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Badenoch’s mission to save the world is missing the point</a></h2></div></div><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/labour-decade-renewal-house-building-b2699142.html" aria-label="Read more about Labour’s housebuilding plan" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/02/12/22/e0d80d4405224702e612563f0c8230b9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM5NDYyMjc0-2.75924418.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/02/12/22/e0d80d4405224702e612563f0c8230b9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM5NDYyMjc0-2.75924418.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/02/12/22/e0d80d4405224702e612563f0c8230b9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM5NDYyMjc0-2.75924418.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy 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https://static.the-independent.com/2024/03/08/18/PA-67576082.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<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>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/labour-railway-reliable-b2698902.html">A tough test for Heidi Alexander: just make our rail services reliable</a></h2></div></div><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/keir-starmer-donald-trump-ukraine-tariffs-b2698428.html" aria-label="Read more about Cartoon.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img 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alt="<p>The horrific fire at Grenfell, which burned for 60 hours, was the worst such tragedy since the Blitz</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/grenfell-tower-fire-angela-rayner-demolition-b2694161.html">Rayner must keep Grenfell families at the heart of her decisions</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 iSVqlv iTOFPa"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/interest-rates-mortgage-economy-rachel-reeves-b2693491.html" aria-label="Read more about SEI237783450.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img 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class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/benefit-cuts-dwp-sickness-kendall-b2690452.html" aria-label="Read more about Benefits" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/19/00/4bea73e6db05f400430192d1e3bdd6f9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3Mjk0NzY1-2.78512559.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/19/00/4bea73e6db05f400430192d1e3bdd6f9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3Mjk0NzY1-2.78512559.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/19/00/4bea73e6db05f400430192d1e3bdd6f9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3Mjk0NzY1-2.78512559.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall speaking to the media outside the Department for Work and Pensions in Westminster, London</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/benefit-cuts-dwp-sickness-kendall-b2690452.html">Ministers need to build on past Labour success in welfare savings</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-3" class="sc-1t3uya-0 iSVqlv story-tall-3"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/brexit-five-year-anniversary-britain-leave-european-union-b2689982.html" aria-label="Read more about FLOW Cartoon 1 February 2025" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/31/18/06/FLOW-Cartoon-1-February-2025.png?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/31/18/06/FLOW-Cartoon-1-February-2025.png?quality=75&width=375&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/31/18/06/FLOW-Cartoon-1-February-2025.png?quality=75&width=640&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>It’s been five years since Britain formally left the EU</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/brexit-five-year-anniversary-britain-leave-european-union-b2689982.html">Five years on, Brexit is still the gift that keeps on taking</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-4" class="sc-1t3uya-0 iSVqlv story-tall-4"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/yvette-cooper-border-security-bill-migrants-children-b2689394.html" aria-label="Read more about SEI236830918" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/30/17/15/SEI236830918.jpeg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/30/17/15/SEI236830918.jpeg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/30/17/15/SEI236830918.jpeg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Yvette Cooper has adopted too readily much of the rest of the Conservatives’ approach to immigration</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/yvette-cooper-border-security-bill-migrants-children-b2689394.html">The government’s borders bill must be tempered with compassion</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-5" class="sc-1t3uya-0 iSVqlv story-tall-5"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-growth-heathrow-runway-b2688477.html" aria-label="Read more about flow cartoon 30 january 2024" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/29/17/27/flow-cartoon-30-january-2024.jpeg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/29/17/27/flow-cartoon-30-january-2024.jpeg?quality=75&width=375&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/29/17/27/flow-cartoon-30-january-2024.jpeg?quality=75&width=640&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="30 January 2025" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-growth-heathrow-runway-b2688477.html">Can Rachel Reeves defeat the anti-growth coalition in the cabinet?</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-6" class="sc-1t3uya-0 iSVqlv story-tall-6"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/uk-population-net-migration-numbers-economy-growth-b2687805.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/18/22/e69db59c6bd5bfb6a71f33da6eadd3ceY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3MzAyMTE3-2.70395334.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/18/22/e69db59c6bd5bfb6a71f33da6eadd3ceY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3MzAyMTE3-2.70395334.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/18/22/e69db59c6bd5bfb6a71f33da6eadd3ceY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3MzAyMTE3-2.70395334.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>In November, figures estimated that net migration had hit a record 906,000 in 2023 (PA)</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/uk-population-net-migration-numbers-economy-growth-b2687805.html">As the UK population grows, the economic opportunities are plain</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-1" class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 fSIXCT lfDcBe story-only-1"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/yvette-cooper-border-security-bill-migrants-children-b2689394.html" aria-label="Read more about SEI236830918" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/30/17/15/SEI236830918.jpeg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/30/17/15/SEI236830918.jpeg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/30/17/15/SEI236830918.jpeg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Yvette Cooper has adopted too readily much of the rest of the Conservatives’ approach to immigration</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/yvette-cooper-border-security-bill-migrants-children-b2689394.html">The government’s borders bill must be tempered with compassion</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-2" class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 fSIXCT lfDcBe story-only-2"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-growth-heathrow-runway-b2688477.html" aria-label="Read more about flow cartoon 30 january 2024" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/29/17/27/flow-cartoon-30-january-2024.jpeg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/29/17/27/flow-cartoon-30-january-2024.jpeg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/29/17/27/flow-cartoon-30-january-2024.jpeg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="30 January 2025" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-growth-heathrow-runway-b2688477.html">Can Rachel Reeves defeat the anti-growth coalition in the cabinet?</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-3" class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 fSIXCT lfDcBe story-only-3"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/uk-population-net-migration-numbers-economy-growth-b2687805.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/18/22/e69db59c6bd5bfb6a71f33da6eadd3ceY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3MzAyMTE3-2.70395334.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/18/22/e69db59c6bd5bfb6a71f33da6eadd3ceY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3MzAyMTE3-2.70395334.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/18/22/e69db59c6bd5bfb6a71f33da6eadd3ceY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3MzAyMTE3-2.70395334.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>In November, figures estimated that net migration had hit a record 906,000 in 2023 (PA)</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr 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article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-uk-economy-growth-tax-policy-b2686597.html" aria-label="Read more about UK economy to grow by 1.6% this year" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/26/00/b007c4aeddb6e48da342a31badf923e7Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3ODQ2NTU2-2.78713596.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/26/00/b007c4aeddb6e48da342a31badf923e7Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3ODQ2NTU2-2.78713596.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/26/00/b007c4aeddb6e48da342a31badf923e7Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3ODQ2NTU2-2.78713596.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Rachel Reeves</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-uk-economy-growth-tax-policy-b2686597.html">Rachel Reeves’s more upbeat message is a start – she must now deliver</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 iSVqlv iTOFPa"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/donald-trump-promises-failed-first-week-b2686301.html" aria-label="Read more about US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on January 24, 2025" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/25/02/SEI237234642.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/25/02/SEI237234642.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/25/02/SEI237234642.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<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>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/donald-trump-promises-failed-first-week-b2686301.html">There is some small comfort in the promises Trump failed to keep </a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 iSVqlv iTOFPa"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/sara-sharif-murder-appeal-name-family-court-judges-b2685844.html" aria-label="Read more about Urfan Sharif court case" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/20/16/d3f3e655bd7e66d8aa5ae7a21761065cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3NDc3Mzcy-2.78456475.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/20/16/d3f3e655bd7e66d8aa5ae7a21761065cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3NDc3Mzcy-2.78456475.