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Does Kemi Badenoch’s reshuffle mean the Reform-lite strategy is over? I don’t know and I’m not sure she does either, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The generation who redefined what it means to be young can give their children a priceless gift – their clear wishes for end-of-life care

Editorial: Condemnation is rightly growing. But until concrete action is taken, western allies will remain complicit with these horrifying crimes

Editorial: The Conservative leader’s appointment of Sir James Cleverly to the cabinet could act as a moderating force as Faragism sweeps the party

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With her characteristically blunt assessment of her government’s first year in office, the deputy prime minister has only added to the simmering tensions within the country at large over migration. She ought to know better than to play into the hands of those who would exploit…

You can’t blame DeGeneres for wanting to escape a toxic atmosphere. But she is of the exalted class who can buy themselves out of a bind, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

David Lammy seemingly believes Israel and its supporters will always be able to act with impunity – but the status quo surely cannot hold, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Unlike other rock stars of the 70s and 80s, Osbourne talked like a bloke from Birmingham should talk. The teenage me loved it, writes Adrian Chiles

Manager Sarina Wiegman says it was a reaction to social media abuse of Jess Carter. The abuse is what makes it necessary: that call was wrong, says Guardian diversity editor Joseph Harker

On the bright side, the Government has registered that immigration levels are a problem. The Deputy Prime Minster, Angela Rayner, has warned that immigration is having a “profound impact on society” and that the Government must register “real concerns” about the impact that rapid demographic change is having on society.

The idea of something for nothing is irresistible. And the fiscal equivalent of “get rich quick” schemes is the wealth tax. Raise huge sums - £24bn or more – thanks to one weird trick that only hits the rich. It’s a tiny tax, and they’ll barely notice.