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

News analysis

Jon Stone Why Liz Truss’s promise of ‘no cuts’ is not what it seems

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

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

The Tory Party Conference and the state of politics today

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

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

David Harding Putin’s war is ‘a crusade against democracy’, warns Germany’s Scholz

Humans and neanderthals ‘lived together for thousands of years’

Culture

Geoffrey Macnab The Marquis de Sade is the patron saint of cinematic sadomasochism

Anya Ryan David Tennant is hypnotic in Good, a muddled Nazi drama

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

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 What is going on with pensions – and how will it affect us?

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

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

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

Andrew Woodcock How can Tory MPs remove Liz Truss? Here are the options

Editor’s letters

Victoria Richards No child should ever go to school hungry – it is unacceptable

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

America

Politics explained

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

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