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<p>Keir Starmer speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions</p>

Smiling Starmer steals PMQs victory as Badenoch misses her mark

In their last clash before the summer recess, the Tory leader struggled to expose Labour's record, writes John Rentoul

<p>Bad news for Reeves – today’s rise in inflation to 3.6 per cent was higher than expected</p>

andrew grice

The ghost at the feast haunting Rachel Reeves' bombshell speech to the City

<p>To be fair to Ben Wallace and Grant Shapps, the two defence secretaries in post at the time of these events, the initial superinjunction had some justification, as Wallace has argued</p>

sean o'grady

We’re all owed an apology for the disastrous MoD data leak

<p>One woman said Tate and his brother Tristan ‘played good cop and bad cop to manipulate her’ (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)</p>

victoria richards

I don’t trust other parents to teach their kids about Andrew Tate

<p>The Baby Trump blimp, bright orange and full of hot air, made his debut in London in 2018</p>

sean o'grady

How the second Trump state visit could all go horribly wrong

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<p>The tree at Sycamore Gap was beloved by many and a symbol of Northumberland (Owen Humphreys/PA)</p>

VICTORIA RICHARDS

The Sycamore Gap vandals got what they deserved

<p>‘One of the show’s strongest couples, Carina and Paul, I’d previously seen as a perfect model of a new relationship – until this happened’</p>

dear vix

Married at First Sight Australia made me realise something terrible

<p>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced the small boats deal on Thursday (Leon Neal/PA)</p>

Keir Starmer has achieved the first half of his impossible mission

<p>UK inflation rose to a near 18-month high in June as food prices surged for the third month running, according to official figures (Alamy/PA)</p>

james moore

Inflation has delivered a nasty shock – but don’t panic just yet...

<p>President Donald Trump was in Pittsburgh, where his speech was rambling and full of gaffes.</p>

holly baxter

Trump just delivered a speech that would’ve got Biden impeached

<p>Keir Starmer’s government has yet to clearly define what ‘working people’ actually means</p>

Sean O'Grady

What does ‘working people’ mean exactly, Prime Minister?

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<p>Kemi Badenoch will accused Sir Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage of turning a blind eye to the impact of the rising welfare bill (Stefan Rousseau/PA)</p>

ava vidal

Kemi Badenoch’s got it badly wrong on the two-child benefit cap

<p>Andrew Bailey has said the Bank of England could cut the base rate if the jobs market continues to slow down off the back of the rise in NICs for employers (Alastair Grant/PA)</p>

JAMES MOORE

If interest rates fall, could the 3 per cent mortgage make a comeback?

<p>‘30p Lee’ has declared that in the land of literary giants like Shakespeare and PG Wodehouse, the UK ‘does not need to import poets’. Luke Wright (above) says hogwash to that</p>

LUKE WRIGHT

Of course poets deserve a place on Britain’s list of ‘skilled workers’

<p>I went to a gong bath and it (almost) changed my life<a href="/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.independent.co.uk%2ftravel%2fuk%2fpsychic-retreats-uk-wellness-b2692808.html" rel="follow"></a></p>

Victoria Richards

Just when I thought the wellness industry couldn’t get any weirder...

Sean O'Grady

Did Jaguar ‘go woke and go broke’? No, it’s more complicated than that

The silly season discourse pinning Jaguar sales figures on a car that didn’t even exist was enough to make the eyes roll, writesSean O’Grady – they’re simply not making cars, but there’s life in the old cat yet

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<p>French president Emmanuel Macron with prime minister Keir Starmer (Suzanne Plunkett/PA)</p>

Andrew Grice

Now, Starmer the statesman needs to up his game at home

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<p>The third heatwave of the summer will bring temperatures of up to 33C (Andrew Matthews/PA)</p>

Victoria Richards

Hands down, this is the worst thing to do in a heatwave

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<p>Three years ago, my Farah Naz’s niece, Zara Aleena, was murdered on her way home from a night out in east London</p>

Keir Starmer told me how he’ll halve violence against women and girls

Keir Starmer told me how he’ll halve violence against women and girls

<p>Three years ago, my Farah Naz’s niece, Zara Aleena, was murdered on her way home from a night out in east London</p>

<p>The Ministry of Defence has put thousands of Afghans who served with British troops at risk of reprisals</p>

‘We failed’: Readers react to UK’s ‘shameful’ Afghan data breach

<p>The Ministry of Defence lurched from one extreme to another, first releasing a huge quantity of sensitive life-and-death data – and then, as it turned out, an unsustainable attempt to cover up a scandal</p>

The Independent View

The disastrous MoD leak should have been cleared up – not covered up

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves is looking for reset as she gets ready for the Mansion House event</p>

Will Rachel Reeves’ mortgage bombshell do more harm than good?

