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<p>Prime minister Keir Starmer speaks to business leaders at his International Investment Summit</p>
Sean O’Grady

There was one glaring omission from Starmer’s ‘back Britain’ summit…

<p>At least two-thirds of the general public, including half of those who voted Conservative in July, have been unable to express a preference for either candidate </p>
John Curtice

Which leadership candidate has the best chance of rescuing the Tories?

<p>Katya Jones with her Strictly celebrity partner, Welsh opera singer Wynne Evans </p>
Claire Cohen

Does Strictly’s ‘hand incident’ mean it still has a women problem?

<p>JK Rowling has been vocal on trans issues in the past</p>
Ryan Coogan

JK Rowling’s feud with Butlin’s is a sad new low

<p>Badenoch, the potential leader of the Tory party, has sparked outrage for ‘stigmatising’ autism </p>
James Moore

Kemi Badenoch’s attack on autism is part of a troubling trend

<p>A British influencer has fallen to his death after scaling Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha Bridge </p>
emma clarke

Gen Z – is your digital ‘legacy’ really worth dying for?

<p>Quite what is the purpose of these trucks, I cannot fathom</p>
Will Gore

There’s no place for American-style monster vehicles on UK roads

<p>New rules requiring banks to reimburse people who have been tricked into transferring money to a fraudster have come into force </p>
Talia Loderick

How to protect yourself from fraud

<p>Musk recently made an appearance at a campaign rally for Trump</p>
Ryan Coogan

Elon Musk is now Trump’s arch-propagandist – and that’s a problem

<p>Boris Johnson at the Cheltenham Literature Festival (Still Moving Media for Cheltenham Festivals/PA)</p>
Holly Evans

Inside the weird world of Boris Johnson’s book launch

<p>Malbec is increasingly popular here in the UK </p>
Rosamund Hall

French Malbec is having a revival – rightfully so

<p>Nuclear weapons have posed a threat since the 1940s </p>
Mark Almond

Nuclear bombs have done more for world peace than conventional weapons

<p>Whatever the contraceptive method, birth control usually feels like a woman’s responsibility</p>
Olivia Petter

Contraceptive side effects have put women like me off the pill forever

<p>There is still so much that the government must implement to address the scale of the crises we’re facing </p>
Voices

The Earth is facing a ‘code red’ – we need a Green New Deal

<p>I would have thoroughly enjoyed watching his finely tuned debating skills reduce to rubble those ineffectual individuals who lead the SNP these days</p>
Letters

Alex Salmond ran circles around the current SNP

<p>‘The workplace is becoming an under-40s zone’ </p>
Clair Woodward

When did 57 become too old to work (…but too young to retire)?

<p>Laura Kuenssberg meets with Boris Johnson in 2021</p>
ryan coogan

Laura Kuenssberg’s Boris Johnson gaffe was bad – but these are worse

The BBC journalist accidentally sent the former PM her notes: cue, cancelled interview. And Ryan Coogan has a few confessions of his own…

<p>I am stumped to a halt in the company of people / Only ever seen on Zoom</p>
FRIEDA HUGHES

How to talk to strangers (and turn them into friends)

<p>The prime minister has said that long-term sickness claimants must get back to work</p>
Andrew Grice

Starmer is right to grasp the nettle of benefits reform

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<p>The chancellor should revisit the ‘Chesterton’s Fence’ principle before they get the shredder out</p>
The Independent View

The elephant in the room that looms over Labour’s plans for growth

The Independent View

The elephant in the room that looms over Labour’s plans for growth

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<p>The chancellor should revisit the ‘Chesterton’s Fence’ principle before they get the shredder out</p>
<p>Tory leadership contenders Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick reflect an ideological move even further to the right</p>
Letters

A far-right Conservative Party is not the change Britain needs

<p>JK Rowling has been vocal on trans issues in the past</p>
Voices

JK Rowling’s feud with Butlin’s is a sad new low

<p>The prime minister needs to return to his original message of growth and good governance </p>
The Independent View

Starmer’s chance to put growth back at the top of the agenda

<p>Sir Keir told The Independent that he had been horrified by the case of Jane Clough, a nurse killed by her former partner</p>
The Independent View

Thank you, PM, for backing our campaign against domestic abuse

<p>Sir Keir told The Independent that he had been horrified by the case of Jane Clough, a nurse killed by her former partner</p>
The Independent View

Thank you, PM, for backing our campaign against domestic abuse

<p>Would we all calm down and give our government a realistic chance to clear up the mess they have inherited?</p>
Letters

Labour needs more than 100 days to sort out the Tories’ mess

<p>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been in post for 100 days</p>
Voices

The first 100 days will soon be forgotten – as long as Labour delivers

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JK Rowling’s feud with Butlin’s is a sad new low

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Starmer vows bonfire of red tape to get Britain building ahead of investment summit

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<p>Melania Trump has been notably absent from her husband’s latest election campaign </p>
Voices

Trump has a problem with women. Does that include Melania?

