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PRESENT SENSE
Eva-White Taylor selects 10 gifts for the women in your life
6 min |
December 02, 2025
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Resident doctors vote to strike ahead of Christmas
Five-day walkout comes as talks between the BMA and health secretary falter
3 min |
December 02, 2025
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What has become of the Labour Party in Scotland?
One of the more serious casualties of the Labour government’s troubles and consequent unpopularity is Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party since 2021.
3 min |
December 02, 2025
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Goodbye to the man who made The Independent great
David Lister recalls Andreas Whittam Smith, co-founder and pioneering first editor of this paper, who has died aged 88
6 min |
December 02, 2025
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I count myself very lucky to have worked for Andreas
A good journalistic career is about lucky breaks as well as hard graft. I got mine courtesy of a man with a port-wine nose, expensively cut suits, a Garrick club tie and a surprisingly mischievous schoolboy grin.
2 min |
December 02, 2025
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If Reeves were a CEO, she'd have been sacked by now
Kemi Badenoch is right to say that the chancellor would not get away with this in the corporate world. People I've talked to in regulated roles are spitting tacks
3 min |
December 02, 2025
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Is fingerprinting really the best identification method?
Q On a number of journeys in Asia recently I have had my fingerprints taken on arrival and departure by passport staff.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
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Reeves may be in trouble but she has one thing on her side
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under fire like never before.
3 min |
December 02, 2025
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Business confidence at near record low following Budget
Business confidence is at an almost record low after the Budget, the Institute of Directors (IoD) has warned.
2 min |
December 02, 2025
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OBR chief quits over error that led to Budget blunder
A damning report into last week's leak said it was the worst failure in the watchdog's 15-year history
4 min |
December 02, 2025
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Stoppard was a playwright never likely to stand still
David Lister recalls a brilliant, complicated and erudite man whose work explored politics, science, love – even rock'n'roll
4 min |
December 02, 2025
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Starmer denies chancellor misled public before Budget
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted there was “no misleading” by his chancellor after she was accused of lying about Britain’s finances in the run-up to the Budget, with questions growing over his own future.
4 min |
December 02, 2025
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If Badenoch carries on like this, she'll be prime minister
It is a good time to be Kemi Badenoch.
4 min |
December 02, 2025
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Labour MP Siddiq handed jail sentence in Bangladesh
A Bangladesh court has sentenced the Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison after finding her guilty of corruption over a government land project. Dhaka's Special Judge's Court found Ms Siddiq guilty of corruptly influencing her aunt, the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to help her mother acquire a piece of land in the suburbs of the Bangladeshi capital.
3 min |
December 02, 2025
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Three more former Tory MPs defect to Reform UK
Three former Conservative MPs have defected to Reform UK, a source in Nigel Farage's party has confirmed.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
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We must work with China despite threats, warns PM
Sir Keir Starmer appears to have laid the groundwork for a major concession to China, despite using a keynote speech to say Beijing poses “national security threats” to Britain.
3 min |
December 02, 2025
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ON THIS DAY
1697: The new St Paul's Cathedral was opened.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
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Chalamet burns up screen in frenetic ping-pong flick
In Josh Safdie's 'Marty Supreme', the young actor gives a career-best performance as an ambitious table tennis player, who is both irresistible and volatile
3 min |
December 02, 2025
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Nato ponders ‘pre-emptive’ measures against Russia
Chair of military committee says a more aggressive approach may be needed to head off attacks on alliance member states
2 min |
December 02, 2025
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Starmer needs to be honest about shifting his priorities
Make no mistake: Keir Starmer’s appearance yesterday morning was not just a bid to talk up the Budget. It was a fight for his political life.
3 min |
December 02, 2025
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Advent calendars are out of control and it needs to stop
How did we get from cardboard nativity scenes to collections of high-end beauty products or 24 crocheted emotional support vegetables? Helen Coffey reckons enough's enough
3 min |
December 02, 2025
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The 'miracle' peptides that could cause serious damage
Influencers are selling compounds they claim have powerful healing properties.
5 min |
December 01, 2025
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Adaptation transports furry legend to the stage in style
A super-realistic bear may be the draw, but 'Paddington the Musical' abounds in warmth, eccentricity and ambition that goes beyond its huggable protagonist.
3 min |
December 01, 2025
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Chief knew about Afghan war crimes, inquiry told
The head of the UK's special forces (UKSF) knew soldiers had probably committed war crimes in Afghanistan but failed to act and conducted a “fake exercise” to cover it up, according to damning new testimony.
4 min |
December 01, 2025
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Verstappen's win in Qatar sets up dramatic title finale
Lando Norris's bid to become champion of the world will go to a Formula One season finale in Abu Dhabi next weekend after Max Verstappen cashed in on a calamitous McLaren strategy decision to win the Qatar Grand Prix.
3 min |
December 01, 2025
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Can't handle rejection? It's you that's 'not ready to date'
There's no good way to dump someone.
3 min |
December 01, 2025
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ChatGPT simulates emotion but has no humanity at all
Imagine if our lives depended on reading the terms and conditions.
3 min |
December 01, 2025
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Landlord tax will 'hit supply of homes and push up rents'
Finance expert says Budget decision will lead many to sell up
3 min |
December 01, 2025
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Police Scotland urged to reopen Fayed investigation
Police Scotland have been urged to reopen their investigation into former Harrods boss and Fulham FC owner Mohamed alFayed.
1 min |
December 01, 2025
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Dementia eclipses cancer as Britons' greatest health fear
Dementia has become Britain's biggest health fear, overtaking cancer, according to new research.
2 min |