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It’s not just landlords: many flatmates are now imposing draconian rules. But the real problem is a system that pits tenants against each other, says writer Kimi Chaddah

New Delhi spent decades cosying up to the US. The truth is, Washington doesn’t have allies outside the west – it has clients, says historian Mukul Kesavan

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Labour was elected on a promise that it would ‘end the sleaze’ – this administration can ill afford any further damage to its reputation for probity

The replica shirt’s washed, the scarf retrieved from the winter drawer, the season tickets renewed. But this year it’s not the men I care about. Women’s football is back, and I can’t wait.

It’s been decades since parasitic consultancies began advising our tertiary institutions, at exorbitant cost

From the outset her role has been crucial, and her fall will exacerbate all the doubts about the PM and his ability to keep Labour in power, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Most of the mainstream media is overly cautious in approaching the fair topic of the president’s health

The CDC – the federal agency in charge of protecting the health of Americans – is in shambles. And that is all thanks to one man

So, it’s farewell to Angela Rayner, at once the most interesting, the most flammable and the most catastrophically embarrassing member of the Labour front bench. For better and worse, she was a lightning conductor for Sir Keir Starmer. As his Deputy, she did what deputies aren’t supposed to do, namely,…