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Independent UK - Politics

Meta paying price for 'cavalier approach' to online safety, say UK campaigners

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Tory plan to evict non-Brits branded 'dangerous' amid Thetford unrest

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You can't trick the markets with extra borrowing, Burnham warned

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'Trying to out-Reform Reform': Readers slam Tory social housing plan

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I hated being in Starmer's government, ex-minister says

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Minister forced to deny Andy Burnham is 'too blokey'

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Tories unveil plan to evict foreign nationals from social housing

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Teenagers overwhelmingly likely to turn off optional social media curfews – poll

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No 10 enters Soho licensing row after Sadiq Khan criticism

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Badenoch vows to put forward 'serious Tory candidate' in Clacton

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What Lowe's car-crash interview tells us about Restore – and Reform

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We're losing customers because of Reform, Turkish-style barbers say

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Rupert Lowe refuses to say whether King Charles is a white Briton

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Ex neo-Nazi Tory adviser in fresh row over Home Office training claims

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'Summer of sex' MP rows with Labour colleague over transgender ruling

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'Do you still think Trump's an idiot?': Miliband grilled on past views

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Blow for Burnham as poll shows voters say flagship VAT cut won't help

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Rupert Lowe grilled by Nick Robinson in disastrous Radio 4 interview

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Polanski says Cambridge professor faced 'trial by media'

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Iran live: Furious Trump condemns 'leakers' amid reports US low on precision missiles

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'Trump 2028': President poses as general and threatens to run again in wild AI posts

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Ukraine war live: Kyiv strikes another Wildberries site in attack on 'Russian Amazon'

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Yvette Cooper pledges fast-track care for MND patients

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Miliband hails UK-US relationship but ducks questions on Trump

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Farage's popularity is plummeting. In Clacton, voters are losing faith

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Former neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory candidate after backlash

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Farage and Count Binface among 34 candidates in Clacton by-election

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'Addicted to incarceration': Readers split on prison release plans

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Polanski demands fossil fuel giants pay for firefighting helicopters

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Burnham denies minister's claim he is considering Epstein inquiry

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Count Binface: The UK's history of 'joke' candidates with big ideas

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UK millionaires' biggest fear is taxes would hit them harder than war

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'Not again': Andy Burnham's wife is the coolest first lady in politics

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Burnham admits Starmer's February by-election block was hard

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The seven banks or finance firms who might call you to start investing

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Give me a break: where might Burnham go on holiday?

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Reform back on top of Labour in new poll

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Fresh hope for inmates trapped on 'inhumane' indefinite jail terms

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Jimmy McLoughlin: Labour's lack of business experience is a problem

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Apple boss 'transfixed' by portrait of the Queen during No 10 visit

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When the world's most powerful CEOs enter Downing Street

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Every policy pledge, from taxes to schools to nukes, made by Burnham

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Former neo-Nazi activist standing as Tory candidate in local elections

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Trump spoke about when he's leaving office – and people aren't happy

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The waiting list just opened for 2026's most sought-after beauty advent calendar

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GTA 6 Netflix premiere has fans losing their minds - and not everyone is happy

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Trump claims electric car owners 'have a disease' - everyone's making the same point

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Trump's latest 'insulting' AI slop post makes it looks like he served in the military

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GTA 6: An Extended Look coming to Netflix - What to expect

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Experts are begging couples to stop following this TikTok-trending relationship rule

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Poll: Should Andy Burnham's early prisoner release scheme go ahead?

3 days ago

Burnham blocks early release for rapists and some sex offenders

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After the Manchester mayoral result, how are the parties performing?

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Trump claims UK is 'bankrupt' over North Sea drilling row

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France hits back at Reform UK plan to use navy to stop small boats

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Farage leaves door open for pact with Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain

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Reform UK deputy leader under investigation by standards watchdog

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Can the Royal Navy legally stop the boats?

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Newborn deaths are surging in the world's most vulnerable communities

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Count Binface could get 20% of vote in Clacton by-election, poll shows

4 days ago

Education secretary vows to undo Gove's 'straitjacket' school reforms

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Mohamed al-Fayed survivors confirmed as human trafficking victims

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Farage urged to 'come clean' after new questions over £5 million gift

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Burnham vows 'relentless' fight to halt small boat crossings

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AI minister says people 'right to worry' about new tech

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Burnham pledges more cost of living support

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MPs drink so much they are having their stomachs pumped, report warns

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Burnham says Britain needs written constitution after devolution push

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John Healey warns supermarkets not to 'rip off' Britons

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Make budget cuts to fund Burnham's pledges, Healey tells ministers

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What Manchester really thinks about Burnham's 'No 10 North'

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Labour secures win over Reform in key GM mayoral by-election

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'It's brutal': Readers on the true cost of caring for a loved one

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Is Nigel Farage the real reason Reform is slipping back in the polls?

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Who's winning the summer? Burnham, Badenoch and Farage assessed

7 days ago

Why Zack Polanski keeps making the same mistake

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Miliband praises 'tireless efforts' of US after Hamas disarm pledge

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Date set for first Budget of Andy Burnham's government

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What Andy Burnham's new tax sharing plans could mean for your region

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'I'm confident he's over': Readers react to Farage poll collapse

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Chinese super-embassy may become Beijing 'power centre', critics warn

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BP puts its North Sea oil and gas business up for sale

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Council tax intake could soar 43% – 'adding £500 to the average bill'

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Who is Bev Craig? Meet Burnham's 'protégé' who hopes to succeed him

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What time will Manchester mayoral election results be announced?

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English mayors allowed to keep share of taxes collected in their area

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Burnham told Trump UK will be 'pragmatic' about North Sea oil and gas

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If the drought gets political, will Burnham do a rain dance on TikTok?

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Polls close in Greater Manchester mayoral by-election

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MP Diane Abbott readmitted to Labour after year-long suspension

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Fall in Farage's approval rating could be end for Reform revolution

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Ministers back Uefa's 'principled decision' over World Cup boycott

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'We're too stingy': Readers debate true cost of fixing social care

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Farage plummets to lowest approval level since election in new poll

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Andy Burnham poll tracker: PM and Labour's approval ratings in charts

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Burnham vows £8.4bn nuclear submarine investment will create jobs

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Greater Manchester mayoral by-election: Full list of candidates

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George Cottrell 'transferred $2m to mother before Reform UK donations'

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Polanski facing no further action over guillotine T-shirt post

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Trump says Burnham will 'open up North Sea' for oil drilling

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MoD data breach would not have happened if staff could use Excel

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