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Stop echoing the right’ on migrants, union boss warns
Britain’s top union boss has issued a warning to Sir Keir Starmer and the entire left of politics that they need to reclaim the narrative on the immigration debate in the face of the threat from Nigel Farage and Reform.
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
Airlines may soon be asking travellers about their health
Number of medical diversions have increased in recent years
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
SHALLOW DIVE
Documentary 1.6 Seconds’ misses an opportunity to really examine the Tom Daley phenomenon and instead it feels like a measured romp down his Wikipedia page, says Nick Hilton
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
‘Pins and needles left me paralysed and ready to die’
‘I wasn’t willing to say my goodbyes to my family. I just said, see you later,’ Luke Pickering recalls to Rebecca Whittaker
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
A pilgrimage to food heaven in Santiago de Compostela
It’s best known for its walking trail but Emma Henderson discovers culinary treasures in the capital of Spain’s Galicia
7 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
A work best served cold
From a witty revenge debut to a wry and persuasive defence of rage, Martin Chilton shares his favourite reads for June
6 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
PSG dismantle Inter for deserved European glory
Qatar finally win the Champions League. It should be an absurd sentence, but then this was a farce of a sporting contest. It was barely a football match, but an exhibition of superior power – in multiple senses.
4 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
Starmer has days to avoid Trump’s 50% steel tariffs
Levy to double on Wednesday but UK trade deal yet to start
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
‘I contracted HIV as a baby from infected blood and haven’t had compensation’
Charity warns victims caught in 'lottery' of claims process
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
UK to build arms factories in response to Russia threat
Defence review unveiled as war rages on the edge of Europe
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
Spending plans stand-off between Rayner and Reeves
Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves are at loggerheads over the crucial spending review as the deputy prime minister’s department passed an unofficial deadline to settle its budget until the next general election without securing an agreement.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
‘They felt like teaching me a lesson, says whistleblower
After three horrific years in a Doha jail, 2022 World Cup worker Abdullah Ibhais wants justice and is trying to sue Fifa and Qatar’s Supreme Committee, he tells Miguel Delaney
8 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
Inside the crackdown on brazen Tube fare dodgers
Tackling knives, drugs and drunks, Rebecca Whittaker joins the British Transport Police on the front line against evaders
4 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
Defence budget will limit spending review, says IFS
Spending commitments on defence mean it is impossible” for the chancellor to invest in economic growth, public services and net zero policies when she allocates money for the next three years, leading economists have warned.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
Yorke condemns Netanyahu and Hamas for war in Gaza
Radiohead singer says both hiding behind people’s suffering
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
Knee and hip replacements off limits for the overweight
Obese patients are being denied life-changing hip and knee replacements and left in pain in a bid to slash spiralling NHS costs, The Independent can reveal.
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Independent
How Enrique used tragedy to fuel fearless PSG to final
Luis Enrique is getting exasperated but, as usual, there's a wicked smile underneath. It is his first weeks at Paris SaintGermain, in autumn 2023, and he is trying to introduce the squad to a new approach.
5 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
Adams awarded €100,000 in libel action against BBC
Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has been awarded £84,000 in damages after winning a libel case against the BBC.
2 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
European hypocrisy is funding Russia's war chest
There will be no ceasefire in Ukraine while Moscow rakes it in from fossil fuel exports to the EU, China, Turkey and India
4 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
BBC cowardice on Brexit drove me out, claims Sopel
Jon Sopel has said that the BBC's \"both sides-ism\" is part of the reason he quit.
2 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
Musk may not recover from the harm inflicted by Trump
One moment, you are the richest person in the world, a genius, a self-proclaimed \"techno-king\", able to dock a returning space rocket as if it were a car.
4 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
Pension salary sacrifice and the impact of tax changes
The publication of government research undertaken by HMRC around changes to workplace pensions has caused a stir, with the suggestion that the salary sacrifice scheme used by many working people in the UK might be set for an overhaul.
3 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
England's next generation arrive to pummel Portugal
After all the talk this week of who's not going to the Euros, England made sure they moved the conversation onto those who will be travelling to Switzerland this summer.
4 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
Trial date fixed for accused in Liverpool parade case
Paul Doyle charged with seven offences after 79 injured
2 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
Trump's attitude to pardons is about pardoning himself
The US president has been on a spree this week awarding clemency to supporters and donors, reports Richard Hall from New York - but what is the reason for his generosity?
6 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
Loretta Swit: M.A.S.H star who played Houlihan dies
M.A.S.H. star Loretta Swit, best known for playing Major Margaret Houlihan on the acclaimed TV series, has died aged 87.
2 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
Rivals pray flexi-wing rule will counter McLaren pace
On media day in Barcelona, Lando Norris opted to shoot straight from the shoulder.
3 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
Can Reeves calm dissent with her spending review?
The term \"fiscal event\" hardly does justice to the significance of the government's comprehensive spending review, due to be published on Wednesday 11 June by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves. It's been in preparation more or less since Labour took office last July.
4 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
Government sells NatWest shares after £46bn bailout
The government has sold its remaining shares in NatWest, finalising the bank's return to private ownership for the first time since it was bailed out during the 2008 financial crisis.
1 min |
May 31, 2025
The Independent
Hermer 'regrets' Nazism link to anti-ECHR policy
The attorney general has expressed regret over his remarks comparing calls for the UK to withdraw from international courts to 1930s Germany.
2 min |