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Independent UK - Politics

Government approves drilling in Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea

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Green Party divided over leadership's handling of zionism motion

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MPs back Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

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Labour MP suspended after questions over Covid bounceback loan

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Care home residents were sacrificed to save NHS during Covid pandemic

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Jackdaw gas field expected to be approved by ministers

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I fear Britain's politics are about to turn as ugly as Europe's

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Farage booed with Reform UK stuck in third place in polls

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Burnham government 'not working for the economy', former advisor says

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UK fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia's skies from Houthi attacks

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UK poll tracker: Reform still behind Tories as Labour lead grows

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John Healey rejects calls to raise capital gains tax in Budget

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Armed Forces need to 'live within their means', Wes Streeting warns

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Reform mayor investigated for 'cyberflashing' female employee

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'I lay in a pool of blood after being shot at point blank range'

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Burnham: UK must end 'moral failure' of Neets crisis

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To a tea... Omani ritual-inspired drink reimagined for state banquet

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New The Lord of the Rings games updates including release date from insider

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Scottish Poppy Appeal launched with help of 11-year-old 'superstar' volunteer

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No 10 hits back after top Trump ally diminishes UK role in Afghanistan

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Greens could fail to win any seats in London, new poll shows

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Human rights abuses in supply chains 'costing UK £4.4bn a year'

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The types of extreme pornography that will be banned from November

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How will Burnham's ban on 'headphone dodgers' on transport work?

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UK must rejoin EU as threats grow from Russia and Trump, PM warned

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The bombshells from the undercover investigation into Reform

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Greens won't overturn 'Zionism is racism' motion until at least 2028

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UK 'should scrap ban on petrol cars to close EU trade deal'

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Welsh government accused of 'sitting on' plans for space defence

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Why Burnham could be the longest-serving PM since Blair

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Health secretary vows to end 'corridor care' for children in hospitals

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Polanski's popularity plummets to record low

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John Swinney says he'll deliver Scottish independence for teen son

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BBC licence fee to be extended with 'YouTube tax' to force more to pay

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Ex-culture secretary blasts plan for 'YouTube tax' to fund BBC

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Reform activist: Asylum seekers should be put in 'concentration camps'

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Reform councillor resigns after being filmed making racist remarks

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SNP members back resolution supporting UK-wide ban on X

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Healey backs Heathrow third runway for growth in split from Burnham

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Martin Lewis hits out at plans to introduce new energy bills 'penalty'

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Cut public spending rather than raise taxes on banks, Healey warned

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Government settles after challenge by sacked Foreign Office chief

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Security adviser's wife accused of supporting Palestine Action

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UK could rejoin EU 'within months' with 'Switzerland plus' deal

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Tory shadow minister calls anti-terror act her 'most hated law'

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Former MI5 chief warns PM he can't pit aid against defence spending

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Jenrick: Farage has done more to tackle racism than 'almost anybody'

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Reform accused of hypocrisy over equalities advice

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Children could be taught how to treat severe bleeding under new bill

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Nick Clegg's wife says Gibraltar is Spanish, not British

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Farage filmed letting off Reform candidate accused of racist slur

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Peer claims royals not doing 'real work' as £100m funding questioned

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What does 0.1% growth mean for the looming Budget?

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Burnham 'apologises' for PMQs comments about Ann Widdecombe's murder

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Nandy 'minded to intervene' in Sky's proposed £1.6bn takeover of ITV

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Labour to end pacts with Greens unless they condemn Zionism policy

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UK poll tracker: Labour lead over Reform widens

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Andrew Bailey calls for clampdown on 'downright criminal' social media scams

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