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The Independent
France agrees to stop small boats after UK pressure
French police will intercept small boats at sea in an attempt to stop migrants crossing the Channel after mounting pressure from the UK for them to do more to prevent the perilous journeys.
3 min |
November 29, 2025
The Independent
I'm one of the lucky ones
Dune and Avengers star Josh Brolin tells Patrick Smith about his wild years of fighting, drugs and alcohol, his relationship with fame, and appearing in the new Knives Out film
10+ min |
November 29, 2025
The Independent
Are we really still describing people as 'openly' gay?
I’m going to start referring to heterosexuals in the public eye as “openly straight”, in the hope that it draws attention to how clunky and outdated the phrase is when used to describe gay people. By now, you’ll have seen the headlines: Grace Richardson, 20, crowned the first “openly gay” Miss England in what is being celebrated as a triumph for representation.
3 min |
November 29, 2025
The Independent
Reeves accused of 'lying to public to justify tax hikes'
Chancellor told before Budget that there was no deficit
4 min |
November 29, 2025
The Independent
Was Nigel Farage a racist as a boy? I wrote his biography and this is what I believe
As the Reform leader faces allegations about his behaviour as a schoolboy at Dulwich College, Michael Crick reveals his thoughts about the teenage Farage and the man he is today
6 min |
November 29, 2025
The Independent
Is there now a black hole in Phillipson's school budget?
One bomb in the Budget minefield that took a while to explode was Rachel Reeves’s creative accounting on schools spending.
3 min |
November 29, 2025
The Independent
Heavy rain and flooding set to hit parts of UK next week
Yellow weather warnings for rain have been issued across parts of the UK at the beginning of next week.
1 min |
November 29, 2025
The Independent
Slot has no clear answers to Liverpool's wretched form
These are abnormal times at Anfield, and so Arne Slot reached for a semblance of normality.
3 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
Trump confirms National Guard member has died
President Donald Trump said yesterday that a National Guard member had died after being shot in an ambush by an Afghan national near the White House, an attack that drew accusations from his administration of Biden-era immigration vetting failures and prompted a sweeping review of asylum cases.
2 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
Reeves's own words suggest she broke manifesto pledge
The chancellor was on the morning media rounds yesterday claiming that, technically, she has not broken the manifesto promise not to raise income tax, VAT or national insurance contributions “for working people”.
2 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
'Dim Philby'? No, Witkoff is actually a skilled negotiator
If anyone has had more negative press than Donald Trump in the latest flurry of US efforts to end the war in Ukraine, it is Steve Witkoff, the man he appointed his special envoy at the very start of his second term. One Western critic even dubbed him “Dim Philby”. But the knives have been out for Witkoff in Washington pretty much from the start, and the charge sheet against him is long.
3 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
The lessons the forgotten ‘Winter war’ can teach us
As fears grow of an advance on Finland by Russian forces, Robert McCrum reviews a new book about a 1939-40 war in which Stalin's Red Army was thwarted by Finnish soldiers
4 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
Hong Kong's fire must spell end of bamboo scaffolding
Experts say that traditional materials helped the blaze spread through seven apartment blocks, killing at least 75. Pressure for safety changes is mounting
3 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
Why Europe's officials must take blame for UK fan chaos
French police's violent treatment of Newcastle supporters on Wednesday is hardly new, but experts believe they should look at their conduct and take responsibility for the trouble
4 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
Asylum hotel numbers rise again despite Labour pledge
More than 36,000 asylum seekers were being housed in Home Office hotels in September, a rise of 2 per cent year on year despite a pledge by Labour to curb their use, new data shows.
2 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
Blistering intterrogation of Le Carre's Cold War classic
'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' transfers well to the stage in this engrossing production
2 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
Rosalia has achieved what no other pop star has – received the Vatican's blessing for her chart-topping, experimental and deeply religious fourth album writes Fiona Sturges
4 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
Starmer denies breaking Labour manifesto pledge
As economists sound dire warnings over Budget tax plans
4 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
Axing a Happy Meal classic has made mums like me sad
McDonald's has axed the child favourite Fish Fingers Happy Meal this week - and it has left mums like me absolutely furious.
3 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
Net migration to UK drops by two-thirds year on year
Net migration to the UK has fallen by 445,000 in the year to June, driven by fewer people arriving for work or study, new figures show.
4 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
Is nonstop London-Perth flight really a good idea?
Ask Simon Calder
1 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
This cowardly Budget marks the death of New Labour
There was a time not too long ago when it looked like the influence of New Labour on Keir Starmer’s government looked strong.
3 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
Is this really the ‘change’ that Britain voted for?
Fundamentally, the Budget was sound enough. Rachel Reeves did at least make the numbers add up. The reaction of the gilts market suggests that lenders to the government believe that the chancellor has a credible plan to prevent debt from running out of control.
3 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
A crippling benefits bill is the only growth Reeves delivered
Buried in the OBR’s assessment of the Budget is this: the official analysis concludes that none of the 88 measures announced are likely to have a “material effect” on boosting economic growth.
3 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
France to bolster military with young volunteers
French president Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new national military service plan yesterday as France seeks to bolster its armed forces to address growing concerns over Russia's threat to European nations beyond the war in Ukraine.
3 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
It's not fair that pensioners are treated as a special case
“What a lot you got!” That’s the Reeves Budget headline for pensioners.
3 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
KINKY BEAUTS
Harry Lighton's self-assured gay biker romcom 'Pillion' does what 'Fifty Shades of Grey' couldn't – it tenderly humanises a misunderstood subculture writes Clarisse Loughrey
2 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
‘I’ve killed the arrival fallacy – it is all about the pursuit’
‘Dragons’ Den’ investor Steven Bartlett says his life changed when he realised the chase made him happier than the goal
3 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
Putin offers a sliver of hope for long-running peace talks
But Russian president refuses to give up maximalist demands
3 min |
November 28, 2025
The Independent
No 10 backtracks on key employment rights vow
Starmer U-turns on reforms led by ex-deputy Rayner
3 min |