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Highlights

Recession, interest rate hikes – what does all this mean for Labour?

Markets have traditionally been more anxious about Labour than the Tories

Geoffrey Macnab Shelley Duvall took an axe to her career – now she’s making a comeback

Rory Sullivan The story of Carter, Tutankhamun and the forgotten Egyptian workers

Alastair Jamieson Musk blames ‘massive drop’ in revenue as Twitter makes huge job cuts

Voices

Mary Dejevsky A tale of two Borises: What do Johnson and Yeltsin have in common?

Hannah Fearn What do you think of when you hear the word ‘hotel’?

Donnachadh McCarthy You don’t have to glue yourself to anything to help Just Stop Oil

Long reads

Andrew Buncombe The many sides of Nataly Dawn: YouTube and Pomplamoose to solo albums

Steven Cutts Are small modular reactors the answer nuclear power needs?

Rick Noack How Europe is trying to get people moving by train

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Biden and Trump have all to play for in US midterm elections

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson Trust in politicians has fallen sharply – can it be won back?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady The question of Brexit is one still without a permanent answer

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Matt Hancock beware – politicians have a patchy reality TV record

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Britain facing ‘prolonged pain’ as Bank says recession could stretch into 2024

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Brazil trade deal unlikely amid strained ties between Lula and Tories

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Editorials

Editorial Without new infrastructure, the outlook for the coming decade is poor

Editorial The consequences of the 0.75 per cent interest rate hike could be huge

Editorial Sunak has shredded the pledges he made in a failed leadership campaign

News analysis

Harry Cockburn Rishi Sunak’s failure to attend Cop27 will come back to haunt him

Lizzie Dearden What will Sunak becoming PM mean for immigration and asylum policies?

James Moore We can expect the Bank of England to be busy for a while

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

Travel

Travel questions

Simon Calder Can I go on a Caribbean cruise if I don’t have a Covid vaccination?

Rachel Ifans How to do a family skiing holiday on the cheap in France

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul Top 10 falls from grace

Matt Hancock: The ambitious rising star who fell to earth

Editor’s letters

John Rentoul How has Keir Starmer managed to escape Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow?

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Treasury orthodoxy has triumphed over Trussonomics

Andrew Grice This is what voters really think of Rishi Sunak

Andrew Grice Sunak is keeping his friends close – and his enemies closer

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst Big sporting events deserve to be seen by as many people as possible

Chris Blackhurst If our government invests, private companies will follow

Chris Blackhurst So, will the government ever fix Britain’s railways?

World

Vishwam Sankaran Over 700 Black Sea dolphins may have died since Ukraine invasion began

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar German chancellor Scholz defends controversial China visit

Culture

Zoe Anderson Into the Music is a bold triple bill from Birmingham Royal Ballet

Zoe Anderson Northern Ballet shows its experimental side with Made in Leeds

Geoffrey Macnab Kurt Russell is the underappreciated everyman of Hollywood

Sport

Richard Jolly Diminished and dropped, Ronaldo’s time at Man United is all but over

Jamie Braidwood Brentford respond after Toney subject to ‘disgusting’ racist abuse

Mary Dejevsky

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

Mary Dejevsky Germany needs to stop apologising and defend its record with Russia

Mary Dejevsky Want a sense of the national mood? Watch Gogglebox

Mary Dejevsky Can Putin survive – or will he be overthrown?

Hamish McRae

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

Hamish McRae The housing boom has clearly ended – but what happens now?

Hamish McRae From Musk to Meta, social media is now a bad investment

Hamish McRae How long before Britain can get back on a path to growth?

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

Charlotte Cripps The return of three hit TV shows couldn’t come at a better time

Editor’s letters

Andrew Woodcock When it comes to ‘small boats’, the Tories need to own the narrative

Editor’s letters

Eric Garcia In the US midterm elections, it all comes down to Nevada

Editor’s letters

Alex Pattle Has Jake Paul finally won our respect in the ring?

America

Independent Premium

Holly Baxter Republicans may have become too radical to take control

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson Barack Obama looks to ride to the rescue for the Democrats

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson Joe Biden has a problem of his own making ahead of the midterms