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<p>‘If Ms Alexander can make the trains run on time, more people will use the railways and there will be less need for subsidy’</p>
the independent view

A tough test for Heidi Alexander: just make our rail services reliable

Editorial: If the transport secretary can cut cancellations and late running, everything else will fall into place. But to do that she has to strike a historic bargain with rail workers

<p>‘My children’s state school is filling up with pupils from the private sector since VAT has been added to private school fees’</p>
Charlotte Cripps

Our state primary’s overrun with private schoolers. Playdates are hell

the money coach

How your spending changes according to your ‘love language’

<p>Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the Oval Office this week</p>
Jon Sopel

Trump is desperate to look tough – but others are calling the shots

<p>Elon Musk speaks as his son and US President Donald Trump look on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025</p>
Letters

Under Musk and Trump, the US is no longer a serious country

<p>This image released by A24 shows Nicole Kidman, left, and Harris Dickinson in a scene from "Babygirl." (Niko Tavernise/A24 via AP)</p>
Dear Vix

I have a huge crush on a colleague and it’s making me miserable

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Olivia Petter

This outrageous new ad is proof that body positivity was a lie

<p>‘If the PM were to sack chancellor Rachel Reeves, it would look just as bad for him as it would for her’</p>
sean o'grady

Handbag expenses and a dodgy CV? What’ll it take to ditch Reeves?

<p>Participants hold a huge Palestine flag during a Berlin protest in solidarity with people in Gaza</p>
Erika Guevara-Rosas

German police banning Arabic at a protest is a new blow for democracy

<p>‘Tory MPs believe Wednesday’s PMQs was Badenoch’s worst performance yet’</p>
Andrew Grice

Why Kemi Badenoch only has 15 months to save her leadership

<p>When it comes to romance, these wines certainly deliver</p>
the wine down

Will you be my Valent-wine? Here are the most romantic tipples

<p>Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have discussed peace in Ukraine by phone – without Volodymyr Zelensky</p>
Letters

Trump has been pumped up and preened by Putin… and royally played

<p>Attorney general Richard Hermer </p>
John Rentoul

How the attorney general became a legal time bomb for Keir Starmer

<p>US vice-president JD Vance used his keynote address at the Munich Security Conference to declare that limits on free speech are a bigger global threat than Russia</p>
Sam Kiley

The only people applauding JD Vance are the far right – and Russia

<p>Customers at the Apple store in New York</p>
alan rusbridger

It’s time to say no to the government spying on our secrets

<p>Parents are struggling with the cost of baby formula milk after prices had soared (PA)</p>
Dayna Brackley

The baby formula industry is exploiting us – and parents are paying the price

Families are struggling to feed their infants. As the CMA prepares to release its report, Dayna Brackley explores the shocking truth behind the price of baby formula
<p>President John F Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas</p>
John Kiriakou

In the JFK files, there’s no smoking gun – only bombshells

<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

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<p>Lisa Nandy and Bridget Phillipson have been named in a report from The i Paper as in danger of demotion</p>
Voices

A cabinet reshuffle is coming: will it include Rachel Reeves?

Voices

A cabinet reshuffle is coming: will it include Rachel Reeves?

John Rentoul
<p>Lisa Nandy and Bridget Phillipson have been named in a report from The i Paper as in danger of demotion</p>
<p>The growing adoption of the four-day week comes as large corporates are rolling back pandemic-era flexible working policies</p>
Business Comment

A four-day week? Soon, we may not work at all

The Independent View

The Trump-Starmer partnership must flourish. Europe is depending on it

<p>WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, delivers remarks after signing an executive order on reciprocal tariffs in the Oval Office (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)</p>
Voices

Trump’s VAT tariffs are dangerous for Britain. Here’s how we bite back

<p>MPs ‘need to face reality’ say readers reacting to pay rise</p>
UK Politics

Readers say MPs ‘must face reality’ over inflation-busting pay rise

<p>MPs ‘need to face reality’ say readers reacting to pay rise</p>
UK Politics

Readers say MPs ‘must face reality’ over inflation-busting pay rise

<p>No armfuls of blood-clot roses / Or boxes of gourmet chocolates oozing ganache and liqueur / No dinner for two on a terrace overlooking a river </p>
Voices

How to spend Valentine’s Day blissfully alone

<p>The four-day work week could be the norm in the next 10 years</p>
Voices

To Labour MPs calling for a four-day week – what happened to growth?

