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Highlights

Won’t someone call an ambulance for Rishi Sunak?

Keir Starmer asked a series of simple but effective questions about the NHS at Prime Minister’s Questions

James Moore Inflation falls again but soaring food prices leave a bitter taste

Editorial To restore public trust in policing, action is needed now

Adam Taylor Is this China’s full Covid data? Why the WHO is pushing for more

Voices

Andrew Grice Sunak should overrule Hunt and push through one-off payment to nurses

John Rentoul Boris Johnson may survive the inquiries – but he won’t be PM again

James Moore Britain and the world needs to find a way out of economic woe

Long reads

Andrew Grice Sunak has a political mountain to climb – and the path is perilous

William Cook Should a painting by a Nazi still hang in a prominent gallery?

James Rampton ‘Tears of a clown’: The complicated life and genius of Tony Hancock

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Pouring cold water on the Tory bonfire of EU laws

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady What the latest U-turn means for the Online Safety Bill

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady How will constitutional showdown over gender laws play out?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Can the Northern Ireland protocol deadlock finally be broken?

Most Commented

Brexit to blame for collapse of Britishvolt, says ex-Tory leader

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Boris Johnson ‘wanted to scrap’ British tanks now being sent to Ukraine

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Johnson allies plotting against Sunak ‘risk a 1997-style Tory defeat’

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Boris Johnson could condemn the Tory party to a decade out of power | David Davis

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Editorials

Editorial Boris Johnson and the Tories should heed David Davis’s warning

Editorial Carrick’s victims weren’t just let down by one man – but by the force

Editorial Starmer’s criticism of the NHS is a return to electoral politics

News analysis

Jon Stone The EU corruption scandal is an extreme example of something common

Harry Cockburn Nothing says ‘backwards Brexit Britain’ better than a new coal mine

Lizzie Dearden Germany ‘coup plot’ shows conspiracy theories are a real-world threat

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

Travel

Ianthe Butt The hottest new hotels in the UK

Travel questions

Simon Calder Why am I being charged £220 to fly to Tenerife?

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

Tony Blair has a point about Labour’s link with the trade unions

Tony Blair on how to take on the ‘ruthless’ Tories

John Rentoul Has the Conservative Party lost the will to win?

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Labour is setting the government’s political agenda

Andrew Grice How worried should Rishi Sunak be about Boris and the Tory plotters?

Andrew Grice Sunak and Starmer are stealing clothes from the other’s party

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst Completing your tax return? Don’t rush, HMRC is still missing £42bn

Chris Blackhurst Coal mines aren’t the answer – but workers need a job they’re proud of

Chris Blackhurst What we are losing by moving to working from home

World

Chris Stevenson Sanna Marin: Finland’s PM who wants to stay true to herself

Maroosha Muzaffar Jair Bolsonaro to be investigated as part of January 8 riot probe

Culture

Mark Hudson Spain and the Hispanic World is an elegant, old-fashioned deep-dive

Zoe Anderson Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty revival comes up stronger than before

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from A Streetcar Named Desire to Watch on the Rhine

Sport

Lawrence Ostlere Antoine Griezmann: One of the World Cup’s outstanding performers

Lawrence Ostlere World Cup star Mbappe is king of the chateau for France

Mary Dejevsky

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

Mary Dejevsky Are we witnessing the start of a brand new entente cordiale?

Mary Dejevsky Stop blaming Trump for the Capitol riots – democracy won

Mary Dejevsky It is not for the West to determine Afghanistan’s future

Hamish McRae

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

Hamish McRae Five things you need to know about the world economy in 2023

Hamish McRae What will happen to China and the West? We have the first forecasts

Hamish McRae Why is the World Cup the greatest sporting event of them all?

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

Charlotte Cripps The early release of Prince Harry’s memoir required us to adapt

Editor’s letters

Lawrence Ostlere FA Cup can still conjure magic – so why won’t broadcasters show it?

Harriet Williamson Don’t pretend you’re not interested in what Prince Harry has to say

Editor’s letters

John Rentoul Keir Starmer is quite right to keep tuition fees

America

Chris Stevenson A new session of Congress – but the same old problems for Republicans

Chris Stevenson Kevin McCarthy: The Republican now facing an almost impossible job

Namita Singh Kevin McCarthy thanks Trump for ‘helping get those final votes’