The Latest Breaking News from Rafael Behr

Letters: The government has offered no help to those struggling to cope with escalating prices and having to choose between eating and heating, says Peter Riddle. Plus letters from Alec Murdoch, George Baugh, Kate Burgess, Jackie Rupert and Richard Elliott

Prince Charles cut a pathetic figure, selling a flimsy, sinister package designed to protect the prime minister, not to address Britain’s problems, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Britain’s flagship scheme for matching hosts with refugees is another of the government’s inflated promises – and equally empty, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The idea that politics can be subverted by wealth is pervasive in Russia, and that’s why its billionaires feel so at home in the UK, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Carried to power and marinated in myths about themselves, dictators always underestimate the strength of democracies, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

When Ukraine calls to Europe for help, it is appealing to an ideal that Britain has treated as a joke for too long, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr