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<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves </p>
Chris Blackhurst

Rachel Reeves won’t reverse – but she might try a three-point turn

<p>‘I will reflect on all of those in whose name I share my testimony week in and week out’ </p>
mala tribich

I still find it hard to believe that the Holocaust happened to us

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Sam Kiley

Trump’s suggestion to ‘clean out’ Gaza is extreme and dangerous

<p>Tractors outside Parliament during a protest by farmers</p>
Roger Saul

Britain is sleepwalking into a food supply crisis

<p>Fifty-two per cent of those aged between 13 and 27 said they thought ’the UK would be a better place if a strong leader was in charge who does not have to bother with parliament and elections’</p>
Anthony Seldon

If Gen Z gives up on democracy, we’re in more trouble than we thought

<p>This image released by Netflix shows Ambika Mod, left, and Leo Woodall in a scene from the Netflix mini-series One Day: charting the search for affection and understanding between two unlikely lovers (Netflix via AP)</p>
dear vix

Why am I always attracted to emotionally unavailable people?

<p>Waitrose needs to up its game or lose more loyal customers</p>
Letters

It’ll take more than a free coffee to get me to shop at Waitrose again

<p>‘Bridget bumbled her way hopelessly through the sexist world of daytime TV. We saw our own failures and successes in her antics – and celebrated them’ </p>
emily sheffield

Bridget Jones was the perfect scrappy heroine – how can Gen Z relate?

<p>‘Carpenter, with her awards and record-breaking industry achievements, is the one having the last laugh’</p>
Olivia Petter

I love it when older guys tell younger women what to wear – don’t you?

<p>Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, 2018</p>
Sam Kiley

Freezing aid to Ukraine shows Trump is no ally to the West

<p>‘No one has ever escaped Guantanamo – nor is it likely’ </p>
Voices

If Musk wants to save money, closing Guantanamo has to be first call

<p>British factory output contracted at the fastest rate in 11 months in December</p>
James Moore

Can Keir Starmer afford to say no to the EU’s advances?

<p>Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Los Angeles international airport in Los Angeles, California, on 24 January 2025</p>
The Independent View

There is some small comfort in the promises Trump failed to keep

<p>Parents pay more than £90k over 18 years for their children </p>
Talia Loderick

The shocking truth about the cost of raising children

<p>‘Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are costing healthcare systems dearly’ </p>
Leo Campbell

Everything you thought you knew about ultra-processed foods is wrong

<p>Rosamund Hall has selected the best organic wines of the moment</p>
Rosamund Hall

Why organic wines are having such a moment

<p>‘With progress comes challenges for LGBT+ people – but our history shows us that minds, attitudes and laws can be changed’ </p>
Simon Blake

Trump’s first moves as president are catastrophic for LGBT+ rights

Trump’s new gender and DEI row-backs are a serious setback for social progress, but history shows us minds – and laws – can still be changed, writes Stonewall CEO Simon Blake OBE

<p>Is getting fit your new year’s resolution? </p>
Rhea Freeman

Take it from me as a life coach: ditch your new year’s resolutions

<p>Rachel Reeves speaks during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland</p>
The Independent View

Britain must not drive away the global rich

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<p>Rachel Reeves</p>
The Independent View

Rachel Reeves’s more upbeat message is a start – she must now deliver

The Independent View

Rachel Reeves’s more upbeat message is a start – she must now deliver

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<p>Rachel Reeves</p>
<p>Donald Trump with the Bishop of Washington, who angered the president with her sermon about mercy </p>
Letters

We have nothing to fear from Trump himself

<p>Earlier this month, the King met Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg and his wife, Shary Goldberg, at a reception marking Holocaust Memorial Day</p>
Voices

Why it is time to stop using the word ‘antisemitism’

<p>The judges who allowed murdered Sara Sharif to live with her father and stepmother will be named, the court of appeal has ruled </p>
The Independent View

The judges in the Sara Sharif case have no right to anonymity

<p>The zealous optimism of Reeves’s latest interview ended up trying to have it both ways</p>
Voices

Reeves’s Scrooge-like epiphany on British growth is unconvincing

<p>The zealous optimism of Reeves’s latest interview ended up trying to have it both ways</p>
Voices

Reeves’s Scrooge-like epiphany on British growth is unconvincing

<p>Prime minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement on the Southport killings (Henry Nicholls/PA)</p>
Letters

After Southport, Britain must change… but how?

<p>From Monday, anyone armed with a reusable cup will again be able to claim a free tea or coffee from Waitrose </p>
Voices

Could free coffee win Waitrose the battle of the posh supermarkets?