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/20/16/d3f3e655bd7e66d8aa5ae7a21761065cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3NDc3Mzcy-2.78456475.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<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>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/sara-sharif-murder-appeal-name-family-court-judges-b2685844.html">The judges in the Sara Sharif case have no right to anonymity</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 iSVqlv iTOFPa"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/non-doms-davos-rachel-reeves-labour-b2685196.html" aria-label="Read more about 54282684091_20347ff282_o.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/23/12/54282684091_20347ff282_o.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/23/12/54282684091_20347ff282_o.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/23/12/54282684091_20347ff282_o.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Rachel Reeves speaks during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/non-doms-davos-rachel-reeves-labour-b2685196.html">Britain must not drive away the global rich</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 fSIXCT lfDcBe kLQnyx"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/non-doms-davos-rachel-reeves-labour-b2685196.html" aria-label="Read more about 54282684091_20347ff282_o.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/23/12/54282684091_20347ff282_o.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/23/12/54282684091_20347ff282_o.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/23/12/54282684091_20347ff282_o.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Rachel Reeves speaks during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/non-doms-davos-rachel-reeves-labour-b2685196.html">Britain must not drive away the global rich</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 fSIXCT lfDcBe kLQnyx"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/prince-harry-court-case-the-sun-settlement-b2684332.html" aria-label="Read more about FILES-BRITAIN-COURT-MEDIA-ROYALS-MURDOCH" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/22/11/2194637817.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/22/11/2194637817.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/22/11/2194637817.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<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>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/prince-harry-court-case-the-sun-settlement-b2684332.html">Against the odds, Prince Harry has won a landmark victory</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 fSIXCT lfDcBe kLQnyx"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/keir-starmer-southport-stabbings-inquiry-b2683484.html" aria-label="Read more about 54278036717_66b9916080_o.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/21/11/54278036717_66b9916080_o.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/21/11/54278036717_66b9916080_o.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/21/11/54278036717_66b9916080_o.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The prime minister has ordered a public inquiry into the Southport stabbings </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/keir-starmer-southport-stabbings-inquiry-b2683484.html">Keir Starmer is right to push back on ‘cover-up’ claims over Southport</a></h2></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-jqVXSH bbcTZS sc-16rjmfl-2 iOPrbz" data-type="ArticleX8"><div class="section-body"><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 iSVqlv hMpKIx"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/donald-trump-president-inauguration-starmer-b2683037.html" aria-label="Read more about Inauguration ceremony for Trump's second presidential term" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/20/18/2025-01-20T175914Z_416305783_RC2SDCAGANUQ_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-INAUGURATION.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/20/18/2025-01-20T175914Z_416305783_RC2SDCAGANUQ_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-INAUGURATION.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/20/18/2025-01-20T175914Z_416305783_RC2SDCAGANUQ_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-INAUGURATION.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Donald Trump speaks during his inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the US Capitol on Monday </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/donald-trump-president-inauguration-starmer-b2683037.html">Starmer’s pragmatic approach to handling President Trump is right</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 iSVqlv hMpKIx"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/trump-president-inauguration-world-promise-peril-b2682378.html" aria-label="Read more about President-elect Donald Trump pictured as he’s swearing in for his first term as President on January 20, 2017" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/10/14/GettyImages-632194518.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/10/14/GettyImages-632194518.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/10/14/GettyImages-632194518.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Donald Trump is sworn in for his first term as US president on 20 January 2017 </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/trump-president-inauguration-world-promise-peril-b2682378.html">The world awaits promise and peril with Trump’s second act</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 iSVqlv hMpKIx"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/global-politics-noisier-donald-trump-takes-office-b2682093.html" aria-label="Read more about FILES-US-POLITICS-TRUMP-INAUGURATION-WEATHER" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/18/14/2193777702.