Reform’s rise explained: Ask chief political commentator John Rentoul anything
The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions on Nigel Farage’s political shift, Reform’s rising…
Starmer vows to make Britain ‘battle-ready’ — but row over funding threatens to derail plans
The long-awaited strategic defence review warned the UK may need to move even more quickly than planned to tackle the…
British-made weapons must not be used to ‘ethnically cleanse’ Palestinians, MP tells government
The UK continues to ship arms to Israel ‘despite the scale of destruction’, a Labour MP told Commons
Trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds to push for exemption on steel tariffs in crunch meeting with US officials
The UK struck a deal with Washington for import taxes on its steel to be removed weeks ago, but its…
Gang leaders who force children to conceal drugs to face 10 years in jail
Known as ‘plugging’, the practice sees people made to swallow or hide items inside their bodies
Watch: Furious Lindsay Hoyle scolds Keir Starmer over defence review ‘leaks’
Sir Lindsay Hoyle accused the government of committing a “blatant breach” of the ministerial code over how it released details…
From a ‘more lethal’ army to extra AI – what’s in Starmer’s strategic defence review?
The Independent looks at the outcome of the strategic defence review
Nigel Farage hits Scottish Labour leader with false race claim as Hamilton by-election row escalates
Nigel Farage has doubled down on attacks on Anas Sarwar in a row which has dominated the Hamilton by-election campaign
Liz Truss features in bizarre promotional video to help bare-knuckle fight convict launch new whiskey
The former prime minister attended the promotional event in Scunthorpe ‘to support the people working to regenerate the town’
Navy to use AI to detect ‘hostile’ Russian activity in the Arctic
UK sanctions have also hampered Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to maintain his fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers to aid his…