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Why is unemployment at its highest rate for a decade?
Unemployment hit 5.1 per cent in October - the highest rate for a decade, excluding coronavirus lockdowns - according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. At the same time, the employment rate was unchanged from a year ago, at 74.9 per cent.
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
Teenage boy arrested after death of nine-year-old girl
A teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a nine-year-old girl at an address in Weston-super-Mare.
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
New US-brokered plan will be ready in days - Zelensky
Ukraine's president left Germany armed with Nato-style security guarantees - but Donetsk loses power in attack
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
Liverpool parade attacker jailed for more than 21 years
An ex-Royal Marine with a violent past drove at crowds at Liverpool's victory parade in “undiluted fury” in a terrifying attack - and then lied to police that he had acted in fear of his own life.
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
Government mulls radical BBC licence fee overhaul
The government will look at reforming the licence fee and consider more commercial revenue options for the BBC in plans outlined in its royal charter review.
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
Labour's flagship workers' rights bill set to become law
Labour's flagship workers' rights reforms are set to become law after peers called a halt to their extended stand-off over the controversial plans.
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
Jailed Myanmar leader 'may be dead already', says son
Kim Aris says that in the past two years, no one has heard from Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been suffering health issues
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
More foreign criminals sent home to free up prison cells
More foreign criminals are being removed from the UK in a push to free up space in prisons, analysis of government figures shows.
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
Typhoon survivors sue Shell in landmark climate case
More than 100 Filipinos affected by Super Typhoon Rai are taking on the firm. Stuti Mishra hears their call for change
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
UK set to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme
British students could participate in the European Union's Erasmus student exchange scheme, new reports suggest.
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
'I'd do it again,' says hero of Liverpool parade rampage
Daniel Barr did not think his actions were 'anything special'
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
WILL POWER
A bold production of 'Twelfth Night' highlights the weirder bits of the Bard's text to superb effect
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
BBC stands defiant in face of $10bn defamation case
The BBC could be forced to fork out millions in licence fee payers' money as it vowed to defend itself from a $10bn defamation lawsuit launched by Donald Trump.
3 min |
December 17, 2025
The Independent
Joshua's 'forbidden options' in very real Jake Paul fight
Relax, this is not the apocalypse; the masses want a skirmish on Friday writes Steve Bunce in Miami, and they'll get one
3 min |
December 17, 2025
The Independent
Urgent probe into foreign interference in UK politics
The government has launched an independent review of foreign financial interference in UK politics, after the jailing of a former Reform MEP for taking Russian bribes.
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
United wanted me to go in summer, claims Fernandes
Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has claimed that the club “wanted me to go” after Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal reportedly made a £100m offer for the midfielder last summer.
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December 17, 2025
The Independent
Kremlin is open to Ukraine joining EU, say US officials
Russia would accept Ukraine’s accession to the European Union as part of a US-brokered agreement to end the bloody and protracted war Vladimir Putin started nearly four years ago, US officials said yesterday following talks with Ukrainian representatives in Berlin.
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December 16, 2025
The Independent
Split apparent at Oxfam as chief executive forced out
Trustees say Halima Begum was ousted as the charity's chief executive because of an 'irretrievable breakdown in trust and confidence' in her ability to do the job (ITV)
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December 16, 2025
The Independent
Parents of baby in Liverpool parade attack hail 'miracle'
Family tell Alex Ross how five-month-old Teddy was thrown 15 feet along the road in his pram but suffered no injuries
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December 16, 2025
The Independent
'I don't necessarily need sex – just emotional proximity'
If you had shown me a snapshot of our relationship now, back when we first met, I would not have imagined in a million years that this is how we would be living. But I am trying not to regret anything. We have two lovely children and they are happy, and that is worth a lot. I try to concentrate on how rewarding and enriching my relationship with them is - rather than on my marriage.
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December 16, 2025
The Independent
FIZZ WITH RIZZ
Sabrina Sahota finds the top champagne deals for Christmas
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December 16, 2025
The Independent
Antisemitism has never been defeated... it has just evolved
The answer lies in understanding the nature of antisemitism - and the way it has mutated since the ultimate crime of the Holocaust.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Independent
Starmer calls for action on chants at Palestine marches
Sir Keir Starmer has called for a police crackdown on antisemitic chanting at demonstrations, including pro-Palestine marches, saying the government \"won't tolerate\" it.
4 min |
December 16, 2025
The Independent
Stokes urges side to show 'bit of dog' in crucial Test
Ben Stokes has challenged his England team to bare their teeth and prove they have “a bit of dog” in them as their Ashes campaign reaches must-win territory in Adelaide.
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December 16, 2025
The Independent
Ex-marine who drove into parade crowd was 'enraged
An ex-Royal Marine drove his car into a crowd of people attending Liverpool football club's victory parade in a rage, using the 1.9-tonne Ford Galaxy as a weapon to strike more than 100 supporters in a two-minute rampage, a court heard.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Independent
Reiner's shine made many of us fall in love with movies
As the man behind classics such as 'When Harry Met Sally' and 'The Princess Bride', he created astonishingly warm and humane films that envelop you like a hug
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Independent
Trump files $10bn lawsuit against BBC for defamation
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn defamation lawsuit against the BBC over the edit of a 6 January 2021 speech broadcast by Panorama that sparked a crisis at the broadcaster.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The Independent
Festive travel trouble spots and how best to avoid them
Simon Calder's roundup of the likely Christmas bottlenecks
4 min |
December 16, 2025
The Independent
ON THIS DAY
1653: Oliver Cromwell made himself lord protector, becoming an uncrowned king for the next four years.
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December 16, 2025
The Independent
Bondi attack hero thought that he was going to die
A fruit shop owner who tackled one of the Bondi Beach gunmen told his cousin to tell his family he “went down to save people’s lives” before he stepped in to act.
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