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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As a new report finds that one in four children are in homes where meals are skipped because of the cost of living crisis, the nation’s morale would be raised if an unacceptable level of hardship for so many families could be eased. Lifting the two-child…

Editorial: A shift to prevention will only succeed if ministers take a bold approach to regulation and lift people out of poverty

Whether it’s on Gaza or the state of public services, people feel as if they are not being listened to. That has to change, says Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy

I’ll acknowledge young people in love, anyone in hi-vis and a dad who seems to be pulling his weight. The rest of the time, I have a face like thunder, writes Zoe Williams

Last weekend, it fell to ordinary people to oppose the far right and others. The national toxicity has reached us: a kind of hate I haven’t seen since the 1970s

Removing ‘divisive’ Smithsonian exhibits, Farage’s ‘patriotic’ curriculum: this is where the unpicking of the 20th century liberal order begins, says academic Kojo Koram

The hard right doesn’t speak for most voters. The progressive cause is not yet lost, but there is an urgent need for energy, purpose and clarity, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Any large, historic city is a fragile thing – but Portugal’s property and tourism boom has intensified this sense of vulnerability, says writer Larry Ryan

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Unions have warned the government not to water down its workers' rights bill following Angela Rayner’s departure. But substantial hikes in the minimum wage and employers’ national insurance contributions, coupled with anaemic growth, could imperil all that this Labour government seeks to achieve