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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: For people in their forties and fifties, Liz Kendall’s overhaul – which may further raise the state retirement age – could prove painful and unpopular. But younger generations will one day be grateful that she took the tough decision to implement measures that will make their…

Editorial: This precious resource should never have been privatised, and tougher regulation won’t solve the problem

“There’s room at the top, they are telling you still. But first you must learn how to smile as you kill. If you want to be like the folks on the hill.”

A student-led petition against a bill that would reintroduce a banned insecticide is spreading like wildfire. Will the government listen, asks Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

The US vice-president has chosen to holiday among the Chipping Norton set, which includes Boris Johnson and Jeremy Clarkson, in a country he says has gone to the dogs. It feels like he is trolling the UK, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

With 16-year-olds soon able to vote, classroom debate has never been more vital. But how do you teach inclusivity while fielding accusations of ‘wokery’, asks a teacher

There is no way around the fact that in 2024, those Americans didn’t hear anything worth voting for. Will it be different next time around?

Cheap sunscreen, sponges, old soap … it’s laughably off-brand. And I’m not the only one who has noticed, writes Emma Beddington

Here, the party has preferred Nigel Farage cosplay to genuine – and much-needed – opposition. Look where it’s got them, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward