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The Independent
If words lose their meaning, how can voters believe them?
In the white noise of speculation, briefing and leaks about the Budget, one story stood out in the past week. Rachel Reeves has asked Treasury officials working on possible tax rises to protect the incomes of the lower two-thirds of earners, according to Sam Coates of Sky News.
3 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
Starmer facing point of 'no return' with voters over tax
Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will face a cabinet backlash if the chancellor breaks Labour's manifesto pledge and raises income tax in the Budget later this month.
3 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
US lawmakers want to quiz Andrew over Epstein links
Calls for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to answer questions over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein in the US have intensified after the former prince was stripped of his titles.
3 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
Reform councillor attacks party as he defects to Tories
A Reform UK councillor has defected to the Conservatives, citing profound discomfort with his former party's direction.
1 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
Farage's plan to scrap ILR would be blocked in courts
Retrospective legislation affecting thousands legally settled here 'runs counter to our British values', Tory grandee warns
4 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
Badenoch given six months to save leadership, say MPs
Kemi Badenoch has been warned she has six months to turn the Conservative Party around or she will face a leadership challenge.
3 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
Reeves considers ‘exit tax’ for rich Britons fleeing UK
Mansions and high-value houses also in chancellor's sights
3 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
A cut above the Midwest
Taylor Swift put Kansas City on the map - but there's so much more to Missouri, as Annabel Grossman highlights
6 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
How hurricanes like Melissa could become 'new normal'
Jamaica contributes little to global carbon emissions, but it is reeling from the effects of climate change, reports Maira Butt
3 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
England's 'Bomb Squad' decides hard-fought clash
England may not quite not yet look like the bona fide World Cup winners they have confidence they can be in two years' time, but this was nonetheless a positive first step on the long journey to Australia 2027.
4 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
India's 'House of Horrors' case may never be solved
Nearly two decades after the chilling discovery of mutilated bodies in drains in a village near Delhi, parents of the victims tell Namita Singh they are losing hope of receiving justice
7 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
THE CHO MUST GO ON
The Chopin Competition – known as the 'Olympic Games of the piano' - takes place every five years in Warsaw. Here, novelist Richard Mason explains how the composer's music teaches important lessons, and is needed more than ever
4 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
Supply teacher banned after 'shoot him' pupil comment
A supply teacher has been banned from teaching for telling a pupil in her class that \"if you took him outside and shot him, no one would miss him\".
1 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
Inside the British Library, two years after cyberattack
Home to more than 170 million items, including Magna Carta, the British Library is one of the world’s largest and most impressive book collections.
3 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
'Coronation' follows deadly crackdown in Tanzania poll
Samia Suluhu Hassan has been declared the winner of Tanzania’s presidential election, becoming the African nation’s first elected female leader with 98 per cent of the vote in polls marred by deadly protests.
1 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
OASIS OF CALM
Kim Wiltshire found holidays with her neurodiverse family stressful - until she found tranquillity in Ria Formosa
4 min |
November 02, 2025
The Independent
Shooting stars by the dozen to look out for in November
A busy schedule of action could see new Test talent emerge, and World Cup seeding at stake
5 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
THE GRIPES OF GOTH
Victoria Richards decided to only wear black this month in the run-up to Halloween, But how long would it take for the thrill of copying her hero, Morticia Addams, to wear off?
7 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
Must I now show a return ticket when I fly to Spain?
QI have a question about the EU entry-exit system, please. I am a UK citizen and frequently travel to Spain. I don’t usually book a return flight because I shop around for a good deal - within my “Schengen allowance” of 90 days in 180 days. Now the entry-exit system system is being rolled out: if 1 am asked whether I have a return ticket and say “No”, what will the repercussions be?
1 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
'All-powerful' Trump isn't such a big shot in Asia
The world can breathe a small sigh of relief. There is not going to be a war between its two biggest economies, at least not yet.
4 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
Tactical tariffs truce after US-China summit, but big questions left unanswered
Businesses have welcomed the relief in trade tensions, but analysts say it is not a structural reset
5 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
If Rayner had to go, why should Reeves keep her job?
Rachel Reeves is lucky that not many people know about letting licences. Most people on the other hand know about stamp duty.
3 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
Prison drug crisis ‘endemic’ as sightings of drones soar
Safety in prisons is being “critically undermined” by a drugs crisis which has reached “endemic levels”, MPs have warned, as drone sightings soar.
3 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
UGLY BEAUTIFUL
Alan Hollinghurst's classic gay novel 'The Line of Beauty' becomes a wild ride through Thatcher-era high society in Michael Grandage's Almeida adaptation
2 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
Stone dazzles in this timely, heartbreaking comic satire
The director and star of 'Poor Things' and 'The Favourite' reunite for 'Bugonia', a funny and deeply topical film that mirrors the crazy times we live in
2 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
Armageddon club: the nine countries armed with nukes
With renewed focus on nuclear arsenals, who is stockpiling what?
5 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
Centrists tie with far-right party in Dutch election
Netherlands looks set to elect its youngest prime minister
2 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
Trump says nuclear weapon tests must resume at once
US to end 33-year moratorium after Putin's drone boast
2 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
This three-wheeled car plan may be Reform's most idiotic
Lee Anderson is a Reform UK MP and loudmouth who has made a reputation for himself by saying daft and offensive things.
3 min |
October 31, 2025
The Independent
King strips Andrew of title and evicts him from lodge
Charles takes historic action to save reputation of monarchy
4 min |