Editorial: With a £20bn Budget black hole to plug, the chancellor has no option but to break Labour’s manifesto pledge – tinkering in the margins will hurt growth, while slashing public spending will lead to electoral ruin

Editorial: Billions have been wasted on unfit accommodation that suits neither the migrants who shelter there nor the communities enraged by their presence. It is imperative that the government take decisive steps and build an alternative – now

Editorial: Nato forces must back Ukraine or prepare to see all that country’s innovative brilliance fall into the hands of the Kremlin

Editorial: A tax rise only on the rich will hurt growth and raise too little revenue – a broader rise in income tax would be fairer and more effective

It could be that Keir Starmer is no good as either prime minister or party leader, but, John Rentoul argues, we ought to look back to the 1970s and consider another theory: that he has been asked to take on an impossible job