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Just months after stepping down from the most powerful job in Whitehall, Simon Case is building a public profile warning of doom and gloom across the world. Is it right that top civil servants take sides and scare the public after leaving office? And if he cares so much now,…

Discussions on poverty in India have long centred on the Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys (HCES) which are conducted nationwide. These surveys measure how much households spend and are often used as a stand-in for household income since reliable income data is hard to collect in developing countries.

The question of Australia joining the US in a conflict with China over Taiwan looms over the debate about our military preparedness and defence spending

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: No stranger to oversight errors, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has now been revealed to have allowed hundreds of underqualified or fraudulently qualified nurses to work in Britain. Wes Streeting should now draft in his predecessor to assist in rooting them out

Editorial: The age of disarmament is over. But military action only increases the dangers instead of ending the threat

Editorial: The botched London-Birmingham line is a symbol of malaise in British politics. Getting it done would signal renewal

It’s not the artist’s responsibility to ensure parents don’t put references to sex positions on their daughters’ backs, says India Block

The oil shocks of the 1970s-90s had brutal economic impacts. As Israel attacks Iran, a moderate rise in oil prices rests on questionable assumptions, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The actor seems to have inspired a generation of young chaps to grow wispy caterpillars on their upper lips. When it comes to facial hair, I’ve learned it’s best to go big or go home, writes Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles