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The Independent
Birmingham Council agrees huge historic equal pay deal
Council facing £760m bill reaches settlement with unions
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December 11, 2024
The Independent
The billionaire appointed as Reform UK's new treasurer
Property tycoon and celebrity husband Nick Candy says he'll raise record funds for the right-wing outfit
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December 11, 2024
The Independent
Former Tory who organised Nazi stag do joins Reform
A former Tory MP who organised an infamous Nazi-themed stag party has joined Nigel Farage's Reform UK. Aidan Burley was sacked as a ministerial aide after the incident came to light.
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December 11, 2024
The Independent
Does Reeves's war on waste signal a return to austerity?
As a sort of softening-up exercise in advance of next year's comprehensive, first principles \"zero-based\" spending review, the chancellor of the Exchequer is taking her self-styled iron fist to government waste.
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December 11, 2024
The Independent
Secret underground tunnels found under Assad mansion
Secret escape tunnels used by the Assad family have been discovered after their tyrannical regime was overthrown by Syrian rebel forces over the weekend.
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December 11, 2024
The Independent
Assad's naval fleet smashed by barrage of Israeli missiles
Israel has carried out a wave of airstrikes across Syria, claiming to have destroyed the country’s naval fleet and deployed troops beyond a demilitarised buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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December 11, 2024
The Independent
'We still don't know why my brother was sent to prison'
Bel Trew reports on the Syrian people's desperate search for family members disappeared under a despot's brutal regime
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December 11, 2024
The Independent
Tackling the darker side of England's finest moment
It should have been a night of celebration. As they gathered together at the Dorchester Hotel, Sir Clive Woodward's heroes of 2003 were meant to commemorate a World Cup triumph that still represents the acme of English men’s rugby. But, as Matt Dawson explains, there was a strange atmosphere in the room. As he caught up with his colleagues two decades on from reaching the mountaintop, what became clear was just how many were struggling on the other side.
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December 10, 2024
The Independent
New generation gather pace amid England inconsistency
Are England good? Consistently inconsistent across the whole of 2024, it is anyone's guess where England's true mean lies. But in a year where they have waved goodbye to Stuart Broad, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow and James Anderson, a new generation has officially emerged.
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December 10, 2024
The Independent
Ashes to Ashworth: inside the Man U power struggle
Departure of sporting director after five months shows the soap opera at Old Trafford has just got itself a new storyline
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December 10, 2024
The Independent
Slot downplays the obvious: Liverpool are Europe's best
If Jurgen Klopp turned mantras into catchphrases and viceversa, Arne Slot has a less memorable way with words. Klopp talked of mentality monsters, of turning doubters into believers, of their identity being intensity, of Liverpool 2.0.
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December 10, 2024
The Independent
EU requires more than just honeyed words from Reeves
Labour keeps talking about 'resetting' our relationship with Europe but then turning down chances to advance, writes James Moore. It's time they actually did something concrete
3 min |
December 10, 2024
The Independent
Understanding the life and tragic death of Sam Cooke
The lingering conspiracies surrounding the soulful Sixties crooner threaten to overshadow a life of music and civil rights activism, writes Mark Beaumont, not to mention a voice that would influence Otis Redding and Tina Turner
8 min |
December 10, 2024
The Independent
BAH. HUMBUG
It may seem Scrooge-like but, as overconsumption runs wild, refusing to buy pointless Christmas presents is more radical political act than cost-cutting exercise, argues Helen Coffey
4 min |
December 10, 2024
The Independent
BATTLE OF THE BEIGE
As one social media star sues another for stealing her clean girl’ aesthetic, Rachel Richardson looks at a legal fight that has the potential to change the landscape of influencers
5 min |
December 10, 2024
The Independent
GCSE English is dying, this is how we bring it back to life
Pearson, one of the three leading exam boards in the UK, has warned that urgent reform at GSCE level is needed. If English (as a subject) is to survive at both A-Level and higher education, it needs to be less pale, male and stale.
