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The World Cup victory last Sunday marked a turning point for women’s cricket in India. Pay parity, professional contracts, and the Women’s Premier League were milestones. But this win delivered something else entirely: mass attention. And with visibility comes a question we haven’t adequately addressed: what does it mean for…

Desperate to avoid another regicide, the party wanted to give Badenoch a fair crack. But a year in, that resolve is crumbling, says ConservativeHome’s Henry Hill

The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this

Geert Wilders is out of power but his rhetoric is entrenched. Even Dutch liberals show little interest in the contribution of migrants, says Netherlands-based author Jamal Mahjoub

Our panelists discuss what Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the mayoral race means for New York and beyond

I can hardly imagine how hard it would have been to return to a workplace that had declared that I was not a parent – and that my baby didn’t really count

Editorial: The chancellor’s bid to appear fiscally credible hides a deeper weakness: a growth model built on private debt and political theatre, not real economic renewal

Editorial: Soaring rents and mortages are undermining the social fabric of member states. A coming Brussels plan for affordable housing must be bold

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Rachel Reeves has asked each of us to ‘do our bit’ as she prepares to break her party’s manifesto pledge and raise income tax – but it is now clear that she has made the bad situation she inherited worse