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Independent UK - Politics

A burqa ban won't protect or unite Britain – it will divide us

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UK moving jets to Middle East as Israel warns severe strikes coming

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UK 'not at war' despite sending more jets to Middle East, Reeves says

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'I'll use private sector to help clear NHS backlog', says Streeting

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Starmer's rebuke to Trump as he prepares for Canada trade talks

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Keir Starmer bows to pressure for inquiry into grooming gang scandal

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Why Starmer must stand up to Trump at crucial G7 summit

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Leaders share healthcare and efficiency hopes for AI at British-Irish Council

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'Tax the rich first' say readers as Reeves faces fiscal squeeze

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Private schools lose High Court battle against Starmer's VAT raid

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Ministers on 'resignation watch' over benefit cuts, Harman reveals

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History is repeating itself in my hometown. It's terrifying to watch

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Adverts for assisted dying to be debated by MPs

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Badenoch to call for end to energy windfall tax and oil licence ban

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Tax hikes will come if economy shrinks any further, IFS warns Reeves

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Reynolds mocks Farage's coal mines plan as an 'absolute parody'

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What changes with the Gibraltar 'fluid border' deal?

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Family doctors could run hospitals in NHS shake-up, says Wes Streeting

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Ben Wallace accuses Labour of 'conning' public over defence spending

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Israel and Iran trade strikes as Trump threatens retaliation if US bases hit – live

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'We will show no mercy': Iran accuses Israel of starting a 'war'

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MPs urged to block assisted dying bill over anorexia 'loophole'

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Blow for Rachel Reeves after UK economy shrinks by more than expected

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Football fans aren't the only ones using expletives about Starmer

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Reeves came out fighting — but there are big problems down the line

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How second passports grant readers post-Brexit travel freedom

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How will Rachel Reeves's pledge to end asylum hotels work?

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Reeves unveils record spending plans but experts warn of tax rises

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UK agrees 'fluid' Gibraltar-Spain border with EU post-Brexit

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New Reform chair David Bull calls for return of death penalty

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Reeves pledges to end use of asylum hotels by 2029

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Whitehall on lockdown due to 'abandoned vehicle' near Downing Street

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Watch: Rachel Reeves delivers spending review

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How the spending review will affect you

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Starmer makes PMQs gaffe while praising Labour's success

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Has Rachel Reeves got the balance right in her first spending review?

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United Nations experts call for Starmer's Chagos deal to be suspended

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New Reform UK chair shown his tweet calling Nigel Farage an idiot

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Am I eligible for winter fuel payments and how much can I get?

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Why did Starmer and Reeves U-turn on winter fuel payments?

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What is the spending review? Everything Rachel Reeves could announce

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This is just the start of Labour's civil war

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Every US state protesting against ICE and Trump's immigration crackdown

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Reeves 'needs to make £5bn cuts' after spending review

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Farage in crisis as Tories raise double Reform in political donations

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How would a Tory spending review look? Under Badenoch, nobody knows

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China banned from investing in Sizewell C, Ed Miliband vows

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David Bull, the doctor and TV presenter unveiled as Reform UK chair

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Lords' objections to Data Bill over copyright threatens its existence – minister

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Why Nato has raised the voices of doom to a scream

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Why did Starmer and Reeves U-turn on winter fuel payments?

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Investments in UK tech sector will create hundreds of jobs, says Government

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New Sizewell C nuclear plant backed with £14.2bn government investment

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Why is Kemi Badenoch engaging in a new culture war on the burka?

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MPs call for benefit cuts to be scrapped after winter fuel U-turn

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Reeves' winter fuel U-turn shows Labour is running scared of Farage

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9 million pensioners to receive winter fuel payment again after U-turn

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Britons 'better learn Russian without major defence boost', Nato boss

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One million students to receive AI training in new skills drive

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Bid to ban 'death pods' as MPs gear up for votes on assisted dying

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Khan urges Reeves to give more cash to London in spending review

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'Too low, now too high': Winter fuel U-turn reignites fairness debate

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British government reverses policy that limited home heating subsidies for retirees

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More than £1 billion paid to those wronged by Horizon scandal, Government says

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Reeves strikes 11th hour deal to break cabinet civil war deadlock

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Russia is already at war with Britain, defence adviser says warns

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Starmer's welfare cuts will see 340,000 more people in poverty

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Hilary Jones says he would help terminally ill to die if law changed

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Labour splits over assisted dying debate heat up ahead of crucial vote

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AI skills drive in schools to 'put power in hands of next generation' – Starmer

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Revealed: Home Office pays migrants £53m to leave UK

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Bosses should be able to ban burqas in the workplace, Badenoch says

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Minister says AI 'does lie' but defends Government amid copyright row

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Peter Kyle says England fans' chant about Starmer is 'spirit of game'

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Molly Russell's father urges PM to act over online harms as 'app cap' considered

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No decision on winter fuel allowance until autumn, minister says

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Reeves to announce £86bn funding package for science and technology

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Efforts to cut foreign aid spent on asylum seekers stall

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Yusuf makes astonishing return to Reform just 48 hours after quitting

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Unions pile pressure on Reeves to avoid cuts and impose wealth taxes

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How Robert Jenrick skewered Kemi Badenoch's reboot

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NHS to get up to £30 billion in spending review

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Farage: Yusuf 'snapped' after tirade of abuse claims Farage

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Warning UK's housing crisis will deepen if Reeves makes further cuts

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UK 'could face up to £30bn of tax rises' to fund defence spending aims

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Labour hails 'incredible' win – but can it retake Scotland in 2026?

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Reform councils in 'paralysis' with dozens of meetings cancelled

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Kemi Badenoch admits she is still learning how to lead the Tories

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Zia Yusuf's resignation from Reform is more than a row over the burqa

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Mauritius uses Chagos cash for debt instead of indigenous resettlement

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John Rentoul: 'Reform voters aren't unreasonable – they're desperate'

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Richard Tice defends 'free speech' after Reform UK chairman quits

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Anti-austerity protest against Labour cuts expected to draw thousands

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Relief for Starmer in Hamilton, but Reform has arrived in Scotland

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