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/18/14/2193777702.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/18/14/2193777702.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<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>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/global-politics-noisier-donald-trump-takes-office-b2682093.html">Global politics will become noisier when Donald Trump takes office</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 iSVqlv hMpKIx"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-chancellor-economy-interest-inflation-b2681600.html" aria-label="Read more about UK GDP figures" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/16/09/4b38bd882c241044fdf260bb09f18071Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3MTA0MTc0-2.78702522.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/16/09/4b38bd882c241044fdf260bb09f18071Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3MTA0MTc0-2.78702522.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/16/09/4b38bd882c241044fdf260bb09f18071Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM3MTA0MTc0-2.78702522.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed to grow the economy</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-chancellor-economy-interest-inflation-b2681600.html">The chancellor must ignore the blips and get on with long-term growth</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 fSIXCT lfDcBe kLacEM"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/israel-gaza-ceasefire-ukraine-war-b2680987.html" aria-label="Read more about FLOW Cartoon 17 January 2025.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/16/16/FLOW-Cartoon-17-January-2025.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/16/16/FLOW-Cartoon-17-January-2025.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/16/16/FLOW-Cartoon-17-January-2025.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/israel-gaza-ceasefire-ukraine-war-b2680987.html">The cost of war is so great that compromise should not be a dirty word</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 fSIXCT lfDcBe kLacEM"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/nhs-corridor-care-winter-crisis-flu-streeting-b2680245.html" aria-label="Read more about NHS hospital corridor beds" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2020/09/16/14/newFile-6.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2020/09/16/14/newFile-6.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2020/09/16/14/newFile-6.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>An RCN survey finds that nine in 10 nurses report having delivered care in inappropriate settings such as corridors</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/nhs-corridor-care-winter-crisis-flu-streeting-b2680245.html">The NHS must treat its ‘corridor care’ crisis as a wake-up call</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 fSIXCT lfDcBe kLacEM"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-chancellor-labour-economy-budget-b2679479.html" aria-label="Read more about Financial market turmoil" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/14/14/65b8a643ead53168d4c8cf87170e0b15Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2OTQ5MjEw-2.78685206.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/14/14/65b8a643ead53168d4c8cf87170e0b15Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2OTQ5MjEw-2.78685206.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/14/14/65b8a643ead53168d4c8cf87170e0b15Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2OTQ5MjEw-2.78685206.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Rachel Reeves addressed the House of Commons</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-chancellor-labour-economy-budget-b2679479.html">Our ‘Iron Chancellor’ may not have the mettle for the task after all</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 fSIXCT lfDcBe kLacEM"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/artificial-intelligence-ai-keir-starmer-elon-musk-b2678634.html" aria-label="Read more about Harriet Haynes (3).jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/13/13/Harriet-Haynes-%283%29.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/13/13/Harriet-Haynes-%283%29.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/13/13/Harriet-Haynes-%283%29.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Keir Starmer has vowed to work with Elon Musk on AI growth after the billionaire’s criticism of Labour’s government</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/artificial-intelligence-ai-keir-starmer-elon-musk-b2678634.html">Starmer’s mission for AI to transform Britain is the right message </a></h2></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-jqVXSH bbcTZS" data-type="HeroPlus6Articles"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-4 dIfqzV wrapper"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-0 BSJnv"><div class="sc-qm89yg-4 kPHvdk sc-qm89yg-5 FTyuX sc-qm89yg-6 dUFPzE hero-article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/underfire-tulip-siddiq-should-stand-down-to-save-her-career-b2678158.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/12/12/01c7ea9e146200d6131ff51a94c5a455Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2NzY5MDg0-2.78628317.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/12/12/01c7ea9e146200d6131ff51a94c5a455Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2NzY5MDg0-2.78628317.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/12/12/01c7ea9e146200d6131ff51a94c5a455Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2NzY5MDg0-2.78628317.