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An inauspicious anniversary for Labour

Prime minister’s U-turn on welfare reform has badly dented his authority with MPs

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The Editorial Board

Labour had a theory for acquiring power, but none for how to wield it

A lack of interest in the real meat of policy helps to explain why Starmer’s first year in government has gone so badly

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Stephen Bush

Nato’s summit cannot disguise Ukraine’s plight

Without more military aid, Kyiv’s situation on the battlefield could deteriorate rapidly

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Gideon Rachman

India enters a war of words

The imposition of Hindi on southern states strikes a raw national nerve

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Chris Kay

Growth is competing with Labour’s other missions

Prioritising defence and clean energy may deliver some objectives — but not this one

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Helen Miller

Get ready to embark on a new era of financial repression

Tariffs are not the only flashpoint; another economic policy war is shaping up

yesterday 8

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Martin Sandbu

The vulnerabilities holding back Chinese industry

Despite its prowess, China has not been able to overcome dozens of ‘choke points’ that are the essential building blocks of modern manufacturing

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The Big Read

Iran attack could be the death knell for nuclear non-proliferation

More countries will seek atomic weapons unless Europe and its allies defend a flawed but vital treaty

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Ankit Panda

The world is changing, the US market is not

To date, the Trump shock is that he has had so little impact

yesterday 30

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Ruchir Sharma

The US Federal Reserve’s Trump problem

The president is undermining his own desire for lower interest rates

yesterday 10

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The Editorial Board

The power and the glory of profanity

Donald Trump’s inclination to swear is coarse, un-presidential, and highly effective

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Jemima Kelly

The Iran threat will haunt the Gulf for years

As Israel and Washington celebrate, there is a sense of dread and uncertainty throughout the region

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Emile Hokayem

Zohran Mamdani, the socialist New Yorker shaking up the Democrats

Few expected the 33-year-old’s victory in the mayoral primary

saturday 4

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Person In The News

Rebel rebel: parliamentary humiliations didn’t start with Starmer

Government climbdown on welfare reveals the perpetually problematic relationship between Labour’s front and backbench

saturday 3

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Philip Cowley

What kind of world does Trump want?

Global leaders struggle to understand the impulses and stratagems of the US president

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The Big Read

Why is the right so fascinated with fantasy literature?

Society inevitably structures our choices but the resulting frustration feeds a yearning for magical rings

saturday 2

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Martin Sandbu

Principles must not be the victim of Starmer’s embrace of realpolitik

The government is right to push up defence spending, but hard power isn’t everything

saturday 2

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Philip Stephens

Venice is still in peril — this time from the Bezos wedding

Angry locals who say he is treating the city as a private playground have succeeded in getting the ceremony moved

saturday 2

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Rachel Spence

Violeta Chamorro, Nicaragua’s president, 1929-2025

Conciliator who guided the nation to peace after decades of civil strife and war

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Violeta Barrios De Chamorro

Turkey’s economic woes catch up with Erdoğan

A cost of living crisis and social unrest are throwing the strongman leader’s plan to stay in power into jeopardy

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The Big Read

The eternal dilemma of how to tax the super-rich

It is becoming harder to keep wealthy nomads and ordinary voters happy

27.06.2025 10

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The Editorial Board

Gold glitters as mistrust spreads

Calls for European governments to repatriate the bullion they store in the US are a sign of something bigger

27.06.2025 2

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Gillian Tett

Should we stop the UK’s best talent moving to London?

The capital has been skewing Britain’s economic geography for more than a century

27.06.2025 2

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Chris Giles