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The Independent
Will Labour ever get round to enacting welfare reform?
Whoever eventually ends up running the country for the rest of this parliament - and it may still be the current prime minister - there is much in the King’s Speech that they should be eager to turn into the law of the land, even if it was written by Keir Starmer in what may turn out to be his final days in office.
2 min |
May 14, 2026
The Independent
I can’t keep an erection – and it’s ruining my sex life
The Indy’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help
5 min |
May 14, 2026
The Independent
Inside billionaire entourage visiting Beijing with Trump
US president says he will ask Xi Jinping to ‘open up’ China
2 min |
May 14, 2026
The Independent
Bodies of women recovered from sea off Brighton coast
The bodies of three women were pulled from the sea off Brighton beach yesterday.
2 min |
May 14, 2026
The Independent
Don’t risk ‘cycle’ of leaders, warns Starmer’s biographer
Sir Keir Starmer’s biographer has warned there is a “real chance”
2 min |
May 14, 2026
The Independent
Standards watchdog opens probe into Farage £5m gift
Nigel Farage is set to face an investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner over a gift of £5m he received from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne before becoming an MP, The Independent understands.
2 min |
May 14, 2026
The Independent
Defiant Starmer: I’ll fight Streeting in any contest
PM tells supporters he’ll defend challenges to his leadership
3 min |
May 14, 2026
The Independent
A clear whiff of desperation in Putin’s unexpected claim
Russia’s leader is showing increasing signs of weakness, while Ukraine is growing in confidence as the four-year-old war turns Kyiv’s way, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
3 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Scottish Tories claim Green MSP has broken visa rules
The Home Office is being urged to investigate a new Green MSP after they were accused of breaking immigration rules.
2 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Rhun ap Iorwerth voted new first minister of Wales
Rhun ap Iorwerth, the leader of Plaid Cymru, has been named as the first minister of Wales.
1 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Existential crisis actor
Gary Oldman directs himself in a superb revival of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Krapp’s Last Tape’, writes Alice Saville, which makes for an oddly fitting pairing with a rowdy new play
3 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Drones now key to fighting ‘catastrophic’ rise in malaria
In Tanzania’s capital, researchers are using drone mapping to track the disease’s climate crisis-fuelled spread after years of declining cases. Nick Ferris reports from Dar es Salaam
4 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
How to live happily in AI’s prediction-powered world
From loans to jobs and what you watch on TV, almost every aspect of your life is controlled by prediction. We need to be careful about who and what we believe, says Carissa Veliz
4 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Starmer warns leadership rivals to put up or shut up
Wes Streeting to hold crisis meeting with the PM today as 100 Labour MPs sign letter saying this is no time for a fight
3 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Trump is closer than ever to turning his back on Taiwan
Flying over Taiwan, it is easy to see why the island set in the seas off China poses critical questions of war, peace and destiny for the Chinese leader Xi Jinping when he meets President Donald Trump at this week’s summit.
4 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
The odds are stacked against the talented Mr Streeting
Being a good communicator is not a superficial skill in politics.
3 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
‘What is more important? Humans or motorsport?’
Reinstating a race in the Middle East will depend on how the conflict in the Gulf evolves. But a congested end-of-season schedule makes this difficult, as Kieran Jackson explains
5 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Will government infighting affect the King's Speech?
Labour MPs are trying to surpass their immediate predecessors for chaos in government.
3 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
When the going gets tough, the tough get gardening
As the RHS reports its biggest membership spike since the Covid gardening boom, Debora Robertson looks at why, in hard times, the best thing we can do is a bit of deadheading
3 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Daily pill helps keep weight off after ending obesity jabs
A new daily pill could help individuals maintain weight loss after completing injection treatments, a study suggests.
2 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Labour demands Polanski face probe over council tax
Labour has called for an investigation into Zack Polanski after his admission that he may have failed to pay the correct council tax while living on a London houseboat.
4 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Putin accused of staging casual encounter in hotel
Russian leader wants to appear more accessible, say critics
2 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
What if our 70-day Madeira mission is blown off course?
Q We are due in Madeira for 10 weeks next year.
1 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Labour’s civil war could see another Truss-style crash
It might get to the stage where the Bank of England feels the need to act as it did in September 2022
2 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Unique logic behind Allen’s latest bid to land punchline
Things are never simple for the ‘Doncaster De La Hoya’; even his career resurgence has been a rollercoaster, and now he plunges into a fight with Filip Hrgovic
3 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
Risk of drought grows after unusually dry start to spring
The risk of drought is rising after an unusually dry start to spring has pushed river flow, groundwater and reservoir stores below normal levels across much of the country, especially in central and southern England.
2 min |
May 13, 2026
The Independent
All hail Queen Anne!
‘Amandaland’ won Best Comedy at the Baftas, but Philippa Dunne’s hilarious character would make a brilliant spin-off of the spin-off. Anyone for ‘Anneland’
3 min |
May 12, 2026
The Independent
Grifter, not a grafter: Farage is nothing like ‘Essex man’
On the day that the local election results started pouring in, showing that the county of my birth – Essex – had turned turquoise, my WhatsApp groups exploded.
4 min |
May 12, 2026
The Independent
Tehran ceasefire deal ‘on life support’, warns Trump
Bombing fears as US leader rejects ‘garbage’ Iran proposal
2 min |
May 12, 2026
The Independent
Critics are unconvinced as PM channels inner Major
Keir Starmer will have felt buoyed by the support of those in the room yesterday as he gave a make-or-break speech to save his premiership after a dire set of election results last week.
2 min |