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By steering Britain’s young people down a positive path, these centres answer a chronic need. Why doesn’t the government protect them, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Rodrigo Nunes, a senior lecturer in political theory, explains how despite harsh economic conditions creating fertile ground for ‘entrepreneur culture’, resistance has sprung up among delivery drivers

Donald Trump says his seven-point peace plan is his last throw on Ukraine – saying to Moscow and Ukraine, take it, or I leave it. “It’s time for them to either say yes, or the United States to walk away from the process,” said JD Vance in his characteristic faux-naïve…

Desire for a politics that cares about global and local injustice is sharpening the political gender divide, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The archbishop is traditionalists’ preferred candidate for a reason: his papacy would wind back the progress made under Pope Francis, says British-Hungarian journalist Alex Faludy

With neither leader offering any serious structural reform, Australia is on a path that leads ultimately to the malaise that has befallen the US

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron, ad hoc leaders of this ad hoc alliance, must inspire their allies as Volodymyr Zelensky has. Ukraine’s success – and survival – depends on it

Editorial: Speculation about deals with Reform is symptomatic of the Tories reluctance to understand why they lost and how far they are from regaining public trust

Editorial: Pope Francis’s progressive legacy rests in the hands of cardinal electors who will be juggling competing agendas

When I left the legal profession after working at two leading international law firms, it was with a clear aspiration: to develop an educational model that would offer children from some of the most disadvantaged communities the same opportunities enjoyed by many of my more privileged peers.

If you look at Vatican TV live right now, you’ll see a queue of people lining up inside St Peter’s basilica to visit the coffin at the top with the body of Pope Francis. It’s open and you can see the corpse…looking a bit grey, it must be said, but…