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Independent UK - Politics

Why are local elections being delayed – and will it harm Reform?

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Scrap Rayner's workers' rights reforms, Starmer-linked think tank says

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Foreign prison officers get visa exemption to prevent UK jail chaos

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Foreign Office was victim of cyber attack, minister admits

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'The UK got what it wanted': Readers on long waits at EU borders

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More posts emerge from Reform candidate who told Lammy to 'go home'

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Rayner 'to publish memoir' amid speculation over leadership challenge

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Labour cracks down on nimbys as landmark planning bill passes

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What the latest interest rates mean for mortgages, savings and bills

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Nigel Farage avoids police probe into election spending

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Why Labour MPs are revolting over plans to curb jury trials

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Starmer appoints diplomat to replace Mandelson as US ambassador

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Labour: We'll treat violence against women like terror and gang crime

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'Early Christmas present' for homeowners as Bank of England cuts rate

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Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after order to repay £148m

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Starmer critical of the way Trump spoke to reporter

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Starmer warned by 39 rebel MPs against scrapping jury trials

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Former top judge says ban on antisemitic chants difficult to prosecute

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'Lives at stake' as Sierra Leone virtually axed from UK aid budget

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Ukraine war live: Kyiv hits Russian tanker in Mediterranean in 'unprecedented' strike

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Trump refuses to rule out going to war with Venezuela: 'Maduro knows what I want'

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Epstein files live updates: Critics accuse Trump officials of cover-up

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Warning as EU entry-exit system causing 'three-hour waits' at airports

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Farmers 'frightened of what might lie ahead' amid tractor tax concerns

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Why are farmers angry about the inheritance tax changes?

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'Doctors are not self-indulgent': Readers on NHS strike action

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Starmer orders King's Speech for week after May local elections

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Six councils granted power to power to raise council tax

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Will rejoining Erasmus set Britain on a path back to Europe?

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PM threatens to seize £2.5bn from Roman Abramovich after Chelsea sale

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UK to rejoin EU student exchange scheme as part of Brexit reset

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'Coming to our senses': Readers on return of EU student exchange

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UK inflation unexpectedly drops to 3.2% after food prices fall

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Watch live: Starmer faces off against Badenoch in final PMQs of 2025

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Best savings accounts before interest rates are cut pre-Christmas

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Strike to cost NHS £250m, Streeting says as doctors hit picket line

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How rising inflation impacts your mortgage and savings

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Live: Wes Streeting grilled by MPs as doctors begin five-day strike

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Starmer joy as Labour's flagship workers bill is set to become law

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Unemployment up, but numbers in work unchanged – what is going on?

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George Osborne takes role with 'most exciting company in the world' OpenAI

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Why Donald Trump's $10bn lawsuit against the BBC is doomed to fail

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Urgent review ordered into foreign interference in UK politics

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Judge throws out legal claim over Reform treasurer's penthouse

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How does Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade demo really run on Nintendo Switch 2?

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BBC faces bill for millions as it vows to defend Trump defamation case

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UK 'dragging heels' over China threat, intelligence watchdog warns

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Trump is suing the BBC: A legal expert explains how it could play out

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Not even 'Trump whisperer' Starmer can save BBC from president's wrath

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Starmer hit by five Labour defections to Greens

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Starmer calls for police crackdown on pro-Palestine marches

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UK hails 'golden age' in South Korea relations after trade deal struck

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Health secretary's fury at 'self-indulgent' five-day doctors' strike

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Index reveals Reeves' Budget has downgraded the value of a UK passport

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Tory peer urges assessment 'root causes' of antisemitic violence

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Reform UK to axe 68,000 civil service jobs if they win next election

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Watch live: Rishi Sunak gives evidence to Covid-19 inquiry

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Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump is 'obsessed' with him

5 days ago

Minister demands explanation from Starmer after cabinet sacking

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Burnham hits back at claims he is plotting to replace Starmer as PM

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Jeremy Clarkson joins hundreds of pub landlords in banning Labour MPs

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Labour MP pressures government to ban foxhunting for good

7 days ago

Small boats migrants should be allowed to work in UK, says Polanski

6 days ago

Streeting warns doctors' strikes could collapse NHS amid flu surge

7 days ago

Farage claims Reform is now UK's biggest party

7 days ago

Why the Lords could kill the assisted dying bill

7 days ago

Trump talking 'nonsense' on violence in London, Met Police chief says

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UK has to follow EU and delay ban on petrol car sales, experts warn

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'There were clear warnings': Readers on the NHS 'flunami' crisis

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Interest rate cut 'nailed on' as economy grows once in seven months

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Peers accused of 'heartless' tactics to 'sabotage' assisted dying bill

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MoD set for intelligence unit shake-up amid growing global threats

8 days ago

Why is Labour filling the House of Lords with its own peers?

8 days ago

Lammy demands Farage cleans racists out of Reform after vile attacks

8 days ago

MPs warned over Russian attempts to target them via WhatsApp

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Blair hails Mahmood amid Labour leadership speculation

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Charities' fury at Starmer for raiding aid budget to tackle migration

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Reform councillor sends two emails in six months

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'Madness not to': Why readers back a return to EU customs union

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Councillors pelted with eggs during asylum seekers debate

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Former Tory MP quits party for new Reform UK role

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Revealed: Britain's 'racist' system of stripping citizenship

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Why Lammy is 'considering wiping childhood criminal records'

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Ex-Olympian and Iceland boss among new peer nominations

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Madeleine McCann's father wants 'Leveson 2' – why has Labour said no?

9 days ago

Reeves admits pre-Budget leaks were 'extremely damaging'

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PM belatedly defends Sadiq Khan after Trump brands mayor 'disgusting'

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What will it take for UK to rejoin customs union?

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UK 'would consider' Australia-style social media ban for under-16s

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Why is Labour under pressure to seek an EU-UK customs union?

10 days ago

Cooper issues sanctions against Russia amid 'information warfare'

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More than a dozen Labour MPs back call for EU-UK customs union

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The UK's aid cuts have consequences for our security

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Chair of the grooming gangs inquiry announced

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'The UK has little to offer young people': Readers on Gen Z exodus

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Trump hits out at 'vicious' Sadiq Khan as he reignites feud with mayor

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