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Independent UK - Politics

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Starmer's Labour branded 'austerity-lite' and 'rudderless'

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No 10 apologised for John Major's birthday message to the Queen Mother

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Cover-up claim as Andrew file withheld from the National Archives

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Starmer gave peerage to ex-aide who campaigned for child sex offender

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How 2025 became the year of the cyber hack for British businesses

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Top Tory peer urges Starmer to give Reform seats in House of Lords

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British campaigner says tech firms behind bid to deport him from US

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Mixed sex wards used record 5,000 times in a month despite ban

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One in three Labour voters thinks Starmer should go, shock poll says

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Starmer warned of rural backlash as hunt crackdown looms

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Starmer warned Labour's shift to the right is 'utterly doomed'

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US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online

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How should the government handle the Palestine Action hunger strikers?

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Farmers rejoice after Starmer waters down inheritance tax raid

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Pollsters claim Reform UK is 'in decline' as lead over Labour drops

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How has the inheritance tax plan for farmers changed?

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Government warns councils against four-day weeks

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Leading charities back The Independent's call to protect HIV funding

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Keir Starmer: Protect remaining UK funding to end the Aids pandemic

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Why is Labour imposing a ban on trail hunting?

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Rachel Reeves hit by fresh blow as UK economy growth slows down again

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Streeting says taxes are too high as he calls for closer trade with EU

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Pressure grows on Farage to sack 'racist' Reform candidate

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Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out further tax rises in 2026

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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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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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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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