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Independent UK - Politics

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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson takes senior job at Palantir

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Badenoch instructs lawyers to fight Wandsworth's 94% council tax rise

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Reform MP criticises Jenrick's 'revolting' Covid food box programme

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Shabana Mahmood dubs far-right activist Danny Tommo 'outright racist'

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John Healey to ask EU to include UK in 'Made in Europe' scheme

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Burnham considering tax hike on holiday lets ahead of Budget

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DWP could scrap PIP for high earners to save £8bn, Burnham told

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Sadiq Khan mocks Zack Polanski by speaking to him in Urdu

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Leaked No 10 papers show Labour's desperate final bid to save Starmer

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Iceland boss warns Burnham: Stop acting like Father Christmas

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Reform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaks

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Ex-cabinet secretary who got £860k payout takes House of Lords seat

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UK accused of 'cutting corners' on climate spending as El Nino looms

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What Piddington's revolt says about the UK in 2026

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Scrap the term 'net zero' — it's too toxic, net zero committee urges

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Reform police commissioner scraps theatre tour after public backlash

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Burnham urged to reject new North Sea drilling ahead of Trump meeting

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Shadow Chancellor warns Labour against tax rises and red tape

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UK urged to ban Patriot Platform behind anti-migrant protests

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Burnham admits Budget will be 'challenging' after inflation rises

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Everything PM and Trump have said about each other ahead of meeting

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Burnham 'must crack down on covert filming to keep women safe'

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The future of AI depends on Trump, says ex-national security adviser

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Reform MS who defected to Plaid says Farage's party is 'falling apart'

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What will Reform spend its £72m war chest on?

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Reform's £72m war chest - and how real are AI doomsday warnings?

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UK urged to follow Canada after the EU proposes 'associate membership'

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Tiny Oxfordshire village votes to leave the UK

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Margaret Thatcher's 'favourite council' plans 94% tax rise

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Count Binface issues update on standing for Starmer's seat

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Burnham will need to 'raise taxes or cut spending' in Budget

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Harry plays pickleball with children as controversy continues to cloud royals

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Trump slammed as he wants his name on another building - belonging to an institute he cut

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Unusual cold spot discovered on the moon and NASA can't figure it out

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Medieval gold ring discovered on April Fool's Day to be sold at auction

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'Embarrassing': Trump suggests he could have 'banned fishing' with 'crazy' White House powers

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Jimmy Kimmel has damning solution for getting Trump to care about AI threat

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'Time for another cognitive test': Trump's latest tangent about sharks causes concern

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Burnham: My dad would want me to push on and make change

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Why Thirlwall Inquiry matters to victims' parents – and Letby herself

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Grooming gang victim sent letters about perpetrators' early release

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Reform UK's Welsh leader steps down after arrest

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Labour to make it harder to stop working from home

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Inside The Sanctuary, the shadowy Westminster 'crypto power' club

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UK will 'heed the warnings' about AI risks, senior minister Louise Haigh to say

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Pip claims hit record 4.1 million ahead of Labour welfare reform

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⁠ - The UK had a plan for Nigeria's security nightmare. Then came aid cuts

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Reform UK's crypto tycoon donors could face enhanced residency checks

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Can Polanski lead Greens to Holborn and St Pancras by-election win?

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Ex-cabinet secretary handed payout worth over £2,000 a day

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Fury as Reform UK launch small boats mobile 'game'

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The new type of ID you can use as proof of age in pubs and shops

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Buckingham Palace bearskin guard hats face axe over 'ethical' concerns

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Ex-detective to stand for Reform in Holborn and St Pancras by-election

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Third of electorate may vote tactically because of 'terror' of Reform

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Who are the biggest donors bankrolling Reform, Labour and the Tories?

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Andy Burnham's father dies after suffering with Alzheimer's

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A summit of nationalists takes aim at Westminster – what do they want?

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Reform's £72m donations are 'crisis for democracy', says union boss

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Nigel Farage more unpopular than ever, new poll shows

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Labour peer urges cap on all political donations after Reform row

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Kremlin responds after Boris Johnson's train in near miss with drone

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Sweden's next government uncertain with thin lead for left-wing opposition after tight election

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MPs and peers call for new law to curb AI's risk to human rights

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Burnham to urge 'culture shift' to unlock UK's business potential

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More than half of local election candidates suffered abuse in 2026

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Betrayed by Brexit: 'Our future was decided by those no longer here'

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Starmer by-election is Burnham's 'test run' for early general election

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Is Labour's crackdown on Reform donors to save democracy or itself?

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Farage knew Putin was using crypto to evade sanctions before investing

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Reform could face action over £72m crypto donations, Rayner warns

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Trump says Burnham is a 'very nice guy' but 'on the liberal side'

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Support for rejoining EU after Brexit 'at all-time high'

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Swedish voters go to polls to choose a new parliament as hard right bids for role in government

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The crypto billionaires behind Reform's £72 million donations

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Farage secures second £36m donation from crypto tycoon in two days

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All Reform MPs given 24-hour security after Ann Widdecombe killing

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George Osborne says there's one clear solution to fixing Brexit 'mess'

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Reform 'could be the biggest party' if Burnham calls an early election

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Reform secures record-breaking £36m donation from crypto entrepreneur

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Police and crime commissioner defends going on 130-date theatre tour

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UK government rejects calls for AI 'kill switch'

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Zack Polanski selected as Green candidate in Starmer's former seat

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Assisted dying will not become law after MPs vote down bill in U-turn

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Esther Rantzen says it is 'tragic day' as assisted dying bill rejected

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Sadiq Khan 'plans to ban wood-burning stoves in clean air push'

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MP with terminal cancer makes impassioned plea against assisted dying

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Assisted dying bill: What happens now?

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