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Soaring borrowing means we'll all feel the pinch... and here is where it could hurt
For Rachel Reeves, the hits keep on coming. The latest? Higher-than-expected government borrowing last month.
3 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
SOUND ADVICE
Our tester Steve May takes record players out for a spin
7 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
It’s time to call out Farage on his vague, uncosted pledges
Apparently, there’s a debate going on in the upper echelons of the Labour government about what to do about Nigel Farage. Not a moment too soon, you might say.
4 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
No hosepipe ban fines have been issued in the past five years, water firms admit
Major water companies in England have not issued a single fine to residents for breaking hosepipe bans over the past five years, The Independent can reveal.
3 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Badenoch had to hug an old rival – and she chose wisely
Kemi Badenoch faced a fork in the road. She needed to embrace one of her previous rivals and use either James Cleverly or Robert Jenrick to prop up her leadership of the Conservative Party. Luckily, she chose correctly, welcoming back Cleverly, the sensible centrist, while keeping Jenrick, the Reform-lite offering, at arm’s length.
3 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
How sectarian violence has engulfed the rebirth of Syria
Optimism after the fall of Bashar al-Assad has faded as Israel lays waste to a fragile peace in the name of protecting the nation's Druze ethnic-religious minority, reports Bel Trew
6 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Monthly rents rise by more than £220 over three years
The cost of renting in the UK has seen a sharp rise, increasing by an average of £221 a month in just three years, new data shows.
2 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Marvel First Family's tricky relationship with the screen
Flops and a B-movie that got the Human Torch treatment... Tom Fordy looks at the Fantastic Fours that backfired – and why a camp 1994 version might actually be the best of the lot
8 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Lions hopefuls fluff their lines against spirited hosts
First Nations & Pasifika XV 19 British & Irish Lions 24
3 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Rashford saga ends with United paying heavy price
Attacker leaves Old Trafford for Barcelona loan move
4 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
What now for Reeves after cost of borrowing surges?
A bit of a shocker has emerged on the public finances, and it is unambiguously bad news. Britain borrowed some £20.7bn last month - the second-highest June figure since records began in 1993 and behind only the panicky pandemic year of 2020.
2 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
‘Boiling over’: how migrant protests split apart Epping
Holly Evans and Nicole Wootton-Cane speak to locals about the violent demonstrations that have scarred the Essex town
5 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Spotlight-stealing energy can't gloss over a flimsy tale
Based on a 2010 cult classic with songs by the film version's star, Christina Aguilera, ‘Burlesque The Musical’ has a naked desire to give audiences what they want, writes Alice Saville
2 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Teenager to run Reform-led council with £500m budget
Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has put a teenager in charge of a major county council, overseeing hundreds of millions of pounds of public spending.
2 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Why Stalin's monument to power still divides Warsaw
With Soviet strength consigned to Poland's past, some want to embrace the Palace of Culture and Science as a landmark
2 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Address concerns or face more riots, Rayner tells PM
Angela Rayner has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the UK faces a repeat of last year’s summer riots unless “the government shows it can address people’s concerns”.
2 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Afghans resettled in UK ‘are at risk of radicalisation’
Lack of housing could leave thousands facing homelessness
3 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
‘The opportunity was there and I wanted to take it’
As he prepares to captain the Lions for the first time, Owen Farrell speaks to Harry Latham-Coyle about the ‘poison’ of social media and his plan to enjoy every minute in Australia
4 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
There's a glaring omission from the pensions overhaul
The triple lock has made the state pension too expensive – but ditching the policy might be more popular if it meant people could retire before their seventies, says James Moore
4 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Gen-Zers are microwaving tea – they must be stopped
One of the first things we do when my Irish mother-in-law comes over is, of course, put the kettle on.
2 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Superbugs may kill millions more due to foreign aid cuts
The growing global health crisis of superbug infections could undo decades of progress in medicine, according to a new report, which warns that foreign aid cuts could lead to millions more dying worldwide by 2050.
2 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Lionesses big favourites as they prepare to take on Italy
Around the England camp, there’s a different air. The squad insist they are fully focused on today’s Euro 2025 semifinal against Italy, but it’s not quite a case of drawing a line under the week’s big story, in the way that often happens in such situations. Certainly for games of this magnitude.
4 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
UK among 25 countries to demand end to war in Gaza
Foreign secretary David Lammy has joined other foreign ministers in condemning the Israeli government for depriving Palestinians “of human dignity”.
2 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Is it safe to drive in North Macedonia and Albania?
QWe are heading to North Macedonia and Albania this summer. My wife is worried about the driving. Is it bad?
1 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Wave of protest as rafts for sea swimmers are removed
Protesters in Weymouth have taken to the sea over the sudden removal of floating rafts - which had been in place for more than 40 years - over health and safety concerns.
1 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Travel chaos as Waterloo paralysed by signal failure
Thousands of train travellers faced delays and cancelled journeys yesterday after a major signalling failure at London's Waterloo station.
1 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Stunning win leaves Usyk with barrage of questions
Oleksandr Usyk is not thinking about his future and his place in boxing history.
3 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
‘Skeletons marching to death’, say starving Gazans
Famished Palestinians speak of the hunger driving them to deadly aid points. By Nedal Hamdouna in Gaza and Bel Trew
4 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Man found guilty of murder after bodies left in suitcases
A man has been found guilty of murdering a couple before dumping their remains in suitcases near Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol. Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court of murdering civil partners Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, in July last year in their flat in Scotts Road, Shepherd's Bush, west London.
2 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Putin is on borrowed time – and the clock keeps ticking
The Russian president appears more emboldened than ever, but there is one thing that could really stop him in his tracks
5 min |