<p>Former health secretary Sajid Javid has called for NHS reforms</p>

Is it time to give up on the NHS, our national religion?

<p>Former health secretary Sajid Javid has called for NHS reforms</p>

Is it time to give up on the NHS, our national religion?

<p>Would the new government grant make you more likely to buy an EV?</p>

Electric Vehicles

Poll: Would the new grant make you more likely to buy an EV?

<p>NATO head Mark Rutte jokingly called U.S. President Donald Trump ‘daddy’ during their last meeting in June - a month later they were together in ‘daddy’s’ White House.</p>

In a deeply weird NATO presser, Daddy Trump says he has a new favorite

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Politics live: Braverman apologises for Tory government ‘failures’ over Afghan breach

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Reeves vows to take ‘boot of regulation off throat of businesses’ in key speech

162 comments

John Torode sacked from MasterChef over ‘extremely offensive racist term’

165 comments

Keir Starmer suspends Labour rebels after repeated backbench revolts

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<p>Junior doctors and members of the British Medical Association protest on the picket line outside Cheltenham General Hospital</p>

The Independent View

Striking doctors have badly misjudged the mood of the nation

<p>The Parthenon Sculptures, or Elgin Marbles, pictured at the British Museum</p>

Who owns the past? Bayeux Tapestry loan reignites Elgin Marbles debate

<p>Has Brexit delivered on its promises?</p>

Readers say UK must fully commit to rejoin EU – including the euro

<p>Alex Chalk served as justice secretary in the previous Conservative government</p>

The Independent View

It’s beyond time to end the scandal of IPP

<p>Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting in Washington with Donald Trump</p>

Why any ceasefire in Gaza will not hold

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<p>New research shows that Generation Z are finally embracing alcohol</p>

The real reason Gen-Zers have stopped being ‘sober curious’

<p>Alex Chalk served as justice secretary in the previous Conservative government</p>

The Independent View

It’s beyond time to end the scandal of IPP

<p>Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting in Washington with Donald Trump</p>

Why any ceasefire in Gaza will not hold

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<p>New research shows that Generation Z are finally embracing alcohol</p>

The real reason Gen-Zers have stopped being ‘sober curious’

<p>Angela Rayner has been suspended by the Unite union</p>

The Independent View

Labour must stand firm and resist trade union pressure

The Independent View

Labour must stand firm and resist trade union pressure

<p>Angela Rayner has been suspended by the Unite union</p>

<p>Five-year-old Benedict Blythe died from food-induced anaphylaxis while at primary school (Family handout/PA)</p>

I’m scared my child could die when she starts school in September

<p>Some victims were sent to prison or financially ruined (PA)</p>

Why is Fujitsu getting government contracts after the Horizon scandal?

<p>The Wolseley is known far beyond London</p>

Opening doors: iconic London restaurant aims to be global hotel brand

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<p>Starmer believes the battle for the next general election must start now – and be between a progressive Labour Party and the right-wing populists of Reform</p>

How Keir Starmer has changed his strategy to combat Reform UK

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<p>Starmer believes the battle for the next general election must start now – and be between a progressive Labour Party and the right-wing populists of Reform</p>

How Keir Starmer has changed his strategy to combat Reform UK

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The Independent View

Rachel Reeves’s growth mission is struggling to get off the ground

<p>‘Hereditary peers in the House of Lords have somehow defied various attempts at reform’</p>

Hereditary peers are yet another sign of how broken Britain is

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<p>‘There before me was a matt green Aston Martin’</p>

Amid the Shropshire countryside, I came across unexpected beauty

<p>‘My lucky 22 that follows me everywhere,’ she captioned the post, referring to the building behind her, with the number 22 on its door</p>

I gave up smoking 40 cigarettes a day in 15 minutes – and this is how

<p>The UK economy has shrunk for the second month in a row</p>

The economy has shrunk yet again – but it’s not all doom and gloom...

<p>Horizon victim Seema Misra, who says the only reason she didn’t kill herself in prison was the unborn child she was carrying</p>

I wanted to kill myself because of the Post Office scandal

<p>Starmer and Macron have struck a one in, one out migration deal</p>

‘Labour’s version of Rwanda’: Readers divided over migration deal

<p>Gregg Wallace has been sacked as ‘MasterChef’ presenter following an inquiry into his alleged misconduct by production company Banijay, BBC News has reported</p>

There’s a reason for Gregg Wallace’s behaviour – and it’s not ‘autism’

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<p>Readers have been debating the rise of AI</p>

‘We’re now dealing with thinking robots’: Readers on the rise of AI

<p>Resident doctors have voted in favour of strike action which could last for months</p>

What happened to striking doctors’ pledges to ‘do no harm?’