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Trump’s proposal to clean out Gaza is a ‘frightening trick’, locals warn

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Holocaust memorial day – latest: Kate joins William at event as King issues warning

229 comments

Trump says he wants to ‘clean out’ Gaza and move Palestinians

353 comments

Trump says he wants to ‘clean out’ Gaza and move Palestinians

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<p>Rush hour at Mumbai’s Churchgate station, now renamed Chintamanrao Deshmukh station</p>
Voices

Paying reparations will not teach Britain about the damage of empire

Voices

Trump’s vendetta agenda shows an undimmed lust for retribution

<p>The idea Keir Starmer heads a ‘socialist’ government will come as news to Labour left-wingers</p>
Voices

It’s time Keir Starmer proved Elon Musk wrong

Business Comment

Trump’s superpower could be the key to Rachel Reeves’s success

<p>Foreign secretary David Lammy arriving at Abeche airport, in the Ouaddai Region, while on his trip to Chad </p>
Voices

In Sudan, I confronted the darkest corners of humanity

<p>‘The government should not be afraid to let Thames Water go bust’ </p>
Letters

It’s about time Thames Water was flushed away

Business Comment

Trump’s superpower could be the key to Rachel Reeves’s success

<p>Foreign secretary David Lammy arriving at Abeche airport, in the Ouaddai Region, while on his trip to Chad </p>
Voices

In Sudan, I confronted the darkest corners of humanity

<p>‘The government should not be afraid to let Thames Water go bust’ </p>
Letters

It’s about time Thames Water was flushed away

<p>‘While the young Trump was hitting the party scene in Manhattan, his Chinese opponent was slowly climbing out of misery to get onto the ladder of power’ </p>
Voices

TikTok, trade and tariffs: What is Trump playing at with China? 

Voices

TikTok, trade and tariffs: What is Trump playing at with China? 

Michael Sheridan
<p>‘While the young Trump was hitting the party scene in Manhattan, his Chinese opponent was slowly climbing out of misery to get onto the ladder of power’ </p>
<p>Every day I walk the huskies past the string of mounds / Each one right next to the other, so far fifteen / And still the little mole has not given up / And turned around</p>
Voices

How I learned a surprising lesson in resilience

<p>Axel Rudakubana on his way to the scene of his killings </p>
Voices

Will politicians resist temptation to exploit the Southport horror?

<p>Mixed berries have great health benefits</p>
Letters

Want us to reach net zero? Stop buying unseasonal fruit

<p>‘What happens next depends on whether or not people in power consider Murdoch’s company should be treated like any other – or whether there is some sort of “Murdoch exception”’ </p>
Voices

The lies and smears from Murdoch’s news empire cannot be ignored

<p>‘What happens next depends on whether or not people in power consider Murdoch’s company should be treated like any other – or whether there is some sort of “Murdoch exception”’ </p>
Voices

The lies and smears from Murdoch’s news empire cannot be ignored

Voices

The ‘nasty’ bishop is not alone: Trump must brace for more fireworks 

<p>‘President Trump has avoided any threat that might arrest the attention of the Russian president’ </p>
Voices

Trump’s empty threats to Putin expose his achilles heel

<p>‘It is not just about removing the knives; it is about transforming the mindset’ </p>
Voices

ID crackdowns on illegal knife sales won’t work – but here’s what will

<p>‘Prince Harry’s stubborn persistence in pursuing his case against Mr Murdoch’s company has struck a welcome, if unexpected, blow for the health of our civic culture’ </p>
The Independent View

Against the odds, Prince Harry has won a landmark victory

<p>Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Xi Jinping before their meeting in 2020 </p>
Voices

Why Trump quit WHO – and it’s vital for us all that he should stay

Voices

I’m with the bishop who showed the courage I lacked as a church leader

<p>Starmer is too concerned with upsetting the Brexiteers to negotiate with the EU</p>
Letters

When it comes to trade, Starmer has shot himself in the foot

<p>Bishop Mariann Budde breaks silence after challenging Donald Trump during prayer service</p>
Voices

The ‘woke’ bishop’s sermon to Trump wasn’t an ambush. It was a war cry

<p>The chancellor is right to go for growth – without it, the Starmer government’s entire project will fail</p>
Voices

Rachel Reeves needs a new Heathrow runway more than Britain does

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

Brexit five years on – was it worth it? Join The Independent Debate

<p>The Argentinian president Javier Milei with Italy’s hard-right prime minister Giorgia Meloni at Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington </p>
Voices

Will Trump now spark the ‘Mega’ movement – to Make Europe Great Again?

