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Just 2% of councils think Labour funding plan for struggling households is enough

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/10/29/11/58c2ef179f3e2b9692df9f20dd6c6d8eY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYxODIxMjAy-2.25284737.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Just two per cent of councils in England believe the government’s new funding commitment to…

Dangerous culture of accepting drugs crisis in prisons must be broken – MPs

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/10/31/00/d634cd327cfa9a6e751f07b97d513dd4Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYxODQ0MTA0-2.38136436.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 There is a dangerous culture of acceptance that must be broken over the “endemic levels” of…

Starmer clears Reeves over ‘inadvertent’ failure to obtain rental licence

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/10/30/23/26fcf497ca5a39a04ec48bb0b903a85fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYxOTUyOTUz-2.81803855.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Sir Keir Starmer has told Rachel Reeves she faces no further action over her “inadvertent”…

Stripping of Andrew’s titles hailed a ‘victory’ by family of Virginia Giuffre

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/10/31/00/ef4f9b9871ee2e84782a15385333281bY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYxOTUyMzAw-2.82200862.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 The family of Virginia Giuffre said she had “brought down a prince” after Andrew Mountbatten…

Prison drugs crisis hits ‘endemic’ levels as drone sightings soar 1,140 per cent

https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/24/11/newFile.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Safety in prisons is being “critically undermined” by a drugs crisis which has reached “endemic…

Polling shows immigration concern ‘manufactured’, say campaigners

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/10/31/00/f1c2609cc967aa1a28810aeaa8106a5bY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYxOTE4MDUz-2.82106896.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Concern about immigration is a “manufactured panic”, a campaign group has said after polling suggested…

Fresh appeal for information 24 years after ‘savage’ murder of Arthur Berryman

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/10/31/00/a617dce4ac68bbf1fb2c2929b1d61c4aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYxOTI2MDY3-2.74387571.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A fresh appeal for information has been made 24 years after the “savage” murder of…

Corridor care in the NHS is a ‘crisis in plain sight’

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/10/31/00/faffa517535d733447954214a87dc3deY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYxODE3MjAy-2.81373369.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Corridor care is a “crisis in plain sight”, a leading charity has warned, as it…

Scot celebrates kidney transplant to save brother after anniversary of treatment

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/10/31/00/29210450-a66bf358-7b77-4e8b-ad92-16bf28816505.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A Scot who helped save his brother’s life by donating his kidney has told how…

How 1.9 million households can reclaim £250m in energy credit

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/02/07/10/ec179afb19e58ec5e853f83291db9cb5Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM5MDA4MjI2-2.78900018.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 The UK’s energy watchdog is urging consumers to reclaim their forgotten funds as £250 million…