Editorial: The Conservative leader is trying to score points by fighting ‘wokeism’, but only confirms that we need the 2010 law

The Independent 2026 Pride List celebrates some of the LGBTQ+ people making Britain and the world fairer, better and more tolerant

Editorial: As more than 60 MPs call on Keir Starmer to quit, the party must look to its PM, roll up its sleeves and get on with the hard work of delivering for the UK rather than engaging in more unnecessary infighting

Editorial: Keir Starmer is strengthened by having the titan of the steady response to the financial crash by his side

Editorial: However disastrous the outcome of the local elections, Labour’s leadership crisis will not be solved by hopping from replacement to replacement – as the Conservatives previously found out to their cost

Editorial: While it might be unreasonable to expect the King and Queen to singlehandedly restore the transatlantic alliance, the relationship between Britain and America has weathered far more disagreeable backdrops

Editorial: Olly Robbins is justifiably aggrieved at being removed for doing what the prime minister put pressure on him to do – but in the end, this may well harm the sacker more than the sackee

Editorial: In Budapest, the ousting of pro-Russia Viktor Orban is seismic – but Keir Starmer’s push for a closer relationship with the continent could be just as consequential

Editorial: The long-delayed defence investment strategy must define clear objectives and a credible means to pay for them

Editorial: Donald Trump’s declaration that his Western allies must secure the Strait of Hormuz and get oil supplies going again is a cynical exercise in face-saving – and, Mr President, we will remember

Editorial: As The Independent reports from Rubaya, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the president is trying to make foreign mines his own, the fingerprints of this fortune-hunting administration can be seen from one end of the planet to the other

Editorial: While we should applaud the chancellor signalling support for those who will be hit hardest by the Iran shock, she has serious questions to answer about where the money will come from

Editorial: The British are a resilient people, but should the government show any hint of backsliding over its promise not to enter the war against Iran, it won’t go well

Editorial: Whatever plan the US president may have had for Iran, things seem to be going awry – but the UK must only answer his call for help if he can show a viable route to ending this crisis

Editorial: Two weeks after the strikes on Iran began, the US president’s confused war aims lie in ruins

Editorial : The voters of Gorton and Denton have much more on the ballot paper than the choice of MP. We must all hope they choose wisely

Editorial: The SEND system is widely acknowledged to be broken – but repairing it will require political courage, fiscal discipline and a willingness to confront uncomfortable truths

Editorial: The US Supreme Court and Thames Valley police both acted on the principle that no one is above the law

Editorial: The government’s attempt to fix this failed system will only heap further misery on those whose lives it has shattered – it is time to bring this terrible nightmare to a just end

Editorial: With living conditions in war-afflicted Ukraine desperate, and diplomatic progress towards peace stalled, this week’s talks in Geneva will prove crucial

Editorial: While it was always absurd for the home secretary to categorise the direct action group as a terrorist organisation – placing it in the same bracket as Isis and the Provisional IRA – there are better ways for its activists to win the argument than by using violence