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Highlights

Labour’s win in the Chester by-election isn’t the walkover that people think

A good by-election win, but not one that suggests Keir Starmer is heading for a majority at the next general election

Peter Blackburn ‘Cost of living? It’s the cost of just surviving more like’

Andrew Grice This is why strikes are dangerous for the government

Geoffrey Macnab With Mystic River, Clint Eastwood took on the dark side

Voices

Mary Dejevsky What do protests in China mean for the West?

John Rentoul Labour is still a long way from being ready for government

James Moore Sickness in the workforce is keeping the economy on the critical list

Long reads

Shira Rubin How restoring an reindeer forest could help slow climate change

Steven Cutts The rebirth of Lotus in the age of the electric car

Sean Smith George Harrison was one of the great cultural pioneers of modern times

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady What we can learn from the Chester by-election

Politics explained

Adam Forrest Could the Tories lose their ‘blue wall’ heartland?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Even Tory party members are unhappy with this government

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady David Miliband might struggle to find room in today’s Labour

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Editorials

Editorial The exodus from the Conservative Party points to a deeper problem

Editorial The royal family will have to work harder to prove its relevance now

Editorial Russia’s crimes will catch up with it eventually

News analysis

Chris Stevenson Sunak can’t afford to let U-turns and Tory rebellions stack up

Chris Stevenson What now for Nicola Sturgeon’s push for an independent Scotland?

Samuel Webb What is the windfall tax and what do the latest changes mean?

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

Travel

Travel questions

Simon Calder Should my 16-hour flight have had reclining seats?

Joanna Whitehead On the trail of ‘energy vortexes’ in Sedona, Arizona

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul The Top 10 Algernons

John Rentoul We’ve now had a depressing preview of the next election

John Rentoul Talk of a ‘white list’ takes us back to the 90s

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Rishi Sunak is trying to govern the ungovernable

Andrew Grice Taking a hard stance on immigration will backfire – for everyone

Andrew Grice The UK-EU relationship will change – but not the way you might think

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst An instance that shows economic pressure can work

Chris Blackhurst The spirit of innovation and enterprise is still alive in the UK

Chris Blackhurst The RMT and Mick Lynch have to be more than just talk

World

Arpan Rai North Korea hit with new sanctions over missile programme

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar Ukraine says it has lost up to 13,000 soldiers in war against Russia

Culture

Martin Chilton Books of the month: Self-help, short stories and sea creatures

Jessie Thompson National Theatre’s Othello was more horribly heartbreaking than ever

Geoffrey Macnab How Matt Damon and Ben Affleck conquered Hollywood

Sport

Independent Premium

Will Gore Here’s hoping this World Cup doesn’t ruin football for the kids

Richard Jolly Liverpool used to be the best, now they only thrive by beating them

Mary Dejevsky

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

Mary Dejevsky Give housing incentives to older homeowners – not first-time buyers

Mary Dejevsky What the Poland missile incident reveals about Russia – and Nato

Mary Dejevsky What could the US midterm election results mean for the UK?

Hamish McRae

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

Hamish McRae Could this be the beginning of the end of Christianity?

Hamish McRae A bad weekend for Apple – and a worse one for China

Hamish McRae Bad news for the economy – but good news for house prices?

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

Charlotte Cripps I’m a Celeb is over – and we can all get on with our lives. Can’t we?

Editor’s letters

Andrew Woodcock There’s only one reason why Boris Johnson wants to be an MP

Editor’s letters

David Taintor Is this latest scandal the one to neuter Trump? Don’t bet on it

Editor’s letters

David Harding Why is Blackface part of Holland’s Christmas celebrations?

America

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson Another controversy for Trump that voters will struggle to shrug off

Bevan Hurley Sam Bankman-Fried: The crypto king who lost it all

Arpan Rai US bans sale of Chinese tech from Huawei and ZTE firms