<p>Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron</p>

The Independent View

Starmer’s migrant deal with Macron is a promising start

The Independent View

Starmer’s migrant deal with Macron is a promising start

<p>Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron</p>

<p>Ceremonial Britain, for its part, pulled out all the stops for the state visit of the French president</p>

Deal or no deal, Macron and Starmer still won’t stop the boats

<p>Junior doctors have staged a series of strikes</p>

‘Those outside the NHS won’t understand’: Doctors defend strike action

<p>Christian Horner has left Red Bull Racing after 20 years at the helm</p>

Good riddance to Christian Horner – he should have gone ages ago

<p>Doctors announce five-day strike over pay dispute</p>

‘Who do they think they are?’ Readers clash over NHS doctor strikes

<p>Doctors announce five-day strike over pay dispute</p>

‘Who do they think they are?’ Readers clash over NHS doctor strikes

<p>Resident doctor is the new term for junior doctor and refers to more than 50,000 qualified doctors working in GP practices and hospitals</p>

The Independent View

Doctors need to work with the NHS, not against it

<p>A woman poses with bags of Shein merchandise</p>

Can London really afford to shun Shein’s £50bn float?

<p>The Bayeux Tapestry depicting King Harold struck in the eye by an arrow</p>

There’s more to the Bayeux Tapestry loan deal than meets the eye…

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<p>Margaret Thatcher applauds Norman Tebbit after his speech at the opening of the annual Tory conference at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool in 1985</p>

Norman Tebbit’s ‘true-blue’ politics have now been embraced by Farage

<p>More than 20,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats this year, putting 2025 on course to be a record year</p>

The Independent View

A small-boats deal with France would be a game-changer for Starmer

<p>The line judges have been a regular fixture at the tournament for 147 years</p>

Poll: After AI blunders, should Wimbledon bring back line judges?

<p>Phil White, a British millionaire poses with a placard reading: “Tax the rich"</p>

Wealth tax: ‘Only counterbalance’ or ‘utterly counter-productive’?

<p>When it comes to policing football matches, the Met’s Mark Rowley is demanding the clubs foot the bill in a ‘polluter pays’ approach</p>

It’s time football clubs paid the price of policing matches

<p>Sudanese women sell fruits and vegetables in a refugee camp in Adre, Chad</p>

The UK has to build peace through aid as it prepares for war

<p>Health Secretary Wes Streeting</p>

‘Lofty ambition, little detail’: Readers react to Labour’s NHS plan

<p>Is it time for airline cabin baggage rules to be standardised across the industry?</p>

Poll of the day: Should airline baggage rules be standardised?

Poll of the day: Should airline baggage rules be standardised?

Lauren MacDougall

<p>Is it time for airline cabin baggage rules to be standardised across the industry?</p>

<p>BP’s sponsorship of Tate galleries was ended after protests by climate change activists at Tate Britain</p>

We banned cigarette ads for public health – fossil fuels must be next

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<p>Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the Oval Office</p>

Elon Musk’s latest Trump spat could end the Maga saga for good

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<p>Harry Potter author JK Rowling, with the original cast of her films</p>

I learned the power of books from my grandad – now I’m passing it on

<p>Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock has suggested that Keir Starmer should now consider imposing a wealth tax</p>

The bottom line? Britain can’t afford to impose a wealth tax

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<p>Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock has suggested that Keir Starmer should now consider imposing a wealth tax</p>

The bottom line? Britain can’t afford to impose a wealth tax

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<p>Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has said that England’s special needs system has not delivered</p>

The Independent View

Before a rethink of special educational needs, lessons must be learnt

<p>Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has refused to rule out scrapping EHCPs</p>

Why, as a special needs parent, changes to my child’s support scare me

<p>Prime minister Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner have pledged 300,000 new social and affordable homes</p>

Building affordable homes would generate growth for Britain

<p>‘For all its eccentricities, the tradition of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan Buddhism is an important example of cultural freedom’</p>

The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday puts Tibet back in Xi’s firing line

<p>‘His only workable argument – and it is admittedly a powerful one at the level of simplistic slogans – is: “How could we do worse?”’</p>

Could Nigel Farage do worse as prime minister? You better believe it

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<p>We are a year into the new government, and it is hard to detect that tolerance for drugs in prison is any closer to zero than it was before</p>

The Independent View

Eradicating drugs from prisons is unrealistic – but should be the goal

<p>‘At their best, our universities are not echo chambers or political tools: they are places where ideas are tested, debated, challenged and refined’</p>

