Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens to be sentenced after pleading guilty to kidnap, rape and murder of 33-year-old

Opposition signals it could reopen negotiations with bloc

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Party’s left bloc accuse Labour leadership of being ‘missing in action’ and ‘waging war on left’

Disgraced former police officer Wayne Couzens could face life behind bars as he is set to be sentenced

‘That is the conclusion people came to. And, in the 11-and-a-half years since we left office, we still have not found a way to break that narrative’

‘This isn’t sustainable,’ one care service director says

HGV drivers said years of poor recruitment and subpar treatment of drivers have led to current shortage

Staff members reportedly found cameras before making complaints

Exclusive: Powers for monitoring resilience in the fuel sector were delayed despite repeated warnings from Whitehall

Exclusive: Covid spreads in London hostel where Home Office has placed hundreds of asylum seekers, prompting anger from local council which says outbreak was ‘entirely predictable’

Process makes changes to traits within species of plant or animal much more quickly and precisely than traditional selective breeding

Prime minister rejects talk of ‘crisis’ – insisting shortages are simply a result of ‘huge global demand’ after Covid

Labour leader to say he has serious plan for government and hits out at the PM for incompetence

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Families said they were given ‘about a week’s notice’ to meet with PM

‘Of course we have huge agreements and disagreements’, says Labour leader

Keir Starmer accused of ‘factional internal war’ with changes to leadership election rules

‘No drivers want to move for only three months just to make it easier for the British to organise their holidays’

Time for big firms ‘making billions in profit’ to do their bit, says David Lammy

Nick Bailey unknowingly touched door handle covered with nerve agent while investigating Sergei Skripal case

The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul will be answering your questions on the events of the Labour Party conference over recent days

Anne Castle, 74, and brother William Bryan, 71, were found dead in their flat in Bethnal Green, east London

Provisional four-week trial set for 2022

Exclusive: Sudanese boy fatally run over in logistics area used by UK-bound goods vehicles

Bolton Crown Court heard Vincenzo De Falco shot Jonathan Smith with a shotgun

Delivery driver appears in court accused of killing 28-year-old in southeast London

Victim suffers injuries to her leg and stomach

Attorney general refers sentence given to Ben John as it ‘appears unduly lenient’

Keir Starmer has said he is willing to tear up the promises he made during the Labour leadership election if it is needed to make the party electable.

Labour leader says he would extend temporary visas for overseas HGV drivers to beat shortages

Row reportedly erupted after car jumped queue at Shell garage in southeast London

Home care visits to elderly and vulnerable delayed by need to queue for fuel

Irn-Bru and overcrowded petrol stations are latest victims of HGV driver shortage being blamed on Brexit and pandemic, joining long list of companies battling stock issues this summer

Labour warns people could ‘die’ if key workers do not receive priority

Research contradicts previous study claiming smokers at less risk

Shortages ‘expected to cause serious difficulties’ for education, union warns

UK’s exit from EU ‘no doubt will have been a factor’, transport secretary concedes

Even Grant Shapps concedes Brexit ‘a factor’ in chaos, but is it solely to blame?

One headteacher calls it ‘very convincing hoax’ and ‘totally irresponsible’

‘They will like the drama of it and they will seek to use that to further their own party political advantage. And that should shock nobody’

Police officer could face whole life sentence after also admitting rape and kidnap of 33-year-old

Drivers are flocking to stations as pictures of them being refilled are shared online, industry leader says

UK’s Brexit minister has threatened to trigger Article 16

Incel movement ‘not a terrorist ideology’ and attack was not committed to further cause, officer says

‘It’s called leadership’, says ex-head of civil contingencies

As the pandemic recedes and a fuel crisis and potential energy crisis are becoming realities are the real costs of Brexit becoming more visible?

Photo of Labour leader campaigning next to McDonald’s workers goes viral

Sightings of white stags are rare, but police say they had no opportunity to capture the animal alive

‘Clear link’ between UK’s exit from EU and shortage of truck drivers, says former negotiator

Ricardo Linton walked into Mohammed Basharat’s cab office day after minor accident and killed him in ‘targeted execution’

‘As a rule of thumb, your waist size should be the same now as when you were 21,’ leading professor says