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Highlights

Lessons Keir Starmer should draw on when choosing his chief of staff

The Labour reader may be choosing the person who will be at his side for the duration of not just his time in opposition but perhaps – if fortune favours his party – an entire premiership

Editorial Sunak deserves praise for his efforts on the Northern Ireland protocol

Travel questions

Simon Calder How do I know the 90-day rule is logged accurately?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Who has most to fear as Covid inquiry begins?

Voices

Chris Blackhurst Sunak’s business shake-up highlights a big issue he still has to solve

Andrew Grice Sunak’s Northern Ireland decision could make or break his premiership

John Rentoul Now we know why Nicola Sturgeon resigned

Long reads

Geoffrey Macnab How Groundhog Day became the film we can’t stop re-living

Amanda Coletta The race to restore the art ruined in Brazil’s riot

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

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady How long can we expect strikes to continue?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady After Sturgeon, the new battle for Scotland’s votes

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady No Jeremy Corbyn: What’s next for Labour’s left?

Politics explained

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

Most Commented

Putin ‘planning for more war’, Nato chief warns – live

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Rishi Sunak urges leaders to ‘double down’ and supply Ukraine with advanced weapons

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Sunak: We must act now so Ukraine can fight back

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How The New York Times was rocked by JK Rowling trans row

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Editorials

Editorial The government’s anti-strike laws are illiberal and unworkable

Editorial The Nicola Bulley case has exposed deep flaws in UK policing

Editorial The UK’s relationship with Scotland needs a reset

Culture

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Standing at the Sky’s Edge to Sylvia

Mark Hudson The Barbican’s Alice Neel exhibition showcases an artist with guts

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

Travel

Neil Lancefield Cut-price train tickets to lure commuters on Mondays and Fridays

Anna Richards The carpooling app for exploring France cheaply and sustainably

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul Mea Culpa: caught on the hop

John Rentoul Keir Starmer is a political chameleon – and it might just help him win

John Rentoul Top 10 cabinet ministers whose first and surnames have the same ending

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Starmer has finally tackled Labour antisemitism – what’s next?

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

Andrew Grice The biggest winner of the reshuffle? The Treasury

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 Teenage girl pulled out alive from rubble in Turkey after 10 days

Maroosha Muzaffar Human error likely behind deadly Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal

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 Russians who support the Ukraine invasion aren’t always ‘brainwashed’

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?

America

Alastair Jamieson Witnesses in Trump election meddling probe ‘may have lied under oath’

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?