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Independent UK - Politics

Asylum hotels 'spiralled out of control', minister admits

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The criminal law changes backed by MPs including pornography and theft

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

12 hours ago

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

12 hours ago

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

12 hours ago

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

18 hours ago

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?

12 hours ago

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

18 hours ago

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

12 hours ago

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

18 hours ago

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

19 hours ago

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

19 hours ago

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

19 hours ago

Starmer refuses to back Trump's Strait of Hormuz blockade

1 day ago

Will adopting single market rules work?

1 day ago

Hundreds of UK council staff earning more than the prime minister

1 day ago

Iran-US war latest: Iran considers shipment 'pause' as Trump says talks could resume

9 hours ago

Trump claims post depicting him as Jesus was actually him as a doctor

20 hours ago

Trump's Hormuz blockade threatens piracy and risks outright war against China

12 hours ago

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

1 day ago

Minister laments 'regrettable delay' in Chagos Islands bill

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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Home Office expected to close down another 11 asylum hotels

2 days ago

Farage under increasing pressure to sack Tice over tax allegations

2 days ago

Discussions on resettling Chagos Islands after Mauritius deal paused

3 days ago

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

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

2 days ago

Streeting brands Trump 'incendiary, provocative, outrageous'

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Public split on horse racing as Polanski calls for ban ahead

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

UK government 'pauses' Chagos deal amid Trump criticism

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

Farage pictured previously with winners of Reform energy bill contest

4 days ago

Greens challenged over 'crackpot conspiracy theorist' candidates

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Coachella's 'criminal' food prices blasted by festival attendees

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Everything influencers were gifted at Revolve's invite-only Coachella pop-up

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Lewis Capaldi has the best response to being mistaken for Lewis Hamilton in Coachella Kim K sighting

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North West to make debut festival performance at Chicago's Summer Smash

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Ashley St Clair is 'spilling MAGA secrets' on TikTok

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Cringe moment Trump asked DoorDash driver their opinion on trans women playing sports

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Mouse: PI for Hire review - you won't have played anything like this before

12 hours ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

Aid cuts mean investing in development has never been more important

4 days ago

Tech bosses could face jail for failing to remove revenge porn

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

Starmer slams Israel over Lebanon strikes following Iran ceasefire

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

Analysis: Why are some politicians cringeworthy online?

11 days ago

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

18 days ago

Should UK households make a household emergency plan?

18 days ago

What happened to Morgan McSweeney's phone?

19 days ago

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

25 days ago

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

25 days ago

The most disturbing detail hidden in the Mandelson files

26 days ago

What Trump's relationships with prime ministers are really like

27 days ago

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

1 month ago

In The Room | Decoding the Mandelson files

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

In The Room | Inside Downing Street when war breaks out

1 month ago

How do dodgy political appointments like Mandelson actually happen?

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

5 days ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

11 days ago

UK boosts aid for overseas territories as poorest nations face cuts

5 days ago

Iran shouldn't be allowed to 'hijack' Strait of Hormuz, Cooper warns

5 days ago

Law change gives people 'right to try' work without losing benefits

5 days ago

PM says UK will do all we can to support ceasefire as he heads to Gulf

6 days ago

How Sizewell C could help UK 'take back control of energy supply'

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Tories accuse Starmer of being 'all mouth no trousers' on defence

6 days ago

Billionaire returns UK from Hong Kong to donate millions to Reform UK

6 days ago

Vance criticises UK government for 'making energy so expensive'

6 days ago

I'm an NHS consultant – global partnerships are key as aid cuts bite

6 days ago

US is no longer a reliable ally, ex-national security adviser warns PM

6 days ago

How appalling that women in parliament are shamed for what they wear

6 days ago

I look eight years younger after quitting politics

6 days ago

Tories vow to 'end nonsense' of four-day week for council staff

7 days ago

Why is the government set to block Trump from using UK bases?

7 days ago

Starmer ally paves way for fresh row with Labour rebels over benefits

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PM accuses rivals of wanting to 'jump into Iran war with both feet'

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Mapping technology to be used in crack down on knife crime hotspots

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