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Labour can proudly say this was a budget for working people – that is, if your job happens to be prime minister, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Net migration might have fallen, but nearly a million people came to the UK in the year to June

Should we feel concerned about the thoughts and worldview of those born around the turn of the millennium, asks Ed West

Barristers and criminals may not like the idea, but it’s key to reforming the antiquated and overloaded justice system, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

David Lammy’s plans for justice on the cheap risk cutting the public out of the legal system – which will only hit confidence even more, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

In the face of multiple crises, disruptive technology and populism, making Britain orderly again is an impossible goal, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The war in Ukraine is a crime. But European leaders should be working for peace, not preparing young people to fight and die, says German academic Mithu Sanyal

Anthony Albanese promised to end the ‘culture of secrecy’. With freedom of speech under attack globally, it’s past time he delivered

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Now that the dust has settled on the Budget, it becomes clearer that this government’s priorities are out of line with the national interest, insulting to many and corrosive to the public’s threadbare trust in politicians’ ability to deliver on promises

Editorial: The criminal cases backlog requires radical action, but the problem has been caused by government cuts, not by an ancient and fundamental liberty

Editorial: UN figures show that four-fifths of the global population now live in major settlements. We’re still figuring out how to cope