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>City minister Tulip Siddiq has referred herself to the prime minister’s ethics tsar following controversies over properties linked to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><div class="sc-qm89yg-0 IZGy"><div class="sc-umxyss-2 sc-qm89yg-1 jfaPaZ bEWzNv sc-umxyss-2 sc-qm89yg-1 jfaPaZ bEWzNv content"><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jfDTuZ title" href="/voices/editorials/underfire-tulip-siddiq-should-stand-down-to-save-her-career-b2678158.html">Under-fire Tulip Siddiq should stand down to save her career</a></h2></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-nzkiss-7 cgSqzx sc-nzkiss-8 sc-tpl4vh-3 biLbff bQTbee article-voices hero-article"><div class="sc-nzkiss-4 fYsIti"><div class="sc-umxyss-2 sc-nzkiss-5 jfaPaZ gOykNA sc-umxyss-2 sc-nzkiss-5 jfaPaZ gOykNA content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 jTChPO capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jfDTuZ title" href="/voices/editorials/underfire-tulip-siddiq-should-stand-down-to-save-her-career-b2678158.html">Under-fire Tulip Siddiq should stand down to save her career</a></h2><div class="sc-nzkiss-0 bzRJHw"><div class="sc-nzkiss-1 eNhPLF"><a class="sc-1iecef8-0 bmeMcZ author sc-1iecef8-1 fXcXSJ" href="/author/editorial">Editorial</a></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/underfire-tulip-siddiq-should-stand-down-to-save-her-career-b2678158.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/12/12/01c7ea9e146200d6131ff51a94c5a455Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2NzY5MDg0-2.78628317.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/12/12/01c7ea9e146200d6131ff51a94c5a455Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2NzY5MDg0-2.78628317.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/12/12/01c7ea9e146200d6131ff51a94c5a455Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2NzY5MDg0-2.78628317.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>City minister Tulip Siddiq has referred herself to the prime minister’s ethics tsar following controversies over properties linked to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 iSVqlv iTOFPa"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 ewVAQw sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-china-trip-budget-tax-rises-b2677897.html" aria-label="Read more about Chancellor Rachel Reeves, pictured here with her red box in Downing Street last October 2024 before she unveiled her first budget" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/31/22/12eb4dee7bfc9350d0e7b76bb23cfbaeY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM1NzQ2NDU4-2.78204830.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/31/22/12eb4dee7bfc9350d0e7b76bb23cfbaeY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM1NzQ2NDU4-2.78204830.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/31/22/12eb4dee7bfc9350d0e7b76bb23cfbaeY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM1NzQ2NDU4-2.78204830.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The chancellor has some crucial fiscal decisions to make on her return from China </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 kREFYR content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dtFJbr capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jYFXTF title" href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-china-trip-budget-tax-rises-b2677897.html">Rachel Reeves must not ask the vulnerable to pay for her mistakes</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 iSVqlv iTOFPa"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 iNaLBo sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/california-la-wildfires-climate-change-global-warming-b2677360.html" aria-label="Read more about cartoon edit.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/10/18/cartoon-edit.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/10/18/cartoon-edit.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/10/18/cartoon-edit.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div 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src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/09/18/FLOW-Cartoon-10-Jan-2025.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/09/18/FLOW-Cartoon-10-Jan-2025.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/09/18/FLOW-Cartoon-10-Jan-2025.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-speech-china-economy-b2676754.html">Rachel Reeves must now tell us when things are going to get better</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 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src="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/10/16/13/TrumpZuck.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/10/16/13/TrumpZuck.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2024/10/16/13/TrumpZuck.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg admitted that the recent US elections ‘feel like a cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritising speech’ </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/zuckerberg-meta-trump-propaganda-fact-checking-b2675966.html">Zuckerberg’s Meta risks becoming an engine for Trumpian propaganda</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 fSIXCT lfDcBe kLQnyx"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 iNaLBo sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/robert-jenrick-grooming-gangs-immigrants-muslim-b2675315.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/07/09/dc37788c4f59c1f88b18ccfeacdd18a9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2MzI2MTg5-2.78028416.