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10 hours ago

Peter Mandelson was in contact with Epstein till at least 2016, new emails reveal

Peter Mandelson, who was sacked as the UK's ambassador to Washington over his association with Jeffrey Epstein, was in contact with the pedophile financier as late as 2016, new emails have revealed. Mandelson was sacked in September over leaked emails in which he expressed his support for Epstein and urged him to fight for early release in 2008 while the disgraced financier was facing charges of soliciting sex from minors.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago
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Minister doubles down on Reeves' warning: We will do what's right for the future'

The Independent requests donations to fund on-the-ground, paywall-free journalism covering major issues and investigations while remaining trusted across the political spectrum.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago
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MP's baby subjected to racist abuse online just hours after birth: Beyond depraved'

The Independent provides paywall-free, donation-funded reporting; MP Adnan Hussain received vile online racist abuse toward his newborn and vowed to fight racism.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

How could Reeves increase income tax in her Budget and what would it mean for you?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to raise personal income tax despite Labour's manifesto pledge, with the OBR assessing proposed measures ahead of the November Budget.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

David Lammy to take PMQs after Reeves refuses to rule out tax rises in budget UK politics live

Comprehensive tax reform is urged while the Budget may include an income tax rise; David Lammy will deputise at PMQs during Starmer's COP30 trip.
fromIrish Independent
1 day ago

BBC should say sorry to Donald Trump - UK government in fake news row

Local government minister Alison McGovern, on the morning media round for the government, said the BBC should say sorry to Mr Trump for the splicing together of clips of his speech which made it appear he had told supporters he was going to walk to the US Capitol with them to "fight like hell", omitting a section about peaceful protest.
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1 day ago

Keir Starmer may be too busy to master the latest dance craze but he needs to be on TikTok | Carys Afoko

TikTok is rapidly reshaping UK shopping, driving massive beauty sales, cultural events, influencer reach, and challenging official political engagement strategies.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Welcome to 21st-century politics: a bitter revolt against power that will consume Labour and the Tories | John Harris

The chancellor signals breaking the manifesto pledge by raising income tax, risking public trust, political backlash, and significant electoral consequences.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 days ago

David Lammy told to get a grip' as search continues for mistakenly freed prisoners

Justice secretary David Lammy faces criticism after two prisoners were mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth and police hunt the escapees.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Watch live: Lammy faces PMQs grilling after Reeves hints at tax rises

The Independent solicits donations to fund paywall-free investigative journalism while covering US and UK political developments including reproductive rights, Elon Musk PAC, and PMQs.
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1 week ago

Prospect of breaking 50-year income tax taboo shows scale of Reeves's challenge

In April 1975, the Labour chancellor Denis Healey sought to grip the UK's runaway inflation and rising unemployment rates an economic crisis triggered by the shock rise in global oil prices by raising the basic rate of income tax. Now Rachel Reeves, faced with her own set of difficult economic circumstances, including a multi-billion-pound budget shortfall, is contemplating the same remedy breaking a 50-year taboo by becoming the first chancellor since Healey to hike the basic rate of income tax.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Labour MPs back gambling tax to fight child poverty

Labour MPs urge a gambling levy to fund removal of the two-child benefit cap to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Penny Mordaunt plots comeback with warning against Trumpian policies for Britain

Penny Mordaunt warns the UK must resist Trump-style populism to protect long-standing institutions and prevent concentrated executive power.
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1 week ago
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How the European convention on human rights became a battleground between the centre and the right | Daniel Trilling

The European Convention on Human Rights enshrines a state duty to protect life via Article 2 and faces renewed political campaigns in the UK pushing for withdrawal.
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1 month ago
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Conservatives would take UK out of ECHR, Badenoch confirms

A Kemi Badenoch-led Conservative government would withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights to strengthen border control and immigration policy.
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2 weeks ago

Big-brand authors: it isn't in our genes | Brief letters

Nigel Newton asserts that We are programmed deep in our DNA to be comforted by the authority and the reliability of big brand names (AI can help authors beat writer's block, says Bloomsbury chief, 27 October). Hmm. Writers tend to see that certain authors being turned by publishers into big brands is a function of our economic system rather than our genetic makeup, a process backed up by the money that publishers spend on marketing and publicity.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Streeting condemns Farage's deafening silence' over racist' remarks from Reform MP

Wes Streeting condemned Sarah Pochin's racist remarks and urged confronting racism while some Conservative colleagues refused to label the remarks racist.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Four out of five voters who think Brexit has been a failure blame Boris Johnson

Majority of Britons consider Brexit a failure, mainly blaming Boris Johnson and citing economic damage; Independent seeks donations to fund accessible, investigative journalism.
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3 weeks ago