<p>Labour’s post-election travails have been serious</p>
The Independent View

Labour has been in power for 100 days – things really must get better

<p>The prime minister saidThe Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign ‘tackles a central issue’ </p>
News

Prime minister Keir Starmer backs Brick by Brick Campaign

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How a domestic abuse safe house gets built

<p>Rachel Reeves is considering raising capital gains tax to as much as 39 per cent</p>
Voices

The chancellor’s Budget must make the pips squeak – but how?

<p>My view is that whoever wins the Tory leadership, they will head towards the middling sort of voter</p>
Voices

Would Jenrick or Badenoch turn to the centre once elected?

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How a domestic abuse safe house gets built

<p>Rachel Reeves is considering raising capital gains tax to as much as 39 per cent</p>
Voices

The chancellor’s Budget must make the pips squeak – but how?

<p>My view is that whoever wins the Tory leadership, they will head towards the middling sort of voter</p>
Voices

Would Jenrick or Badenoch turn to the centre once elected?

<p>Some 250,000 people in the UK have myalgic encephalitis, better known as chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME </p>
Letters

Have we finally woken up to the torment of chronic fatigue syndrome?

Letters

Have we finally woken up to the torment of chronic fatigue syndrome?

Letters
<p>Some 250,000 people in the UK have myalgic encephalitis, better known as chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME </p>
<p>Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is greeted by prime minister Sir Keir Starmer as he arrives in Downing Street on Thursday </p>
Voices

Can Zelensky’s plan for peace actually work?

<p>Mortgage rates are forecasted to rise yet again this October </p>
Voices

Why are we so obsessed with the idea of owning a home in the UK?

<p>This drone image provided by Kairat Kassymbekov shows flooding from Hurricane Milton in Tampa</p>
Voices

How many more hurricanes before we wake up to the climate crisis?

<p>Slowly, their unstoppable extensions / Shrank fish-space as if absorbing water</p>
Voices

I have one pro-tip about gardening...

<p>Slowly, their unstoppable extensions / Shrank fish-space as if absorbing water</p>
Voices

I have one pro-tip about gardening...

<p>Florida has been rocked by extreme weather </p>
The Independent View

Hurricane Milton is the best argument yet for climate change action

<p>Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has been closely involved in Labour’s employment reforms </p>
Voices

Is Labour’s workers’ rights Bill a death knell for small business?

<p>Line judges at Wimbledon (Steven Paston/PA)</p>
Letters

AI umpires at Wimbledon will be game, set and match for tennis

<p>Keyboard theorists with their millions of followers are drowning out critical information</p>
Voices

Hurricane Milton conspiracy theories play right into Trump’s hands

<p>The EU’s Entry-Exit System (EES) has been designed to make sure there’s a record of everybody going in and out of the EU</p>
Voices

Here’s the bit of Brexit that’s really going to hurt...

<p>Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch are the last two standing after James Cleverly’s shock exit</p>
Voices

What now for the plotters and schemers of the Tory party?

<p>Rachel Reeves has to hope that early tax rises will fix the government’s finances and allow growth to recover towards the end of this parliament </p>
Voices

Ahead of her first Budget, Rachel Reeves is facing a ‘trilemma’

<p>‘Parents are making a ‘pact’ to encourage smartphone bans – and I couldn’t disagree more with it in principle’ </p>
Voices

Banning kids from using smartphones? Yeah, right!

<p>More and more schools are taking a strong stance against smartphones </p>
Voices

Kids can’t function without smartphones – so let’s ban them

<p>At least 200 men and women in the US have been freed from death row after new evidence cleared them of all charges </p>
Voices

When it comes to the death penalty, there’s one question that matters

<p>From left, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat</p>
The Independent View

In ousting Cleverly, the Tories lose their last claim to normality

The Independent View

In ousting Cleverly, the Tories lose their last claim to normality

Editorial
<p>From left, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat</p>
<p>Hurricane Milton is on its way to Tampa, Florida – just days after the last storm </p>
Voices

Why I’m staying at home to face Florida’s ‘storm of the century’

<p>Former business secretary Kemi Badenoch topped the latest poll of Tory MPs, securing 42 votes</p>
Voices

If Cleverly’s elimination from the Tory race came as a shock, read on…

<p>Clearwater Beach, on Florida’s west coast, is one of the leading holiday destinations in the US </p>
Letters

Hurricane Milton will change how we think about Florida

<p>Experts have warned that Hurricane Milton could result in death and devastation across the state </p>
Voices

Musk’s hurricane of misinformation has finally gone too far

<p>Experts have warned that Hurricane Milton could result in death and devastation across the state </p>
Voices

Musk’s hurricane of misinformation has finally gone too far

<p>‘Miranda has simply joined the growing trend for the quiet midlife wedding’ </p>
Voices

Miranda’s discovered our best-kept secret...