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/07/09/dc37788c4f59c1f88b18ccfeacdd18a9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2MzI2MTg5-2.78028416.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/07/09/dc37788c4f59c1f88b18ccfeacdd18a9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2MzI2MTg5-2.78028416.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick said he will not ‘tiptoe’ around calling out Pakistani heritage gangs</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/robert-jenrick-grooming-gangs-immigrants-muslim-b2675315.html">Robert Jenrick should be shamed into withdrawing his remarks</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div><div 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src="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/16/17/df09b08c8dcf8a47967b2f34e71bc3c9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM0NDUzODU0-2.78402513.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/16/17/df09b08c8dcf8a47967b2f34e71bc3c9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM0NDUzODU0-2.78402513.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/16/17/df09b08c8dcf8a47967b2f34e71bc3c9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM0NDUzODU0-2.78402513.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>This month will mark five years since the United Kingdom officially left the EU </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/brexit-five-years-uk-leave-eu-referendum-b2673785.html">Five years after Brexit, we must restore our relationship with the EU</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 iSVqlv hMpKIx"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 iNaLBo sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/labour-social-care-reform-wes-streeting-louise-casey-b2673378.html" aria-label="Read more about flow cartoon 4 january 2025.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2025/01/03/18/flow-cartoon-4-january-2025.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" 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out a fire in a house after a drone strike in Kharkiv</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/russia-putin-christmas-day-attack-missiles-b2669894.html">How Putin’s ‘ruthless’ Christmas Day attacks on Ukraine may backfire</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 iSVqlv iTOFPa"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 iNaLBo sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a 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King will be at the forefront of efforts to charm Donald Trump </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/donald-trump-king-charles-prince-william-mandelson-b2668386.html">In the court of Trump, our royal family could be key</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-jqVXSH bbcTZS sc-16rjmfl-2 iOPrbz" data-type="ArticleX8"><div class="section-body"><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 iSVqlv hMpKIx"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 iNaLBo sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices 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counterpart this week to discuss immigration </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/yvette-cooper-labour-immigration-policy-small-boats-b2664634.html">The Tories failed on immigration – Labour must not follow suit</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 fSIXCT lfDcBe kLacEM"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 iNaLBo sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/starmer-reeves-tractor-inheritance-tax-farms-b2664428.html" aria-label="Read more about starmer tractor indycomp news.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/10/31/16/starmer-tractor-indycomp-news.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/10/31/16/starmer-tractor-indycomp-news.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2024/10/31/16/starmer-tractor-indycomp-news.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The ‘tractor tax’ will come into effect in April next year </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/starmer-reeves-tractor-inheritance-tax-farms-b2664428.html">The ‘tractor tax’ needs to be rethought to protect family farms</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 fSIXCT lfDcBe kLacEM"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 iNaLBo sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/ed-miliband-energy-green-renewables-b2664082.html" aria-label="Read more about FLOW Cartoon 14 December 2024.png" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/13/17/FLOW-Cartoon-14-December-2024.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/13/17/FLOW-Cartoon-14-December-2024.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, 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href="/voices/editorials/starmer-rayner-housing-plans-green-belt-b2663387.html">Labour is right to push hard to ease the housing crisis</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-jqVXSH bbcTZS" data-type="HeroPlus6Articles"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-4 dIfqzV wrapper"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-0 BSJnv"><div class="sc-qm89yg-4 kPHvdk sc-qm89yg-5 FTyuX sc-qm89yg-6 dUFPzE hero-article article-premium article-voices"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/horizon-post-office-scandal-justice-fujitsu-b2662773.html" aria-label="Read more about mr bates vs the post office itv" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/05/31/08/newFile-2.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" 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srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/05/18/FLOW-CARTOON-5-December-2024.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/05/18/FLOW-CARTOON-5-December-2024.