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The impact would be behavioural and social as well as financial. But we won’t know until we try it

The disgraced former PM has crawled away to lick his wounds, but he’ll already be plotting ways to inveigle his way back into the public eye...

West won’t succeed. But his failure could push the US towards fascism

Boris Johnson was a winner but he won on falsehoods, and the truth caught up with him at last. Nothing is left but cold, hard anger

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

Sunak was too weak and slow to do anything about Johnson’s dirty honours. The upcoming byelections will make things worse

Ukrainian Railways has refused to be shunted aside by Russian aggression, continuing to evacuate people and get them home again, both safely and on time

The overwhelming majority of Brits think a close relationship with the EU is important. Why does the government seem to disagree?

Was it part of a deal with Sunak?

Some Europhobes seem to think Europe’s economic problems vindicate Brexit. They’re wrong – again

Independence for the Bank is not great, but it is better than the alternative

The question is no longer whether Putin can win, but how many more people will die before he loses

His reluctance to turn over evidence to the Covid inquiry, and much else, shows a PM concerned with saving his legacy, not the UK

We want technology to be developed in a logical fashion because we want to believe we, ourselves, are logical problem-solvers rather than mere tinkerers

Cleo Watson’s debut novel, Whips, is the latest in a long line of raunchy romps set in the world’s least erotic place – Westminster

Trump faces a crowded field of Republican rivals. He'll obliterate them all

Labour has put economic growth at the heart of their electoral campaign, but they will not succeed until they resolve the damage Brexit continues to inflict

If the government's cunning plan fails, here are some more ways to deceive the Covid inquiry

Tory faction-fighting is distracting us from limiting the impact of the next pandemic

Labour understands what economic measures need to be taken. But, knowing how to achieve them is a whole different ball game

Ireland’s is the fastest-growing economy in Europe. How has it managed this, and what can the UK learn?

Manchester City have been a constant parade of sensational footballers over the last few years, but none arrived in the same way the Norwegian striker did

A small number of eye-wateringly expensive private schools are ruining Britain – and one stands out from the rest

History never seems to pass in Vienna and this will always be the case

The city's graffiti sketches out Georgia's role in the conflict in Ukraine

Jutland, at the edge of the EU, has found itself in the centre of the bloc's response to Vladimir Putin's aggression

Sparks still have a truly unique sound but it's yet to be seen how their latest work will influence musicians this side of the Atlantic

Understandably, many Jews have reservations abut Poland. Today, baseball is helping change that, one game at a time

This week, I swapped motorways for the Rhine. If the EU's plans for licenses materialise, maybe the change will be permanent

The term used to describe those typically offensive to religious or racial groups is thrown around too often in contemporary societies