UK campaigners launch bill to give nature legal rights

A UK private member's bill seeks to grant nature legal personhood with inherent rights, a duty of care, and national and bioregional governance for sustainability.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Migrant sent back to France in one in, one out' deal returns to UK

A man returned to France under the one-in, one-out migration deal has returned to the UK on a small boat and is held in an immigration detention centre.
fromBusiness Matters
3 weeks ago

Osborne warns Reform UK 'not fiscally fit to run the economy'

Former Chancellor George Osborne has warned that Reform UK "cannot be trusted to run the economy", accusing Nigel Farage's party of lacking fiscal credibility at a time when economic stewardship is likely to define the next general election. Speaking amid growing scrutiny of Reform's costed plans, Mr Osborne dismissed the party as economically unreliable, pointing to its proposals to lift the two-child benefit cap and nationalise water companies - policies that have already been branded "socialist" by Conservative critics.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 weeks ago

Starmer pledges to publish crucial evidence in collapsed China spy case

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 weeks ago

Sir Michael Cain and Alan Shearer among stars urging PM to ban harmful' smacking

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
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fromwww.bbc.com
4 weeks ago

Powell made no decisions about evidence in China spy case, minister says

The government's national security adviser Jonathan Powell made no decisions about the content of any evidence provided in the collapsed case against two men accused of spying for China, a minister has said. Prosecutors unexpectedly dropped charges against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry - who deny the allegations - in September. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed the case collapsed because the government had refused to give the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) "vital information" as it wanted to "curry favour" with China.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

How Britain's membership of the ECHR became a political hot potato

"I have not come to this decision lightly," the Tory leader said. "But it is clear that it is necessary to protect our borders, our veterans, and our citizens."
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Kemi Badenoch to deliver speech in fight to lift subdued Tory conference - latest

Conservative messaging downplays Liz Truss's 49-day premiership, rejects lasting economic damage, and pushes a golden rule to direct half of savings to deficit reduction.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Students rally for Palestine on anniversary of Hamas's deadly attack on Israel

Hundreds of UK students staged pro-Palestinian protests on the Hamas raid anniversary, defying calls to cancel after a Manchester synagogue attack and political criticism.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

It starts with Palestine protests. But where will the crackdown on Britain's democratic freedoms end? | Owen Jones

Protest in Britain has been reduced from a right to a government-controlled privilege, with new rules and penalties restricting dissent and criminalizing defiance.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Starmer urges university students to halt pro-Palestine protest planned for October 7

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Explorer Dwayne Fields replaced Bear Grylls in what role? The Saturday quiz

Answers identify landmarks, biological facts, cultural references, sports teams, economic thresholds, and historical burial sites.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Mapped: The areas threatened by Reform's controversial pro-fracking agenda revealed

Reform UK's pro-fracking agenda could put over 180 constituencies at risk of shale development, including 141 Labour seats.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

We are heartbroken after synagogue attack, says senior UK Jewish politician

UK Jewish community feels heartbroken, frightened and angry after Manchester synagogue terror attack; leaders call for stronger protections and bipartisan condemnation of antisemitism.
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1 month ago

Michelle Mone told us business isn't easy' during Covid. How are things now, your ladyship? | Marina Hyde

Nigel Farage and Michelle Mone both claim victimhood from inflammatory language, but Mone’s legal troubles, analogies and style make her politically incompatible with Farage.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

May warns Badenoch's plan to axe Climate Change Act would be catastrophic mistake'

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Starmer can help shape the future of the world at Cop30. He can't let fear of Farage stop him | Michael Jacobs

Keir Starmer must decide whether to attend COP30 in Brazil, balancing domestic political optics, past promises, and the need to uphold credible climate commitments.
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1 month ago

Party leaders condemn attack on Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur

I'm appalled by the attack at a synagogue in Crumpsall. The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it all the more horrific. My thoughts are with the loved ones of all those affected, and my thanks go to the emergency services and all the first responders. I am on my way back to London. When I arrive, I will chair an emergency Cobra meeting.
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fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Labour accelerates UK fracking ban as Ed Miliband counters Reform push

The government will fast-track legislation to permanently ban fracking in the UK, requiring parliamentary repeal for any future restart.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

UK Digital ID, same place, different time. Different result?

For too many years it's been too easy for people to come here, slip into the shadow economy and remain here illegally, because frankly we've been squeamish about saying things which are clearly true,
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Labour takes fight to Reform on diversity as Kendall backs scheme for women in tech

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

We Americans love remaking British TV. Must the UK remake our odious politicians? | Dave Schilling

British television's bleak, class-aware comedies captivated a Californian, inspiring a delayed visit to a politically turbulent UK and reshaping cultural perceptions.
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