4 min |
December 10, 2024
The Independent
The last thing civil servants need is to babysit tech bros
There is a deep irony in a government that has kept making the same sort of mistakes now lecturing its civil servants who have to deal with the consequences) that they should adopt the test-and-learn culture” of the best digital companies and first-class” government projects.
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December 10, 2024
The Independent
A giant of UK civil rights you've likely never heard of
On Friday, I said goodbye to my godfather civil rights activist and Black Englishman, Dr Paul Stephenson OBE. A small private family funeral was held in Bristol’s Lord Mayor’s chapel for this very public figure who changed the course of UK race relations. But you may not even know his name.
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December 10, 2024
The Independent
It's foolish to think Assad's fall will make Europe safer
Four hundred years ago, Sir John Harington explained: Treason doth never prosper. What’s the reason? If treason prosper, none dare call it treason.” Maybe, terrorism is never successful as Western governments insist for much the same reason.
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December 10, 2024
The Independent
Jay-Z denies raping 13-yearold girl with Diddy in 2000
Jay-Z has denied allegations that he drugged and raped a 13year-old girl along with Sean \"Diddy\" Combs during an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000.
3 min |
December 10, 2024
The Independent
South Korean president banned from foreign travel
South Korea’s justice ministry has imposed a travel ban on president Yoon Suk Yeol while an investigation into his brief declaration of martial law is ongoing.
2 min |
December 10, 2024
The Independent
Suspect in CEO's murder arrested after McDonald's employee identifies him
Luigi Mangione was found with a ghost gun’ and fake ID
3 min |
December 10, 2024
The Independent
Teenage boy killed girl after teddy bear row, court hears
A teenage boy stabbed 15-year-old Elianne Andam to death ina fit of white-hot anger” at perceived disrespect in public by girls” after failing to hand over her friend’s teddy bear, a court has heard.
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December 10, 2024
The Independent
Student accused of murder was 'fascinated' by killing
A criminology student butchered” a woman by stabbing her to death in a random attack on Bournemouth beach after researching methods of murder, his trial has heard.
4 min |
December 10, 2024
The Independent
Family of Briton jailed in Dubai for 16 years pleads with PM to end 'nightmare'
Starmer urged to use UAE visit to push businessman's case
4 min |
December 10, 2024
The Independent
Thousands being 'harmed' by cardiac surgery backlog
A national probe has been launched into the deaths and harm of thousands of NHS patients waiting for cardiac surgery, as doctors and experts warn of a \"crisis in heart care\", an investigation by The Independent has revealed.
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December 10, 2024
The Independent
Why does the civil service get targeted for reform?
Suddenly, radical reform of Whitehall is in fashion again. Sir Keir Starmer spoke last week of civil servants lingering in the \"tepid bath of managed decline\" and now his de facto deputy, cabinet office minister Pat McFadden, has urged departments to behave more like tech startups by adopting the \"test and learn culture” of the best digital companies, bringing in outsiders, and abandoning “mind-bogglingly bureaucratic and off-putting” application processes for civil service jobs.
3 min |
December 10, 2024
The Independent
No 10 suggests growth is a priority over human rights
Economic growth is more important than protecting human rights, Downing Street has suggested, amid questions over Sir Keir Starmer’s meeting with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince yesterday.
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December 10, 2024
The Independent
Reeves vows to stick to EU red lines after Brussels talks
Rachel Reeves has stubbornly insisted that the Labour government will stick to our red lines” over the Brexit reset with the EU despite growing evidence that a more fundamental change is needed in the relationship.
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December 10, 2024
The Independent
UK to pause Syrian asylum claims as Assad regime falls
The UK has paused decisions on Syrian asylum claims due to the uncertainty following the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime. It follows the decision of other countries, including Germany, Austria and Sweden, in suspending application decisions, after 13 years of civil war saw a coalition of rebel groups seize Damascus on Sunday.
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