Voices

Will Trump now spark the ‘Mega’ movement – to Make Europe Great Again?

Mary Dejevsky
<p>The Argentinian president Javier Milei with Italy’s hard-right prime minister Giorgia Meloni at Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington </p>
<p>Donald Trump’s new oligarchic order is unlikely to succeed in the UK</p>
Letters

Britain will never embrace Trumpism – we’re better than that

<p>Rachel Reeves and Jonathan Reynolds will be attending Davos this week </p>
Voices

Can Reeves secure the investment Britain so badly needs in Davos?

<p>The prime minister has ordered a public inquiry into the Southport stabbings </p>
The Independent View

Keir Starmer is right to push back on ‘cover-up’ claims over Southport

<p>Donald Trump was sworn in as president on 20 January </p>
Voices

Trump 2.0 will reshape the world – but not in the ways you might think

<p>Donald Trump was sworn in as president on 20 January </p>
Voices

Trump 2.0 will reshape the world – but not in the ways you might think

<p>The world is expecting fireworks from US President-elect Donald Trump</p>
Voices

Trump’s second term is a threat to democracy, security and our planet

<p>Opinions on NHS reform are split</p>
Health

Readers divided over the private sector’s role in the NHS

<p>Donald Trump speaks during his inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the US Capitol on Monday </p>
The Independent View

Starmer’s pragmatic approach to handling President Trump is right

<p>Pastries decorated with an edible picture of Trump are presented at a bakery in Freinsheim, Germany to mark his second inauguration</p>
Voices

Could the markets see a gold rush as Trump returns to power?

<p>‘We’ll get radical woke ideologies the hell out of our military from day one,’ Trump has threatened</p>
Voices

I was there when ‘woke’ began – and Trump is about to take it all away

<p>Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Meta, advocates giving your neck muscles the workout they deserve</p>
Letters

I always thought Mark Zuckerberg has some neck…

<p>Friend or foe: Keir Starmer faces a dilemma due to president Donald Trump’s plans </p>
Voices

Is Keir Starmer about to trade principles for Trump’s friendship?

<p>Go west: the UK could do worse than look to Trump’s America to boost the economy </p>
Voices

Now Britain must embrace Trumpism

<p>Rosamund explores the future of the wine industry </p>
Voices

Why cooperatives hold the key to a sustainable future for wine

<p>Donald Trump is sworn in for his first term as US president on 20 January 2017 </p>
The Independent View

The world awaits promise and peril with Trump’s second act

<p>Thousands join pro-Palestine protest in Westminster </p>
Letters

Stopping the Israel-Gaza cycle will take a mammoth effort

Letters

Stopping the Israel-Gaza cycle will take a mammoth effort

Letters
<p>Thousands join pro-Palestine protest in Westminster </p>
<p>Being single costs so much more than being in a couple (Alamy/PA)</p>
Voices

The hidden cost of living alone: why the ‘singles tax’ costs a fortune

<p>Trump Inauguration</p>
Voices

My biggest fear as Trump takes office: moral apathy

<p>Observers will find much to fear and little to inspire in this speech, with no quotes for the ages</p>
Voices

This is what we can expect from Trump on his big day

<p>Greenland is gaining attention due to its strategic location</p>
Voices

What Donald Trump doesn’t know about Greenland (from an Arctic expert)

<p>Greenland is gaining attention due to its strategic location</p>
Voices

What Donald Trump doesn’t know about Greenland (from an Arctic expert)

<p>Trump’s first inauguration in 2017. ‘In the first term everybody was fighting me. In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.’ </p>
The Independent View

Global politics will become noisier when Donald Trump takes office

<p>James Watt wants us to take our work home... but then his work is beer </p>
Voices

Is BrewDog’s ex-CEO right that ‘work-life balance’ is holding us back?

<p>‘Last time, Starmer was the main winner from tactical voting against an unpopular government in a five-party system’ </p>
Voices

Tactical voting could be turned against Starmer at the next election

<p>A tense silence reigns as the players battle for the Masters trophy </p>
Voices

Forget darts, I’ve gone snooker loopy for the perfect spectator sport

<p>‘I can see the appeal of a boyfriend who behaves exactly as you’ve programmed him to. They’d never let you down. What’s not to love?’ </p>
Voices

I understand why people are falling for ChatGPT boyfriends

<p>Donald Trump meets with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem in May 2023 </p>
Voices

Trump claims he secured peace in Gaza – can he do the same in Ukraine?