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Israel-Gaza latest: Four Palestinian prisoners in ‘critical condition’ after release

186 comments

Starmer to join crisis summit after Europe’s exclusion from peace talks: latest

189 comments

Keir Starmer to join European crisis summit

137 comments

Fury as JD Vance attacks European leaders in anti-immigration Munich conference rant

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<p>‘I contacted Deliveroo to ask what on earth they had been thinking’</p>
Voices

I just received the creepiest Valentine’s Day card of my life

The Independent View

The betrayal of Ukraine is a betrayal of friends and allies in Europe

<p>Rachel Reeves</p>
Voices

We’ve avoided recession – but don’t crack open the champagne just yet

<p>The Home Office has toughened up guidance to make it nearly impossible for refugees to become British citizens if they travel to the UK by small boat</p>
Letters

With its migrant crackdown, Labour is becoming a Tory tribute band

<p>‘Robert Charles Albon, who refers to himself as Joe Donor, also applied to be named on the birth certificate, as well as seeking to change the name of the child’</p>
Voices

One man, 180 children – and the paternity case that shocked Britain

<p>‘It may well be possible to have “plenty of fun without alcohol”, but “fun” is not necessarily the usual accompaniment when following the Three Lions’<a href="/topic/three-lions"></a></p>
Voices

C’mon Saudis! Let us drink a lager or two at your World Cup

<p>The Home Office has toughened up guidance to make it nearly impossible for refugees to become British citizens if they travel to the UK by small boat</p>
Letters

With its migrant crackdown, Labour is becoming a Tory tribute band

<p>‘Robert Charles Albon, who refers to himself as Joe Donor, also applied to be named on the birth certificate, as well as seeking to change the name of the child’</p>
Voices

One man, 180 children – and the paternity case that shocked Britain

<p>‘It may well be possible to have “plenty of fun without alcohol”, but “fun” is not necessarily the usual accompaniment when following the Three Lions’<a href="/topic/three-lions"></a></p>
Voices

C’mon Saudis! Let us drink a lager or two at your World Cup

<p>‘Trump hasn’t been suckered by Putin. Trump is an enthusiastic collaborator<em> </em>with the Kremlin’</p>
Voices

Trump’s behaving like a KGB agent – it’s time Starmer stood up to him

Voices

Trump’s behaving like a KGB agent – it’s time Starmer stood up to him

Sam Kiley
<p>‘Trump hasn’t been suckered by Putin. Trump is an enthusiastic collaborator<em> </em>with the Kremlin’</p>
<p>Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner discussed New Towns on a visit with King Charles earlier in the week</p>
Voices

Why my new towns plan brings hope to generation rent

<p>Trump’s interventions: helping or hurting the fight against Putin?</p>
Europe

Trump’s interventions: helping or hurting the fight against Putin?

<p>Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin</p>
Voices

As America intervenes, the fate of Ukraine hangs in the balance

The Independent View

With this crackdown on citizenship, Labour is forsaking British values

The Independent View

With this crackdown on citizenship, Labour is forsaking British values

<p>Rachel Reeves has a snippet of good news amid the economic doom and gloom</p>
Voices

Is this the first sign that Rachel Reeves’s plan could actually work?

<p>Kim Leadbeater MP has now dropped the plan for her private members’ bill to require a High Court judge to sign off someone’s application to die</p>
Letters

Assisted dying safeguards only prolong the suffering

<p>Donald Trump has signed a wave of executive orders – and has vowed to ‘drill, baby, drill’</p>
Voices

These four elections are about to test Trump’s impact on climate

<p>A demonstration against the far right outside the Reform party’s headquarters in London last summer</p>
Voices

How Starmer’s crackdown on immigration could backfire on the economy

<p>Peter Mandelson has issued a three-minute video, introducing himself as Britain’s new ambassador</p>
Voices

Peter Mandelson has started as he means to go on in Washington

<p>Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley gave a press conference after the High Court’s decision</p>
Voices

I’ve known officers who should be in jail – what is the Met to do?

<p>Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has now declared £3,550 worth of clothes donated by Waheed Alli earlier this year</p>
Voices

Labour is stretching credibility – but the elastic will go ‘ping!’

