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Highlights

The only surprise in a boring Budget was a tax break for the rich

The handout to the better-off obscured a reasonably good story that the chancellor could tell

James Moore We need more targeted support over energy bills

Sean T Smith Is enough being done to protect young people from gambling addiction?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady What does the Aukus nuclear submarine deal mean for world politics?

Voices

John Rentoul Sunak certainly sets the agenda – will he get the approval he wants?

James Moore The lessons that must be learnt from the SVB collapse and rescue

Marie Le Conte What do we do about MPs who make things up?

Long reads

Julia Mio Inuma How Covid and heating costs are killing bathhouses in Asia

David Lister ‘Portrait of Omai’ and the fight to keep vital pieces of art in the UK

James Moore Why is Hollywood still getting it wrong when it comes to disability?

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Can we expect a surprise in Jeremy Hunt’s Budget?

Politics explained

Adam Forrest Will Tory MPs rebel over small boats bill?

Politics explained

Andrew Grice What has happened to Johnson’s long-delayed resignation honours list?

Politics explained

Lizzie Dearden What are the ‘safe and legal routes’ ministers say refugees must take?

Most Commented

Gary Lineker slams Tory MP for ‘outrageous’ Nazi claim comments

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Budget 2023: Jeremy Hunt’s delivers Spring statement – live updates

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Silence of the lambs: Former Defra adviser says sheep should be banned from all farms

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Ukraine troops ‘sent to death’ in Bakhmut as Putin suffers ‘heavy losses’ – live

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Editorials

Editorial The chancellor needs to end the abuse of apprenticeship levy funds

Editorial The BBC vs Gary Lineker saga is not over yet

Editorial The BBC must U-turn on Gary Lineker and bow to free speech

Culture

Independent Premium

Paul Bailey Book of a lifetime: Poems of George Herbert

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from The Bake Off Musical to Bonnie and Clyde

Zoe Anderson Isabela Coracy is superb as Nina Simone in Ballet Black’s Pioneers

Travel

Travel questions

Simon Calder What are the best stopovers between South Africa and the UK?

Travel questions

Simon Calder My ill son got a raw deal on his refund – can you help?

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul Good times are here again! What Hunt meant (but didn’t quite say)

John Rentoul Mea Culpa: ‘Problematic’, an indisputably problematic word

John Rentoul Does the Conservative Party make sense any more?

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Has Jeremy Hunt done enough to save the Tories at the next election?

Andrew Grice It is the Tories – not Labour – who are undermining the civil service

Andrew Grice Rishi Sunak’s asylum plan risks making the UK a global pariah

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst The Silicon Valley Bank collapse should act as a warning

Chris Blackhurst Let’s scrap the rest of HS2 and fix cross-northern travel instead

Polestar’s quest for a truly carbon-neutral car by 2030

World

Maroosha Muzaffar North Korea launches short-range ballistic missiles

Maroosha Muzaffar Taiwan vows to bring back missing soldier from China

News analysis

Chris Stevenson Xi Jinping is China’s most dominant leader in decades

Chris Stevenson Georgia ‘foreign agents’ bill raises spectre of Russia influence

Sam Blewett What we know about Braverman’s new ‘stop the boats’ Bill

Ian Jones Small boat arrivals: How have they affected UK asylum applications?

Sport

Duncan Bech 5 things we learned from the penultimate weekend of the Six Nations

Tom White Mbappe’s goals in numbers after breaking PSG scoring record

Mary Dejevsky

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

What is driving Putin’s relentless assault on Ukraine?

Mary Dejevsky Is it time for the UK to reset its relationship with France?

Mary Dejevsky Will there be a second anniversary for the war in Ukraine?

America

Ashley Parker Republicans are running on ‘wokeism’ – but don’t know what it is

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