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1 hour ago

Minister defends long delays to UK military spending plan

The UK's Defence Investment Plan is repeatedly delayed, creating a £28bn funding gap and stalling the Tempest fighter programme while funding options are debated.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
14 hours ago

Gorton and Denton by-election tests Labour's grip on heartland voters

Labour's dominance in Greater Manchester is being challenged by internal rifts and rising support for smaller parties in a competitive Gorton and Denton by-election.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
9 hours ago

Could Labour lose Gorton and Denton? Here's what the polls say

The Independent provides unfettered, on-the-ground journalism funded by donations while a high-stakes Gorton and Denton by-election threatens Labour's long-held seat.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Kemi Badenoch demands release of Mandelson vetting process amid Epstein ties

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
8 hours ago

Labour rebels force Starmer into humiliating climbdown on Mandelson files

Keir Starmer faces integrity and judgment questions after appointing Lord Mandelson as US ambassador despite knowing of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
#nigel-farage
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 hours ago

Rayner wields the knife that could finish Starmer but will she take the crown?

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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1 day ago
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Minister denounces Mandelson for interview in which he claims outrage about his Epstein links disproportionate' UK politics live

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Minister denounces Mandelson for interview in which he claims outrage about his Epstein links disproportionate' UK politics live

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fromwww.theguardian.com
16 hours ago

A whiff of familiarity in Mandelson's 2009 collusion with the banks

Peter Mandelson advised a JP Morgan executive to pressure the chancellor in 2009, revealing collusion between government figures and banks amid bonus-tax tensions.
fromwww.bbc.com
9 hours ago

Mahmood defends immigration reforms amid Labour opposition

Shabana Mahmood said a "very large number of people" arriving in the UK in an "unprecedented way" in recent years does "demand an answer" from the government. Ministers want to double the time it takes most migrant workers to qualify for permanent residence from five years to 10 years. But around 40 Labour MPs have raised concerns about the impact of the proposals on migrants already living here, describing the retrospective approach as "un-British" and "moving the goalposts".
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fromwww.theguardian.com
10 hours ago

Mandelson disclosures: What is a humble address and why are the Tories using one?

Kemi Badenoch is using a humble address to force release of Cabinet Office due diligence and emails relating to Peter Mandelson's ambassadorial appointment.
fromwww.theguardian.com
17 hours ago

If Reform ever wins power in Westminster, it will be because of Labour's cowardice | George Monbiot

Don't let the Labour party say one more word about splitting the vote, in the forthcoming byelection or at any other time. With proportional representation, no one would ever need to worry about splitting the vote again. No one would need to choose the lesser evil to keep the greater evil out of office. We could vote for the parties we actually wanted. But the Labour government won't hear of it. It insists we retain the unfair, ridiculous first-past-the-post system, then blames us for the likely results. This is not because proportional representation is unpopular far from it. Last year's British Social Attitudes survey showed that 36% of people want to keep the electoral system as it is, while 60% want to change it. But as we are not allowed to vote on how we should vote, the decision is left in the hands of the corrupt old system's beneficiaries.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
19 hours ago

Mandelson-Epstein latest: Starmer under pressure to release vetting documents

She told Sky News: "I think the Prime Minister has a lot of questions to answer, and not just him, but his chief of staff, and all the people in No 10 who pushed this appointment. "I think it is a national embarrassment. There are many people who should have been given that job, or who should have been interviewed for that job, and they didn't get a chance."
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fromIrish Independent
20 hours ago

President Catherine Connolly begins first official visit to Northern Ireland today

President Connolly will make her first official visit to Northern Ireland, meeting Stormont leaders, speaking at Ulster University, visiting Belfast communities, and engaging in Derry.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
12 hours ago

Peter Mandelson is fleeing the House of Lords: now let's throw out all the other rogues and idlers | Jenny Jones

The House of Lords allows peers to retain titles and influence despite misconduct, revealing patronage, corruption, and cash-for-access links between politics, business, and foreign interests.
fromIrish Independent
12 hours ago

President Catherine Connolly arrives at Stormont for Northern Ireland visit

I was absolutely delighted to welcome Uachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly to Belfast today. She's here for a packed visit over the next couple of days, many community events. It was my honour as First Minister to welcome her to Stormont Castle. She is very much fulfilling her pledge that she made to be a president for all, to make her first official visit to the north. It was just great to have her here today. I believe that her whole campaign was about hope, about opportunity. It was about inclusion, it was about unity, it was about building for the future, and I think that we are going to enjoy a very good relationship with her throughout her tenure as Uachtarán na hÉireann.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
8 hours ago

Reform council's cost-cutting chief resigns after suggesting authority made no cuts'

A Reform UK councillor resigned after suggesting Kent County Council had not made promised savings and had not cut frontline services beyond prior Conservative plans.
fromwww.theguardian.com
19 hours ago

When Maga oligarchs control the platforms, it isn't really a debate about free speech' | Rafael Behr

Every society recognises that words and images, in certain contexts, do harm and that incitement to commit crime can be a criminal act. There is a spectrum of tolerance and enforcement. Repression of free speech is a symptom of tyranny, but all governments regulate it to some degree. The threshold for intervention is lower when children are involved. That is why the idea of banning under-16s from social media, already operational in Australia, is catching on elsewhere.
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fromSustainable Bus
14 hours ago

UK Parliament debate on local bus manufacturing challenges amid 38% rise in zero-emission buses and falling domestic output - Sustainable Bus

The initial ZEBRA-zero emission bus regional areas-scheme, touted proudly by Prime Minister Johnson's Government, committed to 4,000 British-built buses by the end of the last Parliament. The scheme delivered just 2,270 buses, of which about 46% were built abroad. There was a material and harmful chasm between political rhetoric and delivery for UK manufacturers Euan Stainbank MP (Falkirk, Labour)
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fromwww.theguardian.com
9 hours ago

Shamed by the Epstein scandal, riven by infighting: have the UK royals ever been in a bigger mess than this? | Stephen Bates

Epstein's connections damaged the British monarchy more than the US presidency by exposing royal entitlement and transactional ties to wealth and status.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Finally got him to go': how Epstein was given an inside track on UK's political future

Peter Mandelson reportedly informed Jeffrey Epstein of Gordon Brown's imminent resignation, providing Epstein early insight into UK political outcomes and market-moving events.
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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
17 hours ago

The pound's New Year rally: What's really driving sterling and what comes next - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Sterling has strengthened to its strongest level vs the dollar since October 2021, boosted by Budget relief and calmer gilt markets, though inflation complicates cuts.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Net zero migration would need major tax rises to plug 37bn black hole, experts warn

Net migration cut to zero would shrink the UK economy and create a 37bn funding shortfall requiring large tax rises or increased borrowing.
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fromwww.bbc.com
16 hours ago

What do emails between Mandelson and Epstein say?

Lord Peter Mandelson maintained close contact with Jeffrey Epstein, sharing internal government information and lobbying on Epstein's suggestions during the 2008–2010 financial crisis.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
8 hours ago

Millions remain trapped in child poverty with only 10% fall predicted by 2029

Over four million children in the UK are projected to live in relative low income by 2029, even after ending the two-child benefit limit.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Cost of UK's drug price with US will come out of NHS budget

NHS budget will fund a drug pricing deal that may add £1bn over three years and could cost up to £9bn annually by 2035.
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fromBusiness Matters
18 hours ago

Stop watching Netflix and go to the pub, Welsh first minister tells public

Eluned Morgan urged people to stop streaming at home and instead visit pubs, restaurants and cafés to support struggling hospitality businesses amid limited government relief.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Starmer urged to take charge of courts crisis with system on brink of collapse'

Sir Brian Leveson urges the Prime Minister to take direct leadership and proposes a Prime Minister's criminal justice adviser amid severe court backlogs and prison overcrowding.
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fromwww.bbc.com
19 hours ago

New council homes for Battersea Power Station site

Over 200 council homes will be built by 2029 beside Battersea Power Station, boosting affordable housing in the regeneration to 15%.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Ministers to crackdown on profiteering in care sector and make renewed fostering push

Private providers of child social care in England will be pushed out of the system if they are found to be profiteering, the children's minister has said. Josh MacAlister, who is in charge of overhauling the care system for children, also called for a fostering equivalent of the Homes for Ukraine scheme to provide homes for tens of thousands of children.
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fromwww.bbc.com
22 hours ago

Ban on phones in schools backed by House of Lords

A ban on students using mobile phones during the school day has been backed by the House of Lords. A Tory amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill passed with 178 votes to 140, and comes just weeks after opposition peers supported legislation to ban under-16s in the UK from social media platforms. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has previously advised schools that they should be phone-free during school hours, but the guidance lacks legal force.
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fromTheregister
10 hours ago

DWP finds Copilot saves civil servants 19 minutes a day

Copilot reduced routine task time for DWP civil servants by about 19 minutes per day, improving draft quality and job satisfaction for many users.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Starmer has little to offer voters of either right or left in Gorton and Denton. That's why he's facing a perfect storm | Owen Jones

Labour in Gorton and Denton is losing voters to Reform UK and the Greens as the party shifts rightward and alienates its left flank.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

I had to learn very quickly': Reform UK leader, 19, defends council tax rise

It's not an ideal situation. We want low tax, low spend and we were always committed to that. It's just that national pressures that the government is not solving [such as] Send [special educational needs and disabilities] home-school transport. The people understand that taxes do have to go up now. I am dead against increasing taxes and I will do as much as I can to lower that bill and that burden.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Mandelson facing police probe over Epstein emails as he quits House of Lords

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

David Cameron attacks Labour's damaging' school reforms

The Independent funds frontline, paywall-free journalism covering major issues; Lord Cameron warns Labour's free schools cancellations (saving ~600 million) damage education and special provision.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

MPs resoundingly vote to scrap two-child benefit cap

Parliamentary vote advances abolition of the two‑child Universal Credit limit, potentially restoring child payments for all children while urging donations to fund independent reporting.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 days ago

MPs to vote on lifting two-child benefit cap after Reeves Budget pledge

Ending the two-child benefit cap is projected to lift about 400,000 children out of poverty in April, but sustained poverty reduction requires additional measures.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

The Guardian view on high-street decline: a symbol of failure in a discontented nation | Editorial

Similar perceptions of decline are now the norm across the nation. In postwar Britain, high streets became the thriving hubs of a more affluent society and a source of local identity and pride. But almost 13,000 shops closed in 2024 an attrition rate of around 37 a day, which particularly affected the north of England, the Midlands and deprived coastal areas.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Thousands call for former Labour MP to resign his seat as he faces fresh claims

Former Labour MP Dan Norris has been arrested again on multiple sexual offence allegations and faces intensified calls to resign from his West Country seat.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Epstein called Mandelson devious' after he lobbied bank to back mining project

Peter Mandelson lobbied JP Morgan banker Jes Staley to underwrite Nat Rothschild's mining investment, and Jeffrey Epstein called Mandelson 'devious'.
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