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Independent UK - Politics

MPs reject social media ban for under-16s a second time

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'Social media companies must step up' on child safety, Starmer says

8 hours ago

PM summons TikTok, Meta, X bosses to No 10 to push for children's online safety

8 hours ago

British lawmakers are in a jam over changes to the definition of marmalade

10 hours ago

Starmer spends £30,000 of taxpayer money on Downing Street flat refurb

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Reeves: Trump's Iran war is a mistake and has not made the world safer

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Support collapsing for Reform as Tories close gap, poll shows

19 hours ago

UK to send £752m and 120,000 drones to Ukraine

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What is in the UK-US trade deal – and has it benefitted the UK?

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Ex-Labour councillor pleads not guilty to 'honeytrap' allegations

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Labour accused of 'fiddling while Rome burns' after sex toy pledge

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Labour MP calls for 2026 to be 'summer of sex'

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Reeves digs heels in over defence boost despite fears over UK security

22 hours ago

Reeves 'not sorry' for PMQs tears – but will stay in office next time

19 hours ago

England lags behind rest of world by allowing greyhound racing

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Reeves to meet with US counterpart after criticism of Iran war

22 hours ago

Hundreds of asylum seekers moved to army barracks as more hotels close

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Trump's Iran war could trigger global recession, IMF warns

1 day ago

The criminal law changes backed by MPs including pornography and theft

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Iran-US war latest: Pakistan negotiator arrives in Tehran to revive talks

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Trump posts a picture of Jesus hugging him days after massive backlash

12 hours ago

Vance says ending aid to Kyiv was 'one of Trump's proudest achievements': Live

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Trump demands Starmer 'drill, baby, drill' in the North Sea

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Chancellor slams Trump's Iran war 'folly' as threat of recession looms

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Poll shows Labour in fourth place behind Greens weeks before elections

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Robertson's damning indictment will set alarm bells ringing in No 10

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Ex-Nato chief says Starmer's 'complacency' is putting UK 'in peril'

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Can the fine bromance of Lammy and Vance save the UK-US relationship?

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The government's in trouble – here are the 5 things I'd do to fix it

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Minister refuses to rule out banning doctors from striking

1 day ago

'With Trump, it's not madman theory – it's madman practice'

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Starmer and Macron to hold summit in bid to reopen Strait of Hormuz

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Rogue landlords to be hit with £40,000 fines in new council crackdown

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Councils warned they will lose funding if they fail to tackle potholes

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Reeves hands Rolls-Royce £600m to develop UK's first mini-nukes

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Starmer refuses to back Trump's Strait of Hormuz blockade

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Will adopting single market rules work?

2 days ago

Hundreds of UK council staff earning more than the prime minister

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Reeves to urge allies to co-operate amid Iran War economic turmoil

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Minister laments 'regrettable delay' in Chagos Islands bill

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Britain needs closer EU ties, PM says, as UK to adopt bloc's rules

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There may be no NHS if Farage becomes prime minister, warns Streeting

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Farage makes £2m bitcoin purchase as he backs Kwarteng's crypto firm

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The Boys Season 5: Six times the Trump satire got a little too real

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Home Office expected to close down another 11 asylum hotels

3 days ago

Farage under increasing pressure to sack Tice over tax allegations

3 days ago

Discussions on resettling Chagos Islands after Mauritius deal paused

4 days ago

Wes Streeting: 'I cannot solve doctors' problems in just two years'

3 days ago

'It's time for China and India to really start providing foreign aid'

3 days ago

Streeting brands Trump 'incendiary, provocative, outrageous'

3 days ago

Sending Navy to help reopen Hormuz 'a fantasy', warns Ben Wallace

4 days ago

Police to review complaint over Farage's free energy bills competition

4 days ago

Badenoch vows to increase UK army by 20,000 as she makes Trump warning

4 days ago

Public split on horse racing as Polanski calls for ban ahead

4 days ago

Power in Scotland will be the SNP's to lose once again

4 days ago

UK government 'pauses' Chagos deal amid Trump criticism

4 days ago

Starmer says Trump's Iran war proves UK must strengthen European ties

5 days ago

Farage pictured previously with winners of Reform energy bill contest

5 days ago

Greens challenged over 'crackpot conspiracy theorist' candidates

5 days ago

Mandelson to be hit with fine of up to £300 for urinating in street

5 days ago

Starmer, Trump, and the unique conflict of UK-US communication

5 days ago

Aid cuts mean investing in development has never been more important

5 days ago

Tech bosses could face jail for failing to remove revenge porn

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US is 'locked in' to Nato despite Trump's threats, Healey says

5 days ago

In The Room | Iran-US ceasefire: How can Starmer deal with Trump?

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Blair calls for more North Sea drilling to ward off shocks of Iran war

6 days ago

Starmer questions Trump's values over threats to 'wipe out' Iran

6 days ago

UK's stark warning to Putin over Russian submarines in North Atlantic

6 days ago

Starmer slams Israel over Lebanon strikes following Iran ceasefire

6 days ago

Orbán's rural base is still behind the Hungarian leader ahead of Sunday's pivotal vote

6 days ago

I was right about 'increasingly unpredictable' Trump, Polanski says

6 days ago

Britons could face higher household bills for years to come, MP warns

6 days ago

Analysis: Why are some politicians cringeworthy online?

13 days ago

In The Room | Stockpiling fuel and loo roll – are we prepped for war?

19 days ago

Should UK households make a household emergency plan?

19 days ago

What happened to Morgan McSweeney's phone?

20 days ago

In The Room | Is Nigel Farage really going to pay your bills?

26 days ago

Reform's energy bills draw: 'I don't want Nigel Farage in my house'

26 days ago

The most disturbing detail hidden in the Mandelson files

27 days ago

What Trump's relationships with prime ministers are really like

28 days ago

Mandelson files deconstructed: How 147 pages add up to very little

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In The Room | Decoding the Mandelson files

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Ex-deputy cabinet secretary on the inner workings of Cobra meetings

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Being a woman in a Cobra meeting: 'It does all get very blokey'

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In The Room | Inside Downing Street when war breaks out

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How do dodgy political appointments like Mandelson actually happen?

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What will be going on inside No 10 after Green sweep in by-election

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In The Room | Should Starmer release the Mandelson-Epstein files?

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'Dread ekes out of the walls': How No 10 really feels during a crisis

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Labour's recent U-turn-gate shows how difficult governing really is

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If you think Westminster is a boring boys' club, why not join ours?

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In The Room | Starmer, psychos, and the symptoms of a PM in trouble

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In The Room | Silent discos, kickabouts – can MPs catch a break?

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UK boosts aid for overseas territories as poorest nations face cuts

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