<p>Trump Tariffs Economic Impact</p>
Voices

What Trump’s steel tariffs could really mean for the UK

<p>Heading out on the road: the government hopes mobile jobcentres will tackle Britain’s rising unemployment</p>
Voices

Mobile jobcentre vans won’t get Britain’s unemployed back to work

<p>Trump threatens to cancel Hamas and Gaza if remaining hostages are not released by deadline</p>
Voices

How Trump’s fever dream over Gaza could be a nightmare for the West

<p>Kim Leadbeater has announced that she’s been persuaded by expert evidence given to MPs that it would be preferable to substitute a single senior judge with a ‘multi-disciplinary’ panel</p>
The Independent View

Assisted dying bill will be subject to more scrutiny – as it should be

The Independent View

Assisted dying bill will be subject to more scrutiny – as it should be

Editorial
<p>Kim Leadbeater has announced that she’s been persuaded by expert evidence given to MPs that it would be preferable to substitute a single senior judge with a ‘multi-disciplinary’ panel</p>
<p>Comedian Peter Kay had a heckler kicked out of his live show for repeatedly shouting out his old ‘Garlic bread?’ catchphrase</p>
Letters

Heckling at a Peter Kay gig? That’s no laughing matter…

<p>Kim Leadbeater has changed her mind about the proposed requirement for a High Court judge to approve assisted dying requests after listening to experts’ concerns</p>
Voices

Kim Leadbeater is right to rethink assisted dying – but will MPs?

<p>The phased implementation of the Online Safety Act begins in the UK</p>
Voices

Adult sites, radicalisation – the sinister realities of online safety

<p>Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on steel imported into the US</p>
The Independent View

The British economy will be profoundly affected by Trump’s trade war

<p>Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on steel imported into the US</p>
The Independent View

The British economy will be profoundly affected by Trump’s trade war

<p>Andrew Gwynne was sacked as health minister after private WhatsApp messages came to light in which he said he hoped an elderly constituent would die</p>
Voices

The House of Commons still has a WhatsApp problem… thank goodness

<p>Elon Musk’s Tesla has benefited from US tax breaks</p>
Voices

Musk is moaning about ‘tax loopholes’ – but guess how much Tesla paid

<p>Clarkson’s constant calls for sympathy about how hard it is to make money feel, to me, entirely disingenuous</p>
Letters

With Jeremy Clarkson, do I detect the smell of burning martyr?

<p>An immigration officer during a raid</p>
Voices

Labour will never ‘out Farage’ Farage with this performative cruelty

<p>‘The Labour Party can never outdo Reform on anti-immigrant rhetoric and should not even try’</p>
Voices

My party is playing a mug’s game by following Farage on migration

<p>Should MPs receive an inflation-busting pay rise?</p>
UK Politics

Tell us if MPs should be handed another inflation-busting pay rise

<p>Amid the wave of executive orders given by the president was one banishing paper straws</p>
Letters

Trump’s waged a war on paper straws with his Sharpie pen

<p>In addition to the exchange of hostages, Israel has started to withdraw from the Netzarim corridor</p>
The Independent View

The Gaza ceasefire deal must continue to be honoured

<p>As well as being a stand-up comedian, Hajar is a singer</p>
Voices

My Muslim father banned me from singing – then I did the unthinkable

<p>‘On 1 February 2021, I went into hiding. On that day, Myanmar was seized in a military coup’</p>
Voices

I’m still fighting for my father’s freedom years after Myanmar coup

<p>Angela Merkel retired from politics before the 2021 election</p>
Voices

Could Angela Merkel’s return to public life swing the German election?

Voices

Could Angela Merkel’s return to public life swing the German election?

Mary Dejevsky
<p>Angela Merkel retired from politics before the 2021 election</p>
<p>As alcohol duty rises in the UK, Rosamund Hall picks the best lower ABV wines to try</p>
Voices

Wine has just got more expensive – thanks to Rachel Reeves

<p>Premium Bonds first launched in the UK in 1956</p>
Voices

The never-ending allure of Premium Bonds

<p>Although IPP was abolished in 2012, there are still some 700 inmates locked away because of the scheme</p>
The Independent View

The UN has condemned the ‘torture’ of IPP – when will the government?

<p>With cocoa trading at near-record prices, some makers have looked at increasing the proportion of fillings in their products </p>
Voices

Be careful – this might just ruin your Valentine’s Day

<p>With cocoa trading at near-record prices, some makers have looked at increasing the proportion of fillings in their products </p>
Voices

Be careful – this might just ruin your Valentine’s Day

<p>The bakery chain sparked backlash when it made changes to a grade II-listed building in Lewes</p>
Voices

Gail’s has done far worse than tamper with an old building – trust me

<p>Criminals snatching smartphones on the street has become a growing problem </p>
Letters

How will the police effectively crack down on phone thefts?

<p>Under new guidelines, platforms like eBay and Vinted have to tell HMRC if you make more than £1,700 per year</p>
Voices

I’m selling my entire flat on eBay – and not even HMRC will stop me

<p>BT chief Allison Kirkby visits Downing Street last year</p>
Business Comment

City chiefs must say it loud and clear: DEI is good for business

<p>Prime minister Keir Starmer</p>
Voices

Is Keir Starmer an HR manager who’s squatting in Downing Street?

