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Sweden has more billionaires per capita than the US – but how?

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How has a country with a high-tax economy managed to create an environment where the super-rich flourish and are happy to stay? Chris Blackhurst takes a closer look at the birthplace of some of the world’s biggest companies, from Spotify to Ikea and H&M, to see what lessons can be learnt

Chris Blackhurst

<p>It’s a rich man’s world: turns out Abba were right on the money... </p>

<p>The Kremlin was accused of using the castle and its 30 acres of grounds to plot espionage operations against Britain</p>

Inside Story

How a Sussex manor house became a country club for Russian spies

<p>Isle of wonder: just off the coast of Sicily is an archipelago steeped in myths </p>

A real-life journey through the mythical lands of the ‘Odyssey’

<p>Those who love the former president will love him all the more</p>

Jon Sopel

Stormy Daniels has given Trump one thing he always wanted

Voices

<p>Would right-winger Elphicke have survived the vetting process to become a Labour parliamentary candidate?</p>

Inside Westminster

Has Starmer ditched morality in favour of winning a majority?

<p>University chiefs around the world are currently terrified </p>

Alan Rusbridger

Why are free speech defenders not helping campus protesters?

<p>China has been implicated in the hack of an armed forces payroll system operated by a private contractor for the Ministry of Defence </p>

We know China targeted the MOD – the question is, what to do about it

The Longer Read

<p>Cosmic mystery: Astronomers are still undecided about whether the planet even exists</p>

In Focus

Why scientists think there is a hidden object in our solar system

Ten times as big as our own Earth, Planet 9 sits at the edge of our solar system. Now, a new telescope could be about to find it, writes Andrew Griffin

<p>All the rage: Frustration can lead to anger, which, if it isn’t channelled correctly, can lead to health and relationship problems</p>

Health and Wellbeing

Your anger could be ruining your life (and you don’t even realise it)

<p>Eat and run: punters across the UK are racking up hefty bills and disappearing before paying </p>

In Focus

‘Dine and dash’ is the new shoplifting – and we’re all paying for it

Politics Explained

<p>Two climate protesters smashed the glass around Magna Carta in the British Library on Friday, calling for the government to commit to emergency plans</p>

Politics Explained

Will the government ban Just Stop Oil and ‘extreme protest groups’?

<p>Poll suggests significant shifts could be seen in the balance of political power in Scotland and across the UK </p>

Politics Explained

How might a Labour revival in Scotland affect politics more broadly?

<p>Nadhim Zahawi has revealed he will not stand at the next election</p>

Politics Explained

How ‘The Independent’ killed off Nadhim Zahawi’s political ambitions

<p>Labour leader Keir Starmer with former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke in his parliamentary office</p>

Politics Explained

What does Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour mean for the Tories?

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Editorials

<p>Dover MP Natalie Elphicke defected from the Tories to Labour</p>

The Independent View

Labour should think carefully before allowing more Tories to join

<p>Black officers are 81 per cent more likely to be in the misconduct system than their white counterparts</p>

The Independent View

It’s time to take real action against racism in our police force

<p>Keir Starmer is too cautious and too politically savvy to adopt Rishi Sunak’s foolishly overambitious slogan</p>

The Independent View

Starmer has pledged to ‘stop the chaos’ – but can he ‘stop the boats’?

Culture

<p>Play with fire: Marlon Richards, son of Anita Pallenberg and Keith Richards, explores his mother’s story with directors Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill in ‘Catching Fire’ </p>

Secrets and lies of The Rolling Stones, according to Anita Pallenberg

<p>Iris Murdoch wrote novels about the only things that matter – love, goodness and how to be happy without hurting others</p>

Book of a lifetime: The Bell by Iris Murdoch

<p>‘Bright Interests’ by Edward Wadsworth makes a great poster image for the exhibition – but lacks the sinister edge Magritte or Max Ernst would have brought to the subject </p>

Still Life in Britain turns ordinary items into cutting edge art

Travel

<p>A couple’s tour to Japan was paid for at a much higher exchange rate than experienced in the country on their trip </p>

Can we claim rate rebate after the yen dropped while we were in Japan?

<p>The ruins of a Roman apartment block go unnoticed in the shadow of Rome’s Il Vittoriano and Santa Maria Aracoeli</p>

Beyond the Trevi Fountain: an the ancient roman’s guide to secret Rome

John RentoulThe Independent’s chief political commentator

<p>Aisle be damned: Natalie Elphicke in fact ‘crossed the floor’ </p>

Mea Culpa: lots and lots but we’re not exactly sure how many

<p>Starmer and Reeves are credible compared with Sunak and Hunt</p>

Could Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves get lucky with the economy?

<p>Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer with former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke in his parliamentary office</p>

Labour’s backlash against Natalie Elphicke will reshape the party

Andrew GricePolitical columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

<p>Only 11 per cent of people know Starmer’s father was a toolmaker, while 18 per cent know Sunak’s father was a family doctor</p>

Polling reveals voters don’t care about politicians’ upbringing

<p>The Tories’ traditional economic card might have worked against Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, but it won’t work against Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves</p>

The economy is getting better. Is it enough to save the Tories?

<p>The tactic worked at the 2015 election. It won’t work again </p>

Sunak spinning hopes of a hung parliament won’t work this time

Chris Blackhurst

<p>The event was interpreted as a personal advertisement from Sunak, that when he departs No 10, he will want to work in tech, possibly, who knows, for Elon Musk himself </p>

Why is Rishi shying away from a battle with Big Tech?

<p>Shalini Khemka was made a CBE for services to entrepreneurship (E2E/PA)</p>

A celebration of Britain’s fastest-growing women-led businesses

<p>The hospitality industry is struggling without a steady stream of young staff </p>

Business Comment

Blocking a Brexit free-movement scheme is spiteful and unforgiveable

News analysis

<p>David Cameron meeting Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday</p>

Why the UK should not rule out sending troops to Ukraine

<p>Buyers are reluctant to pay through the nose for houses, and prices have been falling month on month </p>

House prices are falling – but what does it mean for the future?

<p>Rishi Sunak welcomes Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame to Downing Street earlier this month </p>

Is the capital of Rwanda really safer than London?

<p>Demonstrators wave Iran’s flag as they gather in front of the British embassy in Tehran</p>

Could conflict between Israel and Iran trigger a third world war?

Sport

<p>Nottingham Forest accused a Premier League official of bias in a controversial statement </p>

Shameless derby: How Forest made City clash a lose-lose for neutrals

<p>Taylor Swift has been supporting partner Travis Kelce throughout the playoffs </p>

As the NFL grows, could the Super Bowl soon touch down in London?

Mary DejevskyExpert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

<p>President Biden has said that if Israel’s operation in Rafah went ahead, he would withhold US weapons</p>

For Biden and Netanyahu, Gaza is a political balancing act

<p>They say you want a revolution: Columbia university protests in 1968, and, inset, today </p>

Protesting students have much to learn from the 1960s ‘glory days’

<p>Wednesday’s meeting between Rishi Sunak and his German counterpart, Olaf Scholz, was overshadowed by a diplomatic gaffe </p>

Why Sunak is now banking on a special relationship with Germany

America

<p>Joe Biden speaks in Belfast on 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement</p>

Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to NI

<p>Such leaks remind countries like Russia – as well as US allies – of the sheer scale and reach of Washington’s operations</p>

The diplomatic damage done by the Pentagon leak won’t last long

<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote a tweet attacking ‘weak and woke’ ideology the day she declared her candidacy</p>

Republicans are running on ‘wokeism’ – but don’t know what it is