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Highlights

Labour is now seen as the party of business – rightly so

Rachel Reeves is right to say Labour is the low-tax party most trusted on the economy

Marie Le Conte Will Labour’s attack on the Tory credit card spending spree pay off?

Editorial The ‘secret Brexit summit’ shows we need to make the best of a bad job

Sean T Smith Flying taxis might be closer to lift-off than we expect

Voices

Ian Hamilton Talking down nursing is dangerous – recruitment levels prove it

Borzou Daragahi Iran uses robust networks to hound dissidents abroad

James Moore Unilever is counting on consumers returning to brands. Will they?

Long reads

Carolyn Y. Johnson Predicting the unpredictable: how scientists plan for earthquakes

Brian McGleenon The global race to develop a successful digital currency

Geoffrey Macnab Is the Gladiator sequel a good idea?

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Could a new Brexit deal really end the Northern Ireland protocol saga?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Is it too late for the Tories to win back business votes?

Politics explained

Adam Forrest Can Richard Sharp survive as BBC chair?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Why are so many Tory MPs standing down at the next general election?

Most Commented

Putin ‘losing’ Ukraine war as Russia pours ‘ill-trained’ troops onto battlefield

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The Rolls-Royce politician gearing Labour up for power

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Blow for Tories as ex-Cameron skills tsar declares: Labour is the party of business

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Editorial: The ‘secret Brexit summit’ shows we need to make the best of a bad job

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Editorials

Editorial Failure to deal with strikes is inflicting untold harm on the NHS

Editorial The only solution to the Richard Sharp case is to remove him

Editorial The riot at a Knowsley hotel underscores the urgency of asylum reform

Culture

Alice Saville Janet McTeer is riveting in Simon Stone’s wry, stylish Phaedra

Mark Hudson Peter Doig at the Courtauld shows why he’s such an influential painter

Mark Hudson Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance is an essential exhibition

Travel

Vicky Smith Why you should visit Bavaria outside of Oktoberfest

Travel questions

Simon Calder What’s the best destination for a last-minute luxury getaway?

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

Editor’s letters

Theresa May’s Brexit deal looks better with each passing day

John Rentoul Mea Culpa: sleepwalking into a well-worn cliche

John Rentoul What will happen to the Tories if they lose the next election?

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Will Rishi Sunak be a good ex-prime minister?

Andrew Grice The biggest winner of the reshuffle? The Treasury

Andrew Grice Tory MPs are haunted by the ghost of John Major

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst M&S has turned a corner – the tough decisions are paying off

Chris Blackhurst An issue that strikes at the heart of higher education

Chris Blackhurst The problem with non-doms isn’t what you think it is

World

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar Auckland prepares for New Zealand’s ‘most serious storm this century’

Anthony Cuthbertson SpaceX limits Starlink use in Ukraine, company president says

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

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 The political fallout of the Turkey earthquakes could be profound

Mary Dejevsky Who benefits the most from Boris Johnson’s support of Ukraine?

Mary Dejevsky Trans rights and the constitutional ‘nuclear option’

America

Vishwam Sankaran ChatGPT cheating by students is already on the rise, surveys suggest

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson What does the Chinese spy balloon mean for US-China relations?

Andrew Feinberg US and Germany send tanks to help liberate Ukraine