<p>Sitting pretty: Donald Trump in the UK Ambassador's residence in Paris</p>
Voices

The PM is in denial about the trouble that Trump is about to cause

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed to grow the economy</p>
The Independent View

The chancellor must ignore the blips and get on with long-term growth

<p>‘Think of the poor starving children in Africa’ </p>
Letters

Being forced to clear my plate as a child caused me endless trouble

<p>Tory leader Kemi Badenoch speaking on LBC Radio</p>
Voices

Finally, politicians believe the pensions triple lock must go

<p>Mark Zuckerberg appeared on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast: ‘There are shorter Wagner operas’ </p>
Voices

Mark Zuckerberg has made me rethink what it means to be a man

Voices

Mark Zuckerberg has made me rethink what it means to be a man

Alan Rusbridger
<p>Mark Zuckerberg appeared on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast: ‘There are shorter Wagner operas’ </p>
<p>The 14-year jail sentence is intended to be the last nail in Khan’s political coffin </p>
Voices

Imran Khan was a marked man from the moment he returned to Pakistan

<p>The research published in <em>Psychological Bulletin</em> found that daughters and agreeable offspring were more likely to get favourable treatment</p>
Voices

How it feels when you’re clearly not the favourite child

<p>I witnessed the running speed of fire as it tore through / West Australian Wooroloo and my bush-edge home</p>
Voices

I know what it’s like to lose everything in a fire

Voices

A ceasefire in Gaza is a victory for Netanyahu – and Hamas

Voices

A ceasefire in Gaza is a victory for Netanyahu – and Hamas

<p>Donald Trump visits a section of the wall separating the US from Mexico, in Alamo, Texas, in 2021 </p>
Voices

I advised Kamala Harris on immigration – here’s what Labour must learn

<p>Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch delivers speech on how the party can rebuild voters’ trust</p>
Voices

Q. Was this the speech that’ll win Kemi a snap by-election? A. Er, no

The Independent View

The cost of war is so great that compromise should not be a dirty word

Voices

How abstinence-only messages invaded thousands of schools like mine

School students demonstrate outside Scottish parliament over downgraded SQA results, 10 August, 2020
Voices

I am furious that the government has failed A-level students like me

<p>Palestinians watch TV as they await the announcement of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis </p>
Voices

Bombs are still dropping but the ceasefire deal in Gaza will go ahead

<p>A Tel Aviv rally to free hostages held by Hamas terrorists</p>
Letters

Peace will only come to the Middle East when all lives are equal

<p>Britain’s economy is struggling as Labour plans a shake-up of employment law </p>
Voices

When it comes to employment reforms, Labour is going too far, too fast

<p>Palestinians watch TV as they await the announcement of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis </p>
Voices

Bombs are still dropping but the ceasefire deal in Gaza will go ahead

<p>A Tel Aviv rally to free hostages held by Hamas terrorists</p>
Letters

Peace will only come to the Middle East when all lives are equal

<p>Britain’s economy is struggling as Labour plans a shake-up of employment law </p>
Voices

When it comes to employment reforms, Labour is going too far, too fast

<p> A child feeds another a spoonful of food as they sit atop graves at a cemetery where families displaced by conflict are taking shelter in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip</p>
Voices

I’m in Gaza – I worry Israel will kill us before the ceasefire begins

<p>‘Blocking access is a blunt game of whack-a-mole that will only lead to other channels being used’</p>
Voices

There’s only one way to stop kids using fake IDs online

<p>‘I can’t stand him – and she knows that. So does he’ </p>
Voices

I’ve lost a friend because I can’t stand her terrible boyfriend

<p>By the time they join primary school, one in 10 children are classed as obese</p>
Voices

Growing up in a ‘clear-your-plate’ household never did me any good

<p>An RCN survey finds that nine in 10 nurses report having delivered care in inappropriate settings such as corridors</p>
The Independent View

The NHS must treat its ‘corridor care’ crisis as a wake-up call

<p>‘The price of delay has been paid by untold thousands of dead and injured civilians, the continuing pain of the hostages’ families, and the transformation of Gaza into a desolate, uninhabitable moonscape’ </p>
Voices

Peace has finally come to Gaza... but at a terrible price

<p>‘Humans are the only species to routinely drink the milk of another animal’ </p>
Letters

The thought of drinking a pint of milk turns my stomach

<p>‘Reeves would be wise to take the opportunity she now has to calm nerves and restore some of the government’s shaky credibility with the nation’s unhappy business community’ </p>
Voices

New inflation rate means the BoE could cut rates as soon as next month

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