<p>James Cleverly has emerged as the Tory leadership frontrunner, after winning the third round of voting </p>
Voices

Why James ‘normal’ Cleverly is the Tory leader Labour fears the most

<p>A new opinion poll puts Keir Starmer’s Labour just one point ahead of the Conservatives</p>
Voices

Labour’s poll ratings are dreadful – here’s how they can bounce back

<p>MI5 chief Ken McCallum revealed that, since 2017, the security service had helped thwart 43 ‘late-stage’ terror attacks</p>
The Independent View

Keeping a watchful eye on the enemies of our state

<p>MI5 chief Ken McCallum revealed that, since 2017, the security service had helped thwart 43 ‘late-stage’ terror attacks</p>
The Independent View

Keeping a watchful eye on the enemies of our state

<p>Energy secretary Ed Miliband has spent £22bn on carbon capture and storage</p>
Letters

Labour has been sucked in by the carbon capture ‘con’

<p>Sir David Jason is ‘upset’ that fans associate him with his Del Boy character </p>
Voices

What is David Jason talking about? Del Boy is iconic

<p>Iranians’ collective aspiration for regime change has been chronically overlooked by Western policymakers </p>
Voices

Time to get tough on Iran – and help people overthrow despotic leaders

<p>Former leader of the Commons Penny Mordaunt: ‘Having a stalker changed the way I went about my everyday business’ </p>
Voices

I’ve had a stalker – it’s why I support the Brick by Brick campaign

<p>At a campaign event in Pennsylvania this weekend, Donald Trump seemed to support a ‘Purge’-style temporary lifting of laws governing police powers</p>
Voices

This might be Donald Trump’s most dangerous speech yet

<p>Melania Trump is ‘married to one of the most loathsome, deranged and dangerous creatures ever to waddle across God’s green earth’ </p>
Voices

I’ve finally warmed to Melania Trump, who is only guilty of one sin

Voices

I’ve finally warmed to Melania Trump, who is only guilty of one sin

Sean O'Grady
<p>Melania Trump is ‘married to one of the most loathsome, deranged and dangerous creatures ever to waddle across God’s green earth’ </p>
<p>‘While Keir Starmer has not been short of people who want big jobs in his administration, he has been short of someone to describe the overarching narrative for the work of his government’ </p>
The Independent View

The Budget will give Keir Starmer a chance to correct his mistakes

<p>Sue Gray, who was Keir Starmer’s chief of staff until now, has moved to another role</p>
Voices

The fall of Sue Gray proves one thing, once and for all

<p>After leaving the EU, taking a dog abroad now requires a £150 visit to the vets </p>
Letters

Brexit has made a dog’s breakfast of our holidays

<p>The imposing advertising board at Euston station has been switched off – by order of the transport secretary Louise Haigh (James Manning/PA)</p>
Voices

Euston, we have a problem – we must learn to love you

<p>The imposing advertising board at Euston station has been switched off – by order of the transport secretary Louise Haigh (James Manning/PA)</p>
Voices

Euston, we have a problem – we must learn to love you

<p>Palestinian medics carry a young wounded child in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, to the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip</p>
Voices

When their ambulance was hit, I had to salvage my colleagues’ bodies

<p>Tel Aviv protest against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, September 2024 </p>
Voices

Could the unremitting fury over October 7 be the end of Israel?

<p>Who wants a timer ticking away as you shop? </p>
Voices

Please, Tesco – don’t take my ‘midnight hour’ shopping joy away

<p>Keir Starmer will doubtless continue to upset both sides in the fierce debate sparked by the endless Middle East crisis</p>
Voices

Has Starmer met the challenge of the Middle East crisis?