<p>House prices reached a record average high in January</p>
Voices

There’s no such thing as an ‘affordable’ home any more

<p>The horrific fire at Grenfell, which burned for 60 hours, was the worst such tragedy since the Blitz</p>
The Independent View

Rayner must keep Grenfell families at the heart of her decisions

<p>Energy secretary Ed Miliband has made a U-turn on Heathrow’s third runway</p>
Voices

Now even Ed Miliband backs Heathrow: So much for his green dream

<p>A wounded Palestinian child is carried to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis</p>
Voices

Stop dodging the Gaza issue, PM – get on the right side of history 

<p>AI is a tool that needs to be told what it needs to do by a human</p>
Letters

Why are we so afraid of AI?

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made economic growth her top priority (Peter Cziborra/PA)</p>
Voices

Should Rachel Reeves pay for her mishandling of the economy?

Voices

Should Rachel Reeves pay for her mishandling of the economy?

Sean O'Grady
<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made economic growth her top priority (Peter Cziborra/PA)</p>
Voices

A Trump tribute act could take power in the UK and wreak similar chaos

<p>Time slid beneath the dining room table / Like a stray dog waiting for titbits and attention / As we poured ourselves into the space of a lunchtime </p>
Voices

Trust me – you’re doing lunch all wrong

<p>‘From floods across the UK to the wildfires in Los Angeles, there are signs of global warming everywhere’</p>
Voices

The global far right are weaponising net zero – and we’ll all suffer

<p>Five years post-Brexit, critics are still out in force</p>
Brexit

As Brexit’s impact deepens, readers question true cost of leaving EU

<p>Five years post-Brexit, critics are still out in force</p>
Brexit

As Brexit’s impact deepens, readers question true cost of leaving EU

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

Interest rate cuts are a much-needed boost for the economy

<p>The remains of Grenfell Tower were abandoned after a deadly fire in 2017 (James Manning/PA)</p>
Voices

It’s time to demolish Grenfell – it breaks my heart to see it

<p>Donald Trump</p>
Letters

When Gaza is stripped, will the world just stand by?

<p>Rachel Reeves</p>
Voices

You’ll need a bigger rabbit to pull out of your hat, chancellor

<p>‘What Trump is doing is a total contradiction of British values both at home and abroad’</p>
Voices

Memo to Starmer: Stand up for the two-state solution

<p>Kemi Badenoch has announced that she wants to double the time that immigrants need to have been in the UK before they can claim indefinite leave to remain</p>
Voices

Kemi has come up with her first policy… and it’s a stinker

<p>Matt Damon and Jude Law in The Talented Mr Ripley</p>
Voices

I lie about everything – and my latest was my biggest yet

<p> </p>
The Independent View

Trump’s plan for Gaza is improbable, impossible – and deeply immoral

<p>Kemi Badenoch has announced that she wants to double the time that immigrants need to have been in the UK before they can claim indefinite leave to remain</p>
Voices

Kemi has come up with her first policy… and it’s a stinker

<p>Matt Damon and Jude Law in The Talented Mr Ripley</p>
Voices

I lie about everything – and my latest was my biggest yet

<p> </p>
The Independent View

Trump’s plan for Gaza is improbable, impossible – and deeply immoral

<p>US president Donald Trump held talks with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House</p>
Letters

Will Starmer condemn Trump’s Gaza plan – or continue to say nothing?

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves raised company taxes at the most recent Budget but will she now target savings? </p>
Voices

Would Rachel Reeves dare launch a tax raid on our ISAs?

<p>Donald Trump has divided the political world after proposing that the US would turn Gaza into the 'Riviera of the Middle East' </p>
Voices

Trump’s colonisation of Gaza is doomed – and dangerous for Americans

<p>‘America is sending a signal that it will use insurgent tactics to fight the trade war while China is engaged in cumbersome statist tit-for-tat reprisals’</p>
Voices

China won’t take Trump’s trade assault lying down… here’s how

<p>‘Labour will be up against some version of the populist right – led by Farage or the Tories or both’</p>
Voices

Labour’s got the jitters, which is why they’re taking Farage seriously

<p>Wish you were here…?: Aid trucks drive past flattened buildings in Gaza</p>
Voices

Turning Gaza into a waterfront playground is peak Trump

<p>Keir Starmer has already made progress with his fellow European leaders over closer cooperation between the UK and the EU</p>
The Independent View

We shall see how far ruthless pragmatism takes Keir Starmer in Europe

<p>We need further safeguards to protect pubs in the long term</p>
Letters

Only pubs can save the British high street now

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