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/keir-starmer-speech-plan-for-change-angela-rayner-b2659518.html">Have no doubt, this is a reset – and the stakes couldn’t be higher</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-jqVXSH 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src="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/03/12/33db8239-be0f-4a54-8d4e-b514bc839bbe.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/03/12/33db8239-be0f-4a54-8d4e-b514bc839bbe.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/03/12/33db8239-be0f-4a54-8d4e-b514bc839bbe.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Post-Brexit and with the imminent second coming of Donald Trump, things have taken a decided turn for the worse</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/keir-starmer-us-eu-trump-trade-deal-tariffs-b2658070.html">Keir Starmer is stuck between a rock and a hard place over trade</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-3" class="sc-1t3uya-0 iSVqlv story-tall-3"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 iNaLBo sc-umxyss-4 jSokxo article article-voices article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 kesoGE image-wrap"><a href="/voices/editorials/gregg-wallace-masterchef-sex-allegations-bbc-b2657385.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/02/14/849720497be9a37c4b6ca848627600d1Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzMzMjM0Mjg5-2.78357839.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/02/14/849720497be9a37c4b6ca848627600d1Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzMzMjM0Mjg5-2.78357839.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2024/12/02/14/849720497be9a37c4b6ca848627600d1Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzMzMjM0Mjg5-2.78357839.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Gregg Wallace issued an apology after he faced a backlash for comments he made on the weekend on Instagram</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/gregg-wallace-masterchef-sex-allegations-bbc-b2657385.html">The BBC makes careers – it can break them, too</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div><div 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class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/11/30/10/cropped-Screenshot-2024-11-30-at-10.07.06.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/11/30/10/cropped-Screenshot-2024-11-30-at-10.07.06.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2024/11/30/10/cropped-Screenshot-2024-11-30-at-10.07.06.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Volodymyr Zelensky wants Ukraine to join Nato </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/ukraine-ceasefire-zelensky-nato-putin-trump-b2656536.html">The Russia-Ukraine deal must be struck from a position of strength</a></h2><div 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https://static.the-independent.com/2024/11/29/17/2827b5e4649a3ef23cd42f7b7af0dd58Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzMyOTgzNzM5-2.78340851.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>People opposed to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill demonstrate outside Westminster on Friday</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/keir-starmer-assisted-dying-vote-pass-mps-b2656145.html">Starmer must ensure concerns about the assisted dying bill are met</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div><div 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in the Cabinet Room of the White House on January 24, 2019. Donald Trump on November 18 nominated former congressman Sean Duffy to be transportation secretary and oversee a huge federal portfolio of infrastructure spending and transit regulations. As the incoming Republican administration promises a swath of spending cuts, Trump in a statement praised Duffy's advocacy in congress for "fiscal responsibility."' class="sc-ntudqq-1 jYpOAY"><img src="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/11/19/00/2184859478.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.the-independent.com/2024/11/19/00/2184859478.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.the-independent.com/2024/11/19/00/2184859478.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Watched by Sean Duffy, his nomination for transportation secretary, Donald Trump holds a tariff table during his first term as president in 2019 </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 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https://static.the-independent.com/2024/11/25/07/SEI230440715.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The government is launching a white paper called Get Britain Working</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 bNNNXy sc-ntudqq-2 kReBNB"></a></div><div class="sc-umxyss-2 gLUoqh content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-3 dzCVvT capsules"><a href="/voices/editorials" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 gtPuCr capsule">The Independent View</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 sc-9tb5ao-1 hhUBPB"><a class="sc-oq6ovx-0 jpridT title" href="/voices/editorials/welfare-reform-rachel-reeves-keir-starmer-nhs-b2653271.html">The government is right to move from tender to tough on welfare reform</a></h2><div class="sc-1ywx8j1-0 jfIewx sc-umxyss-1 bXLnYx"><svg class="sc-eaj12q-0 fnAcWz sc-culv3z-0 kOpooG sc-1ix0cah-0 gaEsju sc-1ywx8j1-1 cDvILv"><use href="#6f32993abbd14fa8"></use></svg> Premium</div></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-1 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 fSIXCT lfDcBe kLacEM"><div class="sc-umxyss-3 iNaLBo 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