<p>‘Stretching from Devon to County Durham, the Church Commissioners’ land spans a vast area measuring three times the size of Birmingham’ </p>
Voices

If ‘God is green’, the Church needs to move fast to save the planet

<p>Protests in Mississippi, calling for a ceasefire for Gaza </p>
Voices

Peace in the Middle East is possible – but we need to act now

<p>One picture from the event shows Elon Musk in the middle of a jaunty little half-hop while Trump looks on like a disappointed father </p>
Voices

After Musk/Trump, there’s a better word for Republicans than ‘weird’

<p>Memorials for those killed or taken hostage by Hamas at the site of the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel</p>
The Independent View

One year from 7 October, Israel must work to secure a peaceful future

<p>We cannot eliminate risk entirely, but we can try to find a humane balance</p>
Letters

There are no easy answers in the assisted dying debate

<p>A burial urn full of wine, discovered by archaeologists in a Roman tomb in Spain, was found to have cremated remains inside</p>
Voices

What the shock discovery of the world’s oldest wine can tell us

<p>Sue Gray has quit as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff</p>
Voices

Why a reshuffle of Starmer’s inner circle will put No 10 back on track

Voices

Why a reshuffle of Starmer’s inner circle will put No 10 back on track

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John Rentoul
<p>Sue Gray has quit as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff</p>
<p>With October upon us, consider making and keeping one financial promise to your future self for the last quarter of the year </p>
Voices

The financial promises you should be making to your future self

<p>The lessons of the Holocaust are clear: anti-Jewish hatred must be confronted wherever it is found, and it must be called out for what it is</p>
Voices

7 October attacks were another chapter in the history of antisemitism

<p>The justice secretary’s department does not even have the basic tools of information that it needs to start to repair the criminal justice system </p>
The Independent View

How can Mahmood clear the courts backlog without knowing the numbers?

<p>I find it deeply upsetting that these smokers take so little care of their own health while accessing free NHS treatment </p>
Letters

As a cancer patient, we need to do more to stop smoking near hospitals

<p>I find it deeply upsetting that these smokers take so little care of their own health while accessing free NHS treatment </p>
Letters

As a cancer patient, we need to do more to stop smoking near hospitals

<p>The numbers likely to beg Johnson to return to parliament to save the nation are dwindling</p>
Voices

Hasn’t Boris Johnson done enough damage to the Tory party?

<p>Donald Trump backs Netanyahu’s preference for targeting Iran’s nuclear projects and its oil exports</p>
Voices

Why Netanyahu might want to swing the US election for Trump

<p>‘Black History for Every Day of the Year’ is a new book written and illustrated by David Olusoga and his siblings Kemi and Yinka</p>
Voices

How bus drivers helped make Britain more inclusive for Black people

<p>Although every pregnancy is different, my levels of compassion for pregnant people has considerably increased since going through it myself</p>
Voices

I’m a pregnant midwife – here’s what I now realise I was getting wrong

<p>Noah is basically the ideal man – but what about the show’s Jewish women? </p>
Voices

Nobody Wants This is sexist and disrespectful to Jewish women like me

<p>As Dame Esther puts it so directly, there is a strong element of bodily autonomy and personal choice that underlies her cause</p>
The Independent View

Esther Rantzen should see her assisted dying campaign come to pass

<p>Britain is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean in return for securing the long-term future of a strategically important military base</p>
Letters

Returning the Chagos Islands will right a historic wrong

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to open the investment floodgates </p>
Voices

Why is Labour promising billions when the country is broke?

<p>As Dame Esther puts it so directly, there is a strong element of bodily autonomy and personal choice that underlies her cause</p>
The Independent View

Esther Rantzen should see her assisted dying campaign come to pass

<p>Britain is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean in return for securing the long-term future of a strategically important military base</p>
Letters

Returning the Chagos Islands will right a historic wrong

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to open the investment floodgates </p>
Voices

Why is Labour promising billions when the country is broke?

<p>‘Chagos, stand by, we’re on our way’ </p>
Voices

The four BIG personalities swamping the Chagos row...

<p>The United Kingdom has no business exerting ‘sovereignty’ on tiny specks of land in the middle of the Indian Ocean </p>
Voices

Now the Chagos islands have been returned, are the Falklands next?

<p>No-one could seriously argue that Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland caused ‘excessive damage or inconvenience’ by throwing a bit of soup</p>
Voices

Locking up peaceful protesters is the mark of broken justice system

<p>Ed Miliband, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer visit Teesside, which will host a ‘cluster’ to capture and store carbon emissions from energy, industry and hydrogen production</p>
Voices

Finally, Britain has entered the ‘clean energy’ age

<p>Freddie Flintoff will replace Jim Bowen as the show’s host</p>
Voices

Not even Freddie Flintoff can hit the target with a Bullseye reboot

<p>Laura Kuenssberg meets with Boris Johnson in 2021</p>
Voices

Laura Kuenssberg’s Boris Johnson gaffe was bad – but these are worse

<p>Mind less: ‘We’re too quick to classify folk these days, and ought to be more accepting that everybody is different’</p>
Letters

Neurodivergence is not a personality trait that needs ‘curing’

<p>Most of Johnson’s premiership stands as a warning to his successors</p>
The Independent View

Boris Johnson’s low moral standards are a warning to Keir Starmer

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