The man who wants to lead Cambridge and the day he feared for his life

<p>If Rachel Reeves does have to break manifesto promises, she needs to persuade people that the alternatives are worse</p>

The Independent View

Rachel Reeves should be as open as possible about tax rises

<p></p>

The big risk to Trump from his big beautiful bill won’t come from Musk

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<p>Lord Tony Woodley said the IPP jail term is 'not right and not fair'</p>

IPP sentencing is still bring shame upon our legal system

<p>Lynx were driven to extinction in the UK hundreds of years ago</p>

Releasing lynx into the wild would be disastrous for Britain’s farmers

Releasing lynx into the wild would be disastrous for Britain’s farmers

<p>Lynx were driven to extinction in the UK hundreds of years ago</p>

<p>‘I had the misfortune of stumbling across Lynx’s ad for its “lower body spray” for teenage boys’</p>

A ‘lower body spray’ for boys? What fresh hell is this?

<p>Vehicles drive past a banner showing portraits of the Iranian armed forces commanders and nuclear scientists who were killed in the Israeli strike</p>

The destruction of Iran’s nuclear programmes means a better future

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Business Comment

The markets don’t do sympathy – but they want Reeves to stay (for now)

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<p>Keir Starmer being interviewed by Nick Robinson</p>

The Independent View

It’s time to show us things are going to get better, prime minister

<p>Keir Starmer being interviewed by Nick Robinson</p>

The Independent View

It’s time to show us things are going to get better, prime minister

<p>‘Starmer has had the worst first year of any prime minister since 1945’</p>

One year on, is Starmer still the best man Labour has for the job?

<p>The amount of money raised by new companies in London has slumped</p>

Is London’s stock market in crisis?

<p>Trump Immigration</p>

Right now, Trump can do no wrong – except in Washington DC

<p>None of the achievements of the 1945 Labour government would have been possible without the leadership of Clement Attlee</p>

After Labour’s first year, Starmer could learn from ‘one-term Attlee’

<p>Jeremy Corbyn has yet to confirm the news, but it doesn’t look good for the PM (Jonathan Brady/PA)</p>

Will Corbyn’s new party prove to be Starmer’s mission impossible?

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<p>The injustice of the IPP system has been widely recognised</p>

It is time to release prisoners trapped by inhuman endless jail terms

<p>‘The socials are whittling you away as you watch TikTok and Instagram’</p>

Youth is wasted on the young – and recent reports prove it

<p>‘I was going to say, “We’re all human,” but, giving as good as Badenoch does, there are times one wonders if she is’</p>

Badenoch’s lack of empathy over Reeves will come back to haunt her

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<p>The injustice of the IPP system has been widely recognised</p>

It is time to release prisoners trapped by inhuman endless jail terms

<p>‘The socials are whittling you away as you watch TikTok and Instagram’</p>

Youth is wasted on the young – and recent reports prove it

<p>‘I was going to say, “We’re all human,” but, giving as good as Badenoch does, there are times one wonders if she is’</p>

Badenoch’s lack of empathy over Reeves will come back to haunt her

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<p>Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (second left), prime minister Sir Keir Starmer (right) and health secretary Wes Streeting (second right) at the launch of the government’s 10-year health plan during a visit to the Sir Ludwig Guttman Health & Wellbeing Centre in east London</p>

The Independent View

The success of this government now rests in Wes Streeting’s hands

<p>Rachel Reeves with Keir Starmer at the launch of the NHS 10-year plan</p>

The markets have spoken – they, not the PM, have saved Rachel Reeves

<p>‘Starmer, Reeves and Wes Streeting launched the 10-year NHS plan today to sell the message that the pain of tax rises will be worth it if the health service can be made to work again. A functioning NHS is Labour’s equivalent of 1982’s economic recovery’</p>

Are you ready for the ‘politics of pain’ about to hit us?

<p>Tim Davie, director general of the BBC, has been criticised this week after its coverage of the performance of Bob Vylan</p>

There’s a conflict of interest at the heart of the BBC over Gaza

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<p>Major new NHS plan vows to end ‘8am scramble’ for GP appointment</p>

Have your say: Can Labour’s 10-year plan finally fix the NHS?

<p>Rachel Reeves appeared openly upset at PMQs</p>

Watching Rachel Reeves crying in the Commons was quietly devastating

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<p>Rachel Reeves (right) appears to wipe away tears as Keir Starmer responds at the despatch box during PMQs</p>

It’s hard to see how Rachel Reeves can survive

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<p>In the most extreme cases, hoarding can be a presentation of a distinct psychological disorder and has been linked to OCD</p>

My messy bedroom is out of